May 8, 2011

Microsoft motion controller concept kicks sand in Kinect’s puny face


May 7, 2011

Microsoft to turn your flat into a control pad


May 6, 2011

Turn your entire home into a game controller


May 5, 2011

Three Paper Awards to UW EE Students at CHI 2011

UW EE students are the recipients of three paper awards at CHI 2011. Gabe Cohn was a co-author on two papers that received the best paper award and one honorable mention. Eric Larson was a co-author on a paper that received honorable mention. Cohn and Larson are advised by Assistant Professor Shwetak Patel. The ACM…


May 4, 2011

Talking to the Wall


May 3, 2011

Washington Companies Scored $53M in Equity Financing for March, Led by nLight, Tier 3 & Physware


May 2, 2011

UW Start-Up Physware Accelerates Design Solutions for Microelectronics Companies


May 1, 2011

Todd Duncombe awarded NSF Fellowship

Todd Duncombe, who was an UWEE undergraduate and is now a graduate student at the University of California Berkeley, has been awarded an NSF Fellowship for 2011. As an undergrad, Duncombe worked in the MEMS Lab and was advised by Professor Karl Böhringer. His research during this time was also featured in EEK 2009 (see page…


April 8, 2011

Negash and McVicar Awarded NSF Fellowships

Congratulations to Ahlmahz Negash and Nathaniel McVicar who have received 2011 NSF Graduate Research Fellowship awards! These prestigious three-year NSF fellowship awards provide awardees with an annual stipend, cost of education allowance, an international travel allowance, and TeraGrid supercomputer access. Ahlmahz Negash and Nathaniel McVicar’s faculty advisors are Shwetak Patel and Scott Hauck, respectively. More…


April 7, 2011

Anna Dixon Awarded Intel/SRCEA Fellowship

Graduate student Anna Dixon has been awarded an Intel/SRCEA Fellowship in the SRC Education Alliance Graduate Fellowship Program. The Fellowship award provides tuition and fees, a stipend of $2,252/month, and an annual unrestricted gift of $2,000 to the department. The award is for up to five years of doctoral study at University of Washington and is…



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