July 14, 2017
UW EE leads NIST PSCR grant for next-generation broadband
The University of Washington (UW) is one of 19 universities awarded the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Public Safety Communications Research (PSCR) grant to develop performance analysis tools for the proposed next-generation broadband LTE based FirstNet (for emergency/first responders). The grant is part of the First Responders Network Authority (FirstNet) appropriations. Congress has allocated FirstNet…
July 13, 2017
Alum Tong Zhang awarded the 2017 Graduate School Distinguished Dissertation Award in Mathematics, Physical Sciences and Engineering
Tong Zhang (Ph.D. ’17) received the highly competitive University of Washington (UW) 2017 Graduate School Distinguished Dissertation Award in Mathematics, Physical Sciences and Engineering for his UW electrical engineering doctoral thesis. The thesis, entitled “Integrated Wideband Self-interference Cancellation Techniques for FDD and Full-duplex Wireless Communication,” was the top dissertation in the Mathematics, Physical Sciences and Engineering…
July 7, 2017
UW team achieves a factor of 10 performance improvement for BCI Recording Systems
Brain computer interfaces (BCIs) offer a direct communication pathway between the brain and external technologies. BCIs are of significant research interest for their potential role in repairing human cognitive or sensory-motor functions for conditions like stroke and paralysis. Although BCIs present great opportunities for brain to device connectivity, there are several challenges in application: next-generation…
July 6, 2017
Professor Bruce Darling receives COE Faculty Award in Teaching
UW electrical engineering (UW EE) professor Bruce Darling was awarded the College of Engineering Faculty Award in Teaching for his outstanding contributions to engineering education. The annual award recognizes a faculty member who fosters innovative and lasting contributions to engineering education and displays high-level commitment to students both in and outside of the classroom. Professor Darling has…
July 5, 2017
UW researchers develop world’s first battery-free phone
June 30, 2017
Graduate student Nick Bolten receives Husky Seed Fund
Ph.D. student Nick Bolten received the 2017 Husky Seed Fund for his project UW OpenSidewalks. The fund supports students’ innovative ideas that are inclusive, impactful, and inventive to the UW. Bolten’s project will gather rich data on paths throughout the UW’s Seattle campus to add to the open, mapping database OpenStreetMap. This will help fulfill the…
June 28, 2017
Battery-free cellphone research featured in Wired
June 27, 2017
Researchers deliver first targeted treatment for movement disorder
June 23, 2017
Partnership with CMMB launches new center on smart, connected communities
CMMB Vision (CMMB) has awarded the University of Washington Department of Electrical Engineering (UW EE) a $1.5 million gift to establish a new research center. The CMMB Vision-UW Center on Satellite Multimedia and Connected Vehicles will focus on the development of the next generation of smart cars and ubiquitous connectivity. “We picked a vehicle, because it…
Graduate student Katherine Pratt featured at Smithsonian’s Future Con
Smithsonian’s Future Con was born out of a partnership with Awesome Con, Washington DC’s version of the popular, multi-genre entertainment convention Comic Con. What Future Con achieves is a balance between science and sci-fi, integrating the two to investigate what is possible in science, technology, engineering and space exploration. The convention brings together some of the brightest…
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