May 1, 2010
Pavel Nikitin awarded ‘Best Paper’
EE Affiliate Professor Pavel Nikitin’s paper “Phase Based Spatial Identification of UHF RFID Tags” was named ‘Best Paper’ at the recent IEEE RFID 2010 conference in Orlando, Florida. Pavel’s co-authors were Rene Martinez, Shashi Ramamurthy, Hunter Leland, Gary Spiess, and Kodukula Rao. There were 130 papers submitted to the conference, out of which 39 were…
April 8, 2010
Leo Lam wins 2010 “Student Innovator: Teaching” award
Leo Lam has been named the winner of the College of Engineering’s 2010 “Student Innovator: Teaching” award. The award is chosen based on enthusiasm for the subject, the ability to engage students, an innovative approach in the classroom, and the ability to facilitate the participation of under-represented groups. A complete list of this year’s winners…
April 7, 2010
Remote Access Lab Proposal Funded
An EE proposal written to the UW Tech Fee Committee for an Electrical Engineering Remote Access Lab has been preliminarily funded for approximately $86,000. This proposal will help create a virtual lab space where students can remotely connect from home or anywhere in the world and complete their assignments remotely. The goal is to simulate…
April 6, 2010
Eric Arendt receives Dean’s Medal
For the third year in a row, an EE student has been selected as one of the Dean’s Medalists! Eric Arendt is a double degree student in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science & Engineering, maintaining a cumulative GPA of 3.86. He stands out not only as an exceptional student, but as a leader and mentor…
April 5, 2010
Gary Swofford to speak at EE commencement
Gary Swofford, a 1968 graduate of the BSEE program, has over 40 years of experience in the energy industry. He currently serves as General Manager of Swofford Energy Consulting, LLC. Previously he held positions as Chief Operating Officer, Senior Vice President, Vice President of Engineering & Operations, and Vice President of Rates & Customer Services…
April 3, 2010
Karl Böhringer appointed Fluke Chair
Professor Karl Bohringer has been appointed as the John M. Fluke Chair of Engineering for a term of five years starting March 16, 2010. Karl is well known internationally for his work on micromanipulation and microassembly. He is the lead investigator at University of Washington of the DARPA Center for “Interfacial Engineering of Microelectromechanical Systems”….
March 29, 2010
Frankye Jones named Graduate Program Assistant of the Year
The Graduate and Professional Student Senate and the UW Graduate School have honored Frankye Jones by naming her the Graduate Program Assistant of the Year. The award was presented at an annual breakfast the Graduate School sponsors for for campus Graduate Program Assistants. Congratulations Frankye!
March 7, 2010
Belkin buys Zensi
Zensi, a startup company founded by EE Professor Shwetak Patel, Duke Professor Matthew Reynolds, Georgia Tech Professor Gregory Abowd and Ph.D. candidate Erich Stuntebeck, has been acquired by Belkin Technologies. Zensi specializes in power management applications, such as monitoring and profiling the amounts and patterns of electricity used by individual appliances and other devices throughout…
March 6, 2010
DoE Awards $2.5M to Develop Training Program on Clean Energy & Smart Grids
The Department of Energy has awarded $2.5 million for a joint UW/WSU project that will develop a program to train engineers in clean energy and smart grid engineering. Professor Anjan Bose from WSU and professor Mohamed El-Sharkawi from UW are the lead investigators of the project. This three-year project will set up a joint WSU-UW…
March 5, 2010
Cohn and Medero awarded NSF Fellowships
EE Ph.D. candidates Gabe Cohn and Julie Medero have been awarded Fellowships through the National Science Foundation’s Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP). Julie is advised by Mari Ostendorf, while Gabe Cohn is advised by Shwetak Patel. GRFP awards provide three years of support including an annual stipend, cost-of-education allowance, an international travel allowance, and TeraGrid…
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