December 10, 2015
UW EE Casino Night 2016
Hosted by the student-run society HKN/IEEE, Casino Night provides an opportunity for students and industry representatives to network in a casual setting. Industry Registration Please join us for Casino Night 2016, to continue networking with outstanding UW Electrical Engineering students. Register here. Casino Night Thursday, January 21, 2016, 5-8pm, the HUB Lyceum *Student check-in starts…
December 9, 2015
Graduate Student Develops Virtual Reality Finger Tracking Device
The future of virtual reality may be at our fingertips, or EE Ph.D. candidate Keyu Chen’s fingertips, to be exact. Together with Oculus Research, Chen is developing a device that uses electromagnets to track the position of each finger in 3D. Chen began working on the project during an internship with Oculus Research, located in…
December 8, 2015
EE Faculty’s OneRadio Project Supported by Innovation Funding
Affiliate Faculty Member Tony Goodson has received CoMotion Innovation Funding to support his collaborative “OneRadio” project. CoMotion Innovation Funding supports projects that are in the early stages of development and have a strong likelihood of being commercialized. The basic concept behind OneRadio is to create a single radio that is capable of performing multiple functions….
December 7, 2015
Graduate Student Kevin Morrissey Receives DOE Fellowship
Graduate student Kevin Morrissey has received a fellowship from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), specifically with the Building-Grid Integration Research and Development Innovators Program, which supports research that aims to create more energy efficient buildings through the use of renewable energy. The fellowship will fund Morrissey’s collaborative work with two postdocs in theRenewable Energy…
December 6, 2015
Karl Bohringer Receives Global Innovation Fund Award
EE Professor Karl Bohringer, who directs the UW Washington Nanofabrication Facility, has received a Global Innovation Fund Award, which will support the formation of a new International Nanotechnology Exchange program. Administered by the UW Office of Global Affairs, the Global Innovation Fund Awards support the development of collaborative research and educational partnerships with institutions of…
December 5, 2015
Now Available: Fall 2015 Issue of The Integrator
December 4, 2015
Alum Louis Scharf Honored with 2016 IEEE Kilby Medal
UW EE alum Louis Scharf (Ph.D. ’69) has been honored with a 2016 IEEE Jack S. Kilby Signal Processing Medal for his contributions to statistical signal processing. The Kilby Medal was established in 1995 in honor of Jack S. Kilby, who shared the 2000 Nobel Prize in Physics for his invention of the integrated circuit…
December 3, 2015
Shyam Gollakota Honored with 2015 World Technology Award
EE Adjunct and CSE Professor Shyam Gollakota was honored with the 2015 World Technology Award in Communications Technology. Out of 39 nominees, six of which were finalists, Gollakota received the top honor. Gollakota accepted the award at the culmination of the World Technology Summit & Awards Gala on November 20 in New York City, attended…
December 2, 2015
Four Students Receive IEEE Power & Energy Scholarships
Four UW EE undergraduate students have received IEEE Power & Energy Society (PES) Scholarships. Congratulations to Jaclyn Wilson, Bryan Bednarski, Joshua Monson and Brandon Thayer! The recipients were selected based on their GPAs, commitment to the power and energy field and extracurricular activities. A $2,000 award helps fund tuition and other school expenses. “I was…
December 1, 2015
Graduate Student Jingda Wu’s Paper Featured in Advanced Optical Materials
EE Ph.D. student Jingda Wu’s paper is featured as the inside front cover image and article in Advanced Optical Materials’ November 2015 edition. In his paper, Wu discusses using naturally grown reed membranes to fabricate Zinc Oxide (ZnO) nanocrystal flexible ultraviolet photodetectors. Nonuniform fabrication methods commonly used in flexible devices often result in electrical malfunctions….
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