January 10, 2016
Howard Chizeck’s Haptic Password Project Supported by Innovation Funding
Professor Howard Chizeck has received CoMotion Innovation Funding to support development of a new method for authenticating online transactions. The Haptic Passwords project aims to stop transaction fraud with forgery-proof, secure signature-based authentication. With the new method, authentication is based on how the signature is made, as well as how it looks as you interact with the device (phone,…
January 5, 2016
New Book on Performance, Control and Security of Networked Systems Authored by Faculty and Alums
A new book coming out in January 2016, titled “Submodularity in Dynamics and Control of Networked Systems,” was authored by two UW EE faculty members and two alums. ProfessorLinda Bushnell, alums Andrew Clark (Ph.D. ‘14) and Basel Alomair (Ph.D. ‘11), and Department Chair Radha Poovendran worked collaboratively on the new publication. The book presents a…
December 11, 2015
CSNE Receives $16 Million to Continue Developing Implantable Devices to Treat Paralysis
Rajesh Rao Chet Moritz Howard Chizeck Matt Reynolds Joshua Smith Blake Hannaford Chris Rudell Visvesh Sathe To support the development of implantable devices that can restore movement, and improve the overall quality of life, for people with spinal cord injury or stroke, UW’s Center for Sensorimotor Neural Engineering (CSNE) has received $16 million in funding…
December 10, 2015
UW EE Casino Night 2016
Hosted by the student-run society HKN/IEEE, Casino Night provides an opportunity for students and industry representatives to network in a casual setting. Industry Registration Please join us for Casino Night 2016, to continue networking with outstanding UW Electrical Engineering students. Register here. Casino Night Thursday, January 21, 2016, 5-8pm, the HUB Lyceum *Student check-in starts…
December 9, 2015
Graduate Student Develops Virtual Reality Finger Tracking Device
The future of virtual reality may be at our fingertips, or EE Ph.D. candidate Keyu Chen’s fingertips, to be exact. Together with Oculus Research, Chen is developing a device that uses electromagnets to track the position of each finger in 3D. Chen began working on the project during an internship with Oculus Research, located in…
December 8, 2015
EE Faculty’s OneRadio Project Supported by Innovation Funding
Affiliate Faculty Member Tony Goodson has received CoMotion Innovation Funding to support his collaborative “OneRadio” project. CoMotion Innovation Funding supports projects that are in the early stages of development and have a strong likelihood of being commercialized. The basic concept behind OneRadio is to create a single radio that is capable of performing multiple functions….
December 7, 2015
Graduate Student Kevin Morrissey Receives DOE Fellowship
Graduate student Kevin Morrissey has received a fellowship from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), specifically with the Building-Grid Integration Research and Development Innovators Program, which supports research that aims to create more energy efficient buildings through the use of renewable energy. The fellowship will fund Morrissey’s collaborative work with two postdocs in theRenewable Energy…
December 6, 2015
Karl Bohringer Receives Global Innovation Fund Award
EE Professor Karl Bohringer, who directs the UW Washington Nanofabrication Facility, has received a Global Innovation Fund Award, which will support the formation of a new International Nanotechnology Exchange program. Administered by the UW Office of Global Affairs, the Global Innovation Fund Awards support the development of collaborative research and educational partnerships with institutions of…
December 5, 2015
Now Available: Fall 2015 Issue of The Integrator
December 4, 2015
Alum Louis Scharf Honored with 2016 IEEE Kilby Medal
UW EE alum Louis Scharf (Ph.D. ’69) has been honored with a 2016 IEEE Jack S. Kilby Signal Processing Medal for his contributions to statistical signal processing. The Kilby Medal was established in 1995 in honor of Jack S. Kilby, who shared the 2000 Nobel Prize in Physics for his invention of the integrated circuit…
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