March 2, 2012
UW launches technology startup incubator, aims to double startups in three years
March 1, 2012
Gabe Cohn Wins Microsoft Research PhD Fellowship
Graduate student Gabe Cohn has been awarded this year’s Microsoft Research PhD Fellowship. Out of the 198 nominees, Gabe is one of only twelve winners. Gabe works with Assistant Professor Shwetak Patel on embedded systems and VLSI in ubiquitous computing applications. Congratulations Gabe! More Information Gabe Cohn’s web page Ubiquitous Computing Lab
February 7, 2012
Atlas Receives the Virginia Merrill Bloedel Scholar Award
Professor Les Atlas has just received the prestigious Virginia Merrill Bloedel Scholar Award. This three-year Award is for Professor Atlas’ innovative new approach to signal processing for hearing research and devices. He has adapted the mathematical statistics behind modern 4G internet and the latest high-speed wi-fi communications to help understand how our normally-functioning auditory system…
February 6, 2012
UW develops diet aid designed to work with smartphone
February 4, 2012
Open-Source Surgical Robot Fuels University Research
February 3, 2012
Evening With Industry Career Fair
Evening With Industry (EWI) is a unique event for both students and employers. It consists of two components: a career fair during the day and an awards banquet in the evening. The awards banquet features a keynote speaker and honors outstanding female students from each of the engineering departments. Twenty-eight companies will be in attendance,…
February 2, 2012
Raven II in the Media
After a successful open house demonstration of the Raven II surgical robots, the project has generated several interesting articles and videos in the media. Eight surgical robots have been built under the Raven II project and will provide the first open-source platform to develop the future of surgical robotics. After a round of final tests,…
February 1, 2012
Prosthetic sensor adds diagnostic ‘feeling’ to artificial limbs
January 7, 2012
EE Undergrad Wins SWE Outstanding Female Award
EE Undergrad, Xuejiao (Snow) Yang has been honored with the UW Society of Women Engineers (SWE) Outstanding Female Award. Awardees are selected for going above and beyond what is expected in one or more of the following areas: Integrity Departmental involvement Support for other students via mentoring or tutoring Excellence in coursework and/or research Promotion…
January 6, 2012
Adrian KC Lee Wins AFOSR YIP Award
Professor Adrian KC Lee of UW’s Speech & Hearing Sciences, Institute for Learning and Brain Sciences, and Adjunct Assistant Professor of Electrical Engineering, just received a prestigious Air Force Office of Scientific Research Young Investigator Research Award. This Award is for new researchers who show exceptional ability and promise for conducting basic research. Lee’s research…
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