June 6, 2015

Kai-Mei Fu Honored with Junior Faculty Award

EE Professor Kai-Mei Fu was honored May 28 with one of two Junior Faculty Awards by the UW College of Engineering in recognition of excellence in research, teaching and service. Fu, who joined the faculty in 2011, has a joint appointment in the Electrical Engineering and Physics departments. The nomination materials for Fu, with letters…


June 5, 2015

Denise Wilson Receives 2015 ASEE Denice Denton Award

A paper that EE Professor Denise Wilson co-authored, titled “How and Why They Choose What They Do During Early Career,” is the recipient of the 2015 ASEE Denice Denton Award for women in engineering. A collaborative effort between Wilson and faculty at Calvin College and Seattle Pacific University, the paper investigates why and how engineering…


June 4, 2015

2015 Electrical Engineering Graduation Ceremony

The Department of Electrical Engineering’s graduation ceremony on Friday, June 12, in Kane Hall, saw the largest attendance of graduating students since 2001. Congratulations to all 210 graduates! The department was honored to have alum Stewart Wu (MSEE ’85, Ph.D. ’90), who is a member of the Advisory Board, deliver the graduation address. Learn more…


June 3, 2015

Emeritus Prof. Ward Helms Honored for 40 Years of Excellence

Emeritus faculty member Ward Helms was surprised with an award honoring 40 years of dedication and service to UW Electrical Engineering during the department’s Commencement Ceremony on June 12, 2015. Ward was presented with the award by his former student, Dr. Stewart Wu (Ph.D. ’90), who was the commencement speaker. The award honors Helms’ dedication…


June 2, 2015

Scott Hauck Honored with Gaetano Borriello Professorship

With Gaetano Borriello’s wife in attendance, EE Professor Scott Hauck was honored with the Gaetano Borriello Professorship for Educational Excellence on June 11, 2015. The new professorship, created jointly by EE and CSE, commemorates Borriello, a CSE Professor and EE Adjunct Faculty Member, who passed away in February 2015. Known for his dedication to students,…


UW LEADs nation in female engineering faculty


June 1, 2015

EE Researchers First to Wirelessly Power Devices with Existing Wi-Fi Hardware

A wireless world is getting even closer, thanks to a team of EE and CSE researchers who have harnessed energy from Wi-Fi signals to wirelessly power devices and recharge batteries. Unlike other similar systems that require new hardware, the new system, called power over Wi-Fi, was designed to work with traditional Wi-Fi routers. Led by…


May 13, 2015

UW researchers scaling up fusion hopes with DOE grant


May 12, 2015

UW EcoCAR 3 team to compete on home turf


May 11, 2015

BluHaptics Receives Most Promising Company Award

BluHaptics, a start-up with origins in the UW EE Department, was honored with the Most Promising Company Award at the Offshore Technology Conference in Houston on May 4, 2015. BluHaptics is a UW EE and Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) spinoff, founded in 2013 by EE Professor Howard Chizeck, alum Fredrik Ryden (EE Ph.D. ‘13) and…



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