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…
April 6, 2011
Ramses Alcaide awarded NSF Fellowship
Ramses Alcaide, who was an UWEE undergraduate and is now a graduate student at the University of Michigan, has been awarded an NSF Fellowship. You might remember him as one of the students flying a blimp around the CSE atrium last June. GRFP awards provide three years of support including an annual stipend, cost-of-education allowance,…
April 5, 2011
Can Google Reinvent Web Video?
April 4, 2011
2011 UW Environmental Innovation Challenge Winners
UWEE students and faculty were part of two winning teams taking part in this year’s Environmental Innovation Challenge. Undergraduate student Kerwin Loukusa was a member of the first-place winning team, while grad student Charlie Matlack and Professor Howard Chizeck were associated with the team taking second. A total of 17 teams from around the region…
April 3, 2011
Myers and Gebhart Win Gates Leadership Scholarships
Congratulations to Gennie Gebhart and Kelly Myers who have recently been awarded the 2011 Mary Gates Leadership Scholarship. Other EE undergraduates or students mentored by EE faculty who have previously received Gates Scholarship Awards include Bryan Boyko, Ryan Charrier, Joy Kim, Elliot Saba, and Gen Vigil. Sophomore Gennie Gebhart has been awarded a very competitive 2011 Mary Gates…
April 2, 2011
Hacking Kinect for Surgical Robotics Research
April 1, 2011
2011 Annual EEIC Poster Contest Announcement
The Electric Energy Industrial Consortium (EEIC) is sponsoring a poster contest, and all interested graduate and undergraduate students are encouraged to submit a poster for this competition on an energy-related topic. Monitory awards will be given in each of the three poster entry categories. In addition, the 1st place winners in the Graduate Research and…
March 8, 2011
Greater Danger Lies in Spent Fuel Than in Reactors
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