September 8, 2015
Mani Venkata Honored with IEEE Power & Energy Society Award
S.S. (Mani) Venkata, a former UW EE professor, has been honored with the IEEE Power & Energy Society Douglas M. Staszesky Distribution Automation Award. The award recognizes Venkata’s contributions to the automation of electric utility distribution systems, which carry electricity from transmission systems to individual consumers. The award includes a scholarship to a school of…
September 7, 2015
Professor Denise Wilson Uncovers Arsenic in U.S. Red Wines
Testing a total of 65 wines from the top four states that produce wine in the U.S., including Washington, Professor Denise Wilson found that all wine samples contained concerning levels of arsenic. The wine samples averaged 24 parts per billion while the Environmental Protection Agency’s regulated arsenic level for drinking water allows no more than…
September 6, 2015
Professor Rajesh Rao Proves Brains Can Talk a Mile Away
A recent experiment that linked two human brains for a question-and-answer experiment evolved out of research by EE Adjunct Faculty member Rajesh Rao, who is a UW professor of Computer Science & Engineering. The recent research grew out of Rao’s previous research that proved that people could activate devices with their brain using brain-computer interfaces,…
September 5, 2015
Hannaneh Hajishirzi Leads Breakthrough AI Research
UW EE Assistant Research Professor Hannaneh Hajishirzi was the lead faculty member working on an artificial intelligence system that is able to, for the first time, solve SAT geometry questions as well as an average human test taker. A major breakthrough in the field of artificial intelligence, the research was undertaken by UW researchers, including…
September 4, 2015
Undergraduates Phillippe Phanivong and Josh Monson Win Poster Contest
UW EE undergraduates Phillippe Phanivong and Josh Monson won the student poster contest at a symposium titled “Transforming the Future: A Symposium on the Science & Technology of Energy Storage in the Pacific Northwest” on September 22, 2015. Held at UW, the symposium was hosted by the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory at UW, Washington State University…
September 3, 2015
Shwetak Patel Looks Under Hood: Shows Complex Car Software Has Weak Spots
September 2, 2015
UW EE and SJTU Commit to Smart Cities Collaboration
EE Chair Radha Poovendran, together with UW Interim President Ana Mari Cauce, signed a “Smart Cities” agreement today with leaders from the School of Electrical Information and Electrical Engineering at Shanghai Jiao Tong University (SJTU), including SJTU President Zhang Jie. EE Professors Jenq-Neng Hwang, Sumit Roy and Vikram Jandhyala, who is the UW Vice Provost…
September 1, 2015
EE Faculty Team Investigates Smart Grid Stability
A new NSF grant supports a team of EE faculty who are undertaking a novel approach to creating a more stable smart grid. Leading the research effort is EE ProfessorLinda Bushnell, who will be working together with EE Professor Daniel Kirschen, UW EE alum Andrew Clark (Ph.D. 2015), now an assistant professor at Worcester Polytechnic…
August 12, 2015
EE’s Baosen Zhang to Investigate Power Grid Users in Collaboration with Stanford University
UW EE Assistant Professor Baosen Zhang has received a National Science Foundation grant to investigate the relationship between people and the power grid, with the goal of making power systems more responsive to users’ complex and evolving needs. Leading the research effort, Zhang will work in collaboration with Ramesh Johari at Stanford University. In recent…
August 11, 2015
UW EE’s Karl Bohringer to Lead New NSF Center
UW is one of 16 sites selected nationwide to participate in the National Science Foundation’s (NSF) new National Nanotechnology Coordinated Infrastructure (NNCI) program, which has the objective of supporting researchers from academia and industry with access to the latest technologies. As part of the program, UW and Oregon State University have received a $4.5 million…
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