September 27, 2017
Welcome, students!
We’re happy you’re here! Whether you are returning to UW EE for another year or are new to these innovative halls, we are so excited to have you with us. Below are a few resources for you as you continue or begin your UW EE journey. Student Clubs and Organizations Opportunities are boundless at the UW….
September 25, 2017
New $15.6M NSF-funded center founded at the UW
The new Molecular Engineering Materials Center supports excellence in research, education and training in materials science. UW EE Professors Kai-Me Fu and Scott Dunham were a part of the core faculty that led the efforts to secure and establish the new national center.
September 22, 2017
UW and China’s Tsinghua University launch groundbreaking Global Innovation Exchange
The Global Innovation Exchange (GIX) is the first of its kind, marking the first time a Chinese research university has built a physical presence in the United States. The University of Washington and Tsinghua University joined forces to establish the graduate institute in Bellevue, Washington. The space, which was funded through a $40 million donation…
September 18, 2017
Faculty receive Ubicomp’s 10-Year Impact Award
UW professors have been awarded the 10-Year Impact Award at Ubicomp 2017 for their paper “At the Flick of a Switch: Detecting and Classifying Unique Electrical Events on the Residential Power Line.” UW faculty include Electrical Engineering and Paul G. Allen School of Computer Science & Engineering Professors Shwetak Patel and Matt Reynolds and Human Centered Design…
September 15, 2017
Wireless communications expert Robert Heath leads this year’s Dean W. Lytle Lecture
Wedged between microwave and infrared waves on the spectrum are millimeter waves (mmWaves). These tiny wavelengths are about the size of a pencil point. However, mmWaves are packed with high bandwidth channels, leading to limitless opportunities for high-speed broadband applications. For several years, researchers have discussed the possibility of using mmWave to usher in a…
September 13, 2017
Researchers achieve groundbreaking communication of low-power devices over long distances
September 12, 2017
New hire, Brian Johnson, brings expertise in power electronics
This spring, Dr. Brian Johnson will advance the UW Department of Electrical Engineering’s (UW EE) research in power and energy systems by introducing new courses and research in power electronics. Dr. Johnson currently works at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory’s (NREL) Power Systems Engineering Center. His research at NREL focuses on bridging advances in contemporary…
September 11, 2017
An MoU between IITH and the UW build a partnership on cyber physical systems, smart cities
Although the India Institute of Technology – Hyderabad (IITH) and the University of Washington (UW) are over 7,700 miles away, research interests draw the two institutions closer together. In May, IITH and the UW Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering (UW ECE) joined forces through a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), fostering a partnership on Cyber…
September 7, 2017
Professor Sumit Roy receives Best Paper at 2017 WNS3 Workshop
The paper, entitled “Link-to-System Mapping for ns-3 Wi-Fi OFDM Error Models,” was awarded the top paper prize at the annual WNS3 Workshop. The paper investigates Wi-Fi OFDM (Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing) performance over AWGN (additive white Gaussian noise) and fading channels, developing an ns-3 ErrorRateModel based on tables compiled from link simulation results. This research…
September 6, 2017
UW researchers developing a smartphone app to screen for concussion and brain injury
Associate Professor Shwetak Patel and a team from UbiComp Lab are developing PupilScreen, a smartphone app to screen for concussion.
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