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Chips2Future

The inaugural Chips2Future summer engineering immersion, piloted and led by UW ECE faculty, offered undergraduate students an intensive primer in semiconductor design and production, hands-on practice in world-class facilities, and visits to many of the companies that now produce 90 percent of the world’s advanced microchips.

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A legacy of learning

Last spring, UW ECE Professor Emeritus Les Atlas unexpectedly passed away. Over his career, Atlas helped shape fields ranging from digital signal processing to machine learning, mentored generations of students and researchers, and co-developed the world’s first portable cochlear implant speech processor.

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Students build smarter devices with embedded AI

Students in the UW ECE Professional Master’s Program, including (from left to right) Bita Massoudi, Jayce Gaddis, and Devika Nair, are learning how to embed advanced AI capabilities into resource-constrained electronics.

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UW ECE is Hiring!

UW ECE is accepting applications for two tenure-track assistant professor positions and a tenure-track associate professor position.

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Training the next generation of microchip designers

In new undergraduate capstone courses taught by UW ECE professors Chris Rudell and Ang Li, students are working together in teams to learn how to design and build microchips for real-world applications.

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Yiyue Luo — developing intelligent wearable technology for healthcare, robotics and human-computer interaction

UW ECE Assistant Professor Yiyue Luo is known for her work in intelligent, or “smart,” textiles. At UW ECE, she and her students are expanding this relatively new line of research into other forms of intelligent wearable technology.

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For Prospective Students

UW ECE is proud to be home to a group of incredible students, coming together every day to solve some of the world’s toughest problems. Our graduates have gone on to work in high tech, aerospace and biotech industries. In addition, many of our graduates have continued their education, pursuing their master’s and Ph.D. degrees.

Why UW ECE?

With over 50 faculty members, UW ECE delivers a wide breadth of research expertise and multi-disciplinary collaboration. Our faculty are some of the best minds in their fields, receiving numerous top awards including Department of Defense awards, NSF awards, Microsoft Research awards, NIH grants and Fulbright Scholarships.

We are housed at the number one most innovative public university in the world, and our research consistently exemplifies the University of Washington’s innovative spirit. Our work redefines what is possible and has been featured in numerous scientific and news publications, including Nature, Science, The New York Times, The Economist and Wired, among others.

We are proud to be the 18th best graduate school in the country and will continue to provide our students with the best education for whatever future profession they pursue.

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