October 24, 2016
Professor Wilson Receives “Best Paper” Award at ASEE Annual Conference
Professor Denise Wilson and other researchers were awarded a “Best Paper” award for the 2016 ASEE Annual Conference for the New Engineering Educators Division. The paper entitled “Student Perceptions of Faculty Support: Do Class Size or Institution Type Matter” investigates focus groups of 175 students from five different universities to determine if student perceptions of faculty support differed…
Professors Receive NSF Grant to Develop a 3D Printer that Aids Research in Nanotechnology
Professor of Electrical Engineering and Biomedical Engineering Karl Böhringer, Professor of Electrical Engineering Lih Lin and Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering Nicholas Boechler receive a grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) for the advancement of three-dimensional (3D) printers with unprecedented nanoscale resolution. Boechler is the PI on the project, entitled “MRI: Acquisition of a…
Professor Eli Shlizerman Receives Award to Unearth Mosquitoes Sensory Attraction to Humans
Assistant Professor of Electrical Engineering and Applied Mathematics Eli Shlizerman, along with Associate Professor of Biology Jeff Riffell, will receive an award from the Air Force Office of Scientific Research (AFOSR) to study the mosquito olfactory system. This research will unearth the odor fingerprints of humans to mosquitoes, allowing for the development of bio-inspired detection…
Riskin Leads “Redshirt” Consortium to Support Low-Income Students in Engineering
Electrical Engineering Professor and Associate Dean of Diversity and Access Eve Riskin received a National Science Foundation (NSF) Grant to support incoming freshmen who are interested in pursuing an engineering degree and who are from economically and educationally underserved backgrounds. The consortium is an extension of the STARS (Washington STate Academic RedShirt) program. Research has…
Interview: Dr. Babak Parviz on Society and Technology
UW EE had the opportunity to sit down with Dr. Babak Parviz. In addition to his appointment as an affiliate faculty member at the University of Washington Department of Electrical Engineering, Dr. Parviz is also a vice-president at Amazon. Before Amazon, he led the development of Google Glass while at the search giant. He has…
Professor Reynolds Proposes New Approach for Wireless Charging
A flat-screen panel that resembles a TV on your living room wall could one day remotely charge any device within its line of sight, according to new research. In a paper published Oct. 23, 2016, on the arXiv pre-print repository, engineers at the University of Washington, Duke University and Intellectual Ventures’ Invention Science Fund (ISF)…
October 20, 2016
Faculty and Students Develop Portable, Affordable Air Quality Testing Device
Electrical Engineering Professor Alex Mamishev, doctoral student Sep Makhsous and the Mechanical Engineering Novosselov Research Group (NRG) have launched an Indiegogo campaign for their new product – the AeroSpec. The affordable device is a portable air quality tester. The first of its kind, AeroSpec helps to identify molds and other problem particles within a particular…
PhD Student Tong Zhang Receives Prestigious Pre-Doctoral Award
Congratulations to EE PhD student Tong Zhang, who has received the prestigious 2016 IEEE Solid-State Circuit Society Pre-Doctoral Award. The award recognizes excellence in the field for pre-doctoral candidates. There are less than 20 awards conferred worldwide.
Professor Roy Leads Spectrum Research
On top of Sieg Hall, Electrical Engineering Professor Sumit Roy and his students have placed a commodity RF sensor station, which is capable of passively monitoring spectrum usage of over 300 MHz-6 GHz band (ultra-high frequency) occurring in the local vicinity. The integrated web interface currently allows remote users to access the data gathered…
October 17, 2016
UW EE Faculty to Tackle Urban Mobility
For urban roadways, traffic-choked streets have become synonymous with the weekday commute. Over the decades, strategic conversations between city officials, engineers and policy makers have sought to lessen congestion and provide increased transportation options. However, as cities continue to develop and populations increase, the results of years of conversation cannot materialize fast enough. On the…
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