May 1, 2015
William Hwang Honored with Dean’s Medal
Undergraduate William Hwang’s four-page curriculum vitae just got longer. The senior, who has impressed faculty with his ability to excel at graduate level research, among other talents, has received the 2015 College of Engineering Dean’s Medal for Academic Excellence. “I am very honored and humbled to be selected for this prestigious award,” Hwang said. Each…
April 12, 2015
The First to Hack a Teleoperated Surgical Robot, UW EE Researchers Prove Security Risks Exist
A teleoperated surgical robot has been hacked for the first time— by a team of UW researchers with good intentions. The researchers, including several Electrical Engineering graduate students in the BioRobotics Lab, demonstrate how these robots are vulnerable to cyber attacks when used in remote settings. Their research, described in a recently publishedArXiv paper, comes…
April 11, 2015
UW EE in the News
April 10, 2015
New UW app can detect sleep apnea events via smartphone
April 9, 2015
Why Brain-to-Brain Communication Is No Longer Unthinkable
April 8, 2015
UW’s STARS helps low-income students shine
April 7, 2015
Conference explores regulating robots in the near future
April 6, 2015
UW among select universities to use investigational Medtronic device, advance research into brain activity
April 5, 2015
UW EE Team Receives Funding to Enhance Electronic Waste Handling
Creating robotics kits with repurposed parts is just one idea an EE team has for keeping more electronic waste out of landfills. The idea may become a reality, thanks to $50,000 in funding the team, comprised of Professor Denise Wilson, staff Jack Lockhart and student Rachel Roberts, received to support the development of an electronic…
April 4, 2015
Ph.D. Alum Anna Dixon Receives IEEE Best Paper Award
Anna Dixon, who completed her Ph.D. at UW EE in 2012, has received the 2015 IEEE Circuits and Systems Society Biomedical Circuits and Systems Best Paper Award. Currently employed at Gryphon Scientific, Dixon focuses on big data analytics, modeling and simulation in a variety of fields including epidemiology. Titled “Compressed Sensing System Considerations for ECG…
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