April 7, 2020
Encouraging equity and inclusion through interactive theater
Adapted from a story by Wayne Gillam, Center for Neurotechnology How can people address racism, sexism, xenophobia and other forms of oppression if they can’t identify when it happens? These and other forms of discrimination can be nuanced and aren’t always obvious to everyone. Sometimes, instances of oppression commonly experienced by underrepresented students can be…
April 3, 2020
UW ECE thanks Professor Bruce Darling for serving as Interim Chair
The University of Washington (UW) Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering (ECE) would like to thank Professor Bruce Darling for serving as Interim Department Chair during Winter Quarter 2020. Darling was preceded by outgoing Chair Radha Poovendran at the end of 2019, and succeeded by incoming Chair Eric Klavins, who began his tenure April 1,…
March 25, 2020
Eric Klavins appointed as new UW ECE Department Chair
We are pleased to announce that Professor Eric Klavins has accepted the position of Department Chair of the University of Washington (UW) Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering (ECE), effective April 1, 2020 subject to approval of the Provost. Klavins has been with UW ECE since 2003 and holds adjunct appointments in the Paul G….
UW ECE faculty and alumni receive NSF CAREER awards
University of Washington (UW) Electrical & Computer Engineering (ECE) alumni Andrew Clark and Subhanshu Gupta, and UW ECE professor Baosen Zhang have each been honored with a National Science Foundation (NSF) CAREER award, one of the nation’s most coveted honors for early-career faculty. The…
March 20, 2020
Dr. Dakotah Lane, UW ECE alum turned medical professional, is leading his tribe’s battle against the coronavirus
The Lummi Nation doctor is currently under self-quarantine, but the tribe has been proactively preparing for a coronavirus outbreak for weeks. Adapted from a story by Lynda Mapes, The Seattle Times When Dakotah Lane decided to change careers and become a doctor, to come home and serve his people, he never thought he’d be in…
March 18, 2020
Awards support development of therapeutic neural interfaces
It’s said that there’s often more than one way to solve a problem, and Amy Orsborn, an assistant professor in the University of Washington (UW) Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering (ECE), likely knows this better than most. Orsborn’s ECE research focuses on building knowledge needed to engineer devices that can collaborate with dynamic, ever-changing…
March 11, 2020
ECE alum Junyi Zhu integrates electronics onto physical prototypes at MIT with “CurveBoards”
MIT researchers led by University of Washington (UW) Electrical & Computer Engineering (ECE) alum Junyi Zhu have invented a way to integrate “breadboards” — flat platforms widely used for electronics prototyping — directly onto physical products. The aim is to provide a faster, easier way to test circuit functions and user interactions with products such…
March 9, 2020
Mari Ostendorf named RSE Corresponding Fellow
The Royal Society of Edinburgh (The RSE), Scotland’s National Academy, has announced 64 newly elected 2020 Fellows. These new fellows comprise leading thinkers and experts from Scotland and around the world whose work has a significant impact on the nation of Scotland. ECE System Design Methodologies Professor Mari Ostendorf was named one of eight corresponding…
March 6, 2020
Eve Riskin leads workshop to aid female STEM faculty
On February 28, Murray State University hosted a workshop for female faculty “When to Say Yes and How to Say No” led by ECE Professor Eve Riskin. The workshop provided guidance for female professors on the appropriate responses when determining priorities between workplace responsibilities, tenure expectations, a myriad of service requests and personal home life….
March 5, 2020
Accelerating innovation
ECE students from the startup AeroSpec are learning the business side of innovation by participating in the Jones + Foster Accelerator Program, which provides support for students who are serious about growing their ideas into companies. By Chelsea Yates “Just three years ago we were students dreaming up an app and now we’re living that…
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