June 23, 2025
Engineering research matters
June 16, 2025
UW ECE graduate students receive Qualcomm Innovation Fellowship
Qualcomm, a multinational corporation that creates microchips, software, and solutions related to wireless technology, recently announced that two UW ECE doctoral students will receive a 2025 Qualcomm Innovation Fellowship. These students are among only 34 recipients of this prestigious award in North America. The Fellowship program is focused on recognizing, rewarding, and mentoring graduate students…
June 9, 2025
Congratulations, Class of 2025!
June 2, 2025
UW ECE Graduation will feature two student speakers
The University of Washington Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering is proud to announce that in addition to UW ECE alumna Thy Tran (BSEE ‘93), two outstanding students have been selected to speak at our 2025 Graduation Ceremony. Niveditha (Nivii) Kalavakonda (Ph.D. EE ‘25) will offer remarks on behalf of graduate students, and Devan Perkash…
May 27, 2025
Yiyue Luo — A I dressed for success
Article by Kathryn M. O’Neill / MIT Technology Review; Photos by Ryan Hoover / UW ECE News Physical tasks such as hitting a ball or drawing blood are difficult to learn simply by listening to instructions or reading descriptions. That’s one reason UW ECE assistant professor Yiyue Luo is developing clothing that can sense where…
May 19, 2025
Thy Tran from Micron Technology to speak at UW ECE Graduation
The University of Washington Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering is proud to welcome UW ECE alumna Thy Tran (BSEE ‘93) as honored guest speaker for our 2025 Graduation Ceremony. Tran is Vice President of Global Frontend Procurement at Micron Technology, a worldwide leader in the semiconductor industry that specializes in computer memory and storage…
May 9, 2025
Unlocking the brain with the fruit fly
Adapted from an article by Danielle Holland, UW Undergraduate Academic Affairs / Photos by Jayden Becles, University of Washington Mary Bun selects a three-day-old Drosophila fruit fly from the incubator and moves to her custom-built behavioral rig. She places the fly in a circular arena beneath a hidden camera and pulls the cloth curtain shut….
May 1, 2025
Shanti Garman — graduate student, instructor, and mentor to aspiring engineers
Article by Wayne Gillam, photos by Ryan Hoover / UW ECE News Shanti Garman, a fifth-year doctoral student in UW ECE, grew up in Berkeley, California. As a young girl, she recalls being interested in science and having a talent for math. She scored high grades, and a state assessment test in middle school placed…
April 24, 2025
Precision at the smallest scale
Step inside the Washington Nanofabrication Facility, where tiny tech is transforming research in quantum, chips, medicine and more. Story by Chelsea Yates, UW College of Engineering | Photos by Mark Stone, University of Washington Imagine a high-tech workshop where scientists and engineers craft objects so small they can’t be seen with the naked eye —…
April 14, 2025
A professor with superpowers
By Wayne Gillam, photos by Ryan Hoover / UW ECE News UW ECE Associate Teaching Professor Mahmood Hameed has a superpower — his unique ability to connect with students. He also has a super-powerful memory. Hameed memorizes and can recall the name of every student in his classes who talks to him at least once. That’s…
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