December 1, 2012
Tsang Receives the William T. Pecora Award
NASA and the Department of the Interior’s U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) has named Professor Leung Tsang a 2012 recipient of the William T. Pecora Award. Tsang was recognized for his contributions to microwave remote sensing which have “laid the groundwork for improved data analysis and designs of new measurements and satellite observational systems. His work has…
November 4, 2012
Bishnu Atal Receives the IEEE Kilby Signal Processing Medal
EE Affiliate Professor Bishnu Atal is the 2013 recipient of the IEEE Jack S. Kilby Signal Processing Medal for his “fundamental and pioneering contributions to speech coding.” The IEEE Jack S. Kilby Signal Processing Medal was established in 1995 in honor of Jack S. Kilby, whose innovation was a monumental precursor to the development of the signal processor…
November 3, 2012
UW EE Paper Among the ‘Best in Imaging Systems from OSA’s Journals’
A paper written by Professor Leung Tsang, EE graduate student Shaowu Huang, Haogang Wang (Electromagnetic Academy at Zhejiang University), and Kung-Hau Ding (Sensor Directorate of, Air Force Research Laboratory, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base) is listed among the “Most Downloaded Articles in Imaging Systems from OSA Journals.” Their paper published in Optics Letters is titled, “Subwavelength…
November 2, 2012
UW EE Alum Selected as Boeing Associate Technical Fellow
UW EE Alumnus Krishna Sampigethaya (Ph.D., 2007), a member of the Network Security Lab (NSL) in the department, has been selected as an Associate Technical Fellow of The Boeing Company for his engineering and aviation cyber security expertise. Dr. Sampigethaya has been an advanced technologist in the Boeing Research & Technology division since November, 2007….
November 1, 2012
UW EE Entrepreneurs Recognized at the 2012 C4C Innovator Awards
Professor and Chair Vikram Jandhyala was recognized at the UW Center for Commercialization Innovator Awards on November 5th, 2012 as a UW Presidential Entrepreneurial Fellow. EE alumnus Dr. Arun Sathanur (MSEE ’06, PhD ’09) was also recognized as a C4C Commercialization Postdoctoral Fellow. Jandhyala and Sathanur presented posters on their latest work from the UW…
October 5, 2012
Patel Receives Georgia Tech GVU Impact Award
EE and CSE professor Shwetak Patel was honored with an “Impact Award” at the 20th anniversary celebration of the Georgia Tech GVU Center (Graphics, Visualization, and Usability). Patel received his BS and PhD degrees from Georgia Tech and was recognized for his research excellence where he “studies everything from low-power sensors to novel interaction techniques.”…
October 4, 2012
Vanam Receives VCIP 2012 Best Reviewer Award
Alumnus Rahul Vanam was selected as the winner of a best reviewer award for this year’s IEEE Visual Communications and Image Processing Conference. Only six people received this award out of over 200 reviewers. Vanam received his PhD from UW EE in 2010, and was advised by Professors Eve Riskin and Richard Ladner. Congratulations Rahul!…
October 3, 2012
Brandon Pierquet – A STARS Researcher
UW EE assistant professor Brandon Pierquet has been selected to receive $764,000 from the Washington State STARS Researcher Program. The Strategically Targeted Academic Researchers (STARS) program was created to support new faculty conducting innovative research in Washington State to promote both product innovation and longer-term statewide economic development. Pierquet joined the UW EE faculty in…
October 2, 2012
SprioSmart app lets phone accurately measure lung capacity
October 1, 2012
The original Twitter? Tiny electronic tags monitor birds’ social networks
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