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…
May 24, 2019
Olis Robotics tasked with refueling and repairing orbiting satellites
Olis Robotics, formerly BlueHaptics, has received a $50,000 grant from the U.S. Air Force. The company, founded by ECE professor Howard Chizeck and ECE affiliate professor and alumnus Frederik Ryden, is a next-generation software platform that greatly expands the capabilities of pilot-controlled service robotics in the field. The Air Force’s Small Business Innovative Research award,…
May 14, 2019
Rania Hussein worked to pass bill providing religious accommodations to higher ed students
ECE lecturer, Rania Hussein, along with UW Bothell biology professor Bryan White, worked to help build and promote the passing of Senate bill 5166 into state law. The bill provides religious accommodations for students at postsecondary educational institutions during exams or other requirements to successfully complete a program. Hussein’s testimony at the state Sentate can…
May 10, 2019
ECE’s Karl Böhringer heading new study abroad program
Sam Quiring, a UW freshman intending to study electrical & computer engineering, knew in high school that he wanted to study abroad. Hearing only positive experiences from friends and family that did so when they were in college, he wanted the opportunity to study overseas. But as an engineering student with a rigorous academic schedule,…
April 30, 2019
ECE doctoral student wins innovative internship at Samsung
Elyas Bayati, a Ph.D. student in the Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering, will spend his summer at the Samsung Strategy and Innovation Center (SSIC) working on new generation of augmented reality (AR) visors that are smaller, lighter to wear and more affordable. Bayati was awarded an internship by Samsung’s UVenture program. The company invited…
April 24, 2019
Two ECE students selected for the Husky 100
Farah Nadeem, an ECE Ph.D. student and Takunda Masike, an ECE undergraduate, were picked for the 2019 Husky 100. Students selected for this honor are chosen because they have shown that they are making a difference on campus, in their communities and for their future. Nadeem, who is from Lahore, Pakistan, is a student…
April 12, 2019
UW researchers create an interactive simulation of a nervous system
In 1986, the nervous system of Caenorhabditis elegans, a microscopic worm, was fully mapped. At the time, scientists and engineers thought this map would quickly reveal the definite functions of the nervous system. But it turned out that resolving the functions of a nervous system is very complex and even today, researchers still don’t fully…
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