July 1, 2019
ECE team, led by Professor Jenq-Neng Hwang, wins competition in AI challenges
A team of UW students and researchers has been recognized for its significant research in improving transportation systems. The group, led by Jenq-Neng Hwang, electrical & computer engineering professor, won one of the three track challenges and were named runners-up for the other two from the AI City Challenge at the 2019 IEEE Computer Vision…
June 27, 2019
Congratulations to the ECE Class of 2019!
On Wednesday, June 12, the Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering celebrated the Class of 2019 in the Alaska Airlines Arena at Hec Edmundson Pavilion. Roughly 335 graduates–31 doctorate degrees, 89 master’s degrees and 215 bachelor’s degrees—walked across the stage, becoming ECE alumni. The keynote speaker of the ceremony was ECE alumnus Ganesh Moorthy. Moorthy,…
June 21, 2019
ECE affiliate professor named Canadian Academy of Engineering Fellow
Li Deng, an affiliate full professor in ECE, has been named a Fellow of the Canadian Academy of Engineering (CAE) in recognition for his research in deep learning and speech recognition. CAE is the national institution through which Canada’s most distinguished and experienced engineers provide strategic advice on matters of critical importance to Canada. Deng…
June 14, 2019
Bouncing light with hypersound on a chip
A team of researchers led by Mo Li, associate professor in the Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering, has demonstrated, for the first time, using the hypersonic sound wave to bounce light backward in an integrated photonic circuit. The new devices will lead to promising applications in microwave photonics, an emerging technology that combines fiber…
June 13, 2019
Three ECE faculty receive prestigious NSF CAREER awards
ECE professors Arka Majumdar, Lillian Ratliff and Visvesh Sathe each won a National Science Foundation (NSF) CAREER award, one of the nation’s most coveted honors for early-career faculty. The NSF selects the award recipients based on faculty who have the potential to serve as academic role models in research and education and to lead advances…
June 10, 2019
ECE student gains experience through UW Facilities’ Engineering Services
By: Nancy Gardner Trinh is among the many UW students who’ve worked with UW Facilities units across campus. For some, the experience isn’t just a part-time job but a blueprint to a new career. Tacoma native Trinh Ha, who graduates in June with a bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering, credits her experience with UW Facilities’…
June 7, 2019
ECE student’s love of music shaped his engineering career
By: Tess Wrobleski Developments in communication technology have mostly focused on the quantity — perhaps to the detriment of the quality — of our communication. But Jordan Drew, a Ph.D. candidate in Electrical & Computer Engineering, has a different goal: to use technology to improve the quality of our communications, especially for people who use wearable hearing technology such…
June 6, 2019
Celebrating student innovation and entrepreneurship
On Monday (June 3), the Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering hosted its annual ENGineering INnovation and Entrepreneurship (ENGINE) showcase. The program gives students the opportunity to work in teams on industry sponsored projects. This year, nearly 50 teams of students worked on projects with a societal impact. Students’ projects covered an array of electrical…
June 5, 2019
ECE students create robot to help farmers for ENGINE program
Four undergraduate students in the Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering created a semi-autonomous ground vehicle to evaluate the volume and health of thousands of acres of crops, as part of the department’s entrepreneurial capstone program, ENGINE. Justin Ngo, Yibo Cao, Maggie Fagan and Jonathan Ananda Nusantara designed, built and tested this unmanned vehicle for…
May 31, 2019
ECE alum Hemant Sonawala honored with lifetime achievement award
On Thursday, May 30, the Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering joined the Washington State and India Trade Relations Action Committee (WASITRAC) to honor the late Hemant Sonawala at the 2019 Building Bridges Across the Nations Awards. His son, Saurabh (MSEE ’88) and granddaughter, Bhakti were in attendance to receive his lifetime achievement award. Hemant…
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