Unlocking the brain with the fruit fly
UW ECE undergraduate Mary Bun studies multitasking in fruit flies to offer valuable insights into disorders like Parkinson’s disease. Her work is inspired by neural engineering research led by UW ECE and UW Medicine Professor Chet Moritz.
Shanti Garman — graduate student, instructor, and mentor to aspiring engineers
Shanti Garman is a doctoral degree candidate at UW ECE, studying and working in the Sensor Systems Lab. She is also an instructor in the Department’s Professional Master’s Program as well as a mentor to aspiring engineers and first-generation college students.
Precision at the smallest scale
UW ECE students toured inside the Washington Nanofabrication Facility, where tiny tech is transforming research in quantum, chips, medicine and more.
A professor with superpowers
UW ECE Associate Teaching Professor Mahmood Hameed has a superpower — his unique ability to connect with students. He is known for his exceptional ability as an educator and his passion for teaching.
Eye-tracking for tailored autonomy
UW ECE undergraduate Kyshawn Warren part of NSF-funded team of researchers using eye-tracking technology to help create autonomous systems that can adjust to individual comfort levels.
The 2025 International Conference on Machine Learning: Q&A with Professor Maryam Fazel
UW ECE Professor Maryam Fazel is a program co-chair for the 2025 International Conference on Machine Learning, which will be held from July 13 to 19 in Vancouver, Canada.
Serena Eley — studying superconductivity, magnetism, and disorder in quantum materials
UW ECE Assistant Professor Serena Eley studies superconductors and magnets, searching for ways to fine-tune the atomic disorder landscape in these materials and leverage their unique properties for quantum technology development.
Brain-machine interface pioneer Amy Orsborn named 2025 Sloan Research Fellow
Amy Orsborn, a Clare Boothe Luce Assistant Professor in Electrical & Computer Engineering and Bioengineering at the UW, has been awarded a 2025 Sloan Research Fellowship, one of the most prestigious honors awarded to early-career researchers in the U.S and Canada.
A camera that can identify objects at the speed of light
UW ECE and Physics Professor Arka Majumdar and his students have collaborated with Princeton University to build a new type of compact camera engineered for computer vision. Their prototype uses optics for computing, significantly reducing power consumption and enabling the camera to identify objects at light speed.
Niveditha Kalavakonda — building an intelligent robot to assist surgeons
UW ECE doctoral student Niveditha Kalavakonda is engineering an autonomous robotic assistant for providing surgical suction. This device is at the leading edge of technology and is helping to explore a new field: collaborative human-robot interaction in surgical environments.
The Integrator 2024–2025
Read the latest issue of The Integrator, UW ECE’s flagship annual magazine highlighting the Department’s extraordinary faculty and student research, achievements, alumni stories, special events and more from this past year!
Designing next-generation chips at UW ECE
UW ECE faculty are leaders in microchip design and are known internationally for their creative, interdisciplinary approaches to chip design and development.
Kim Ingraham — engineering assistive robotic devices for people with disabilities
UW ECE Assistant Professor Kim Ingraham designs personalized, adaptive control strategies for assistive robotic devices, such as exoskeletons and powered wheelchairs. Her work brings people together from different backgrounds to produce more usable assistive robotic devices.
A new, 3D-imaging system for early detection of lung cancer
UW ECE Assistant Professor Sajjad Moazeni and graduate students in his lab are part of a multidisciplinary, multi-institutional research team developing a new, three-dimensional imaging system for early detection of lung cancer.
Max Parsons — engineering quantum technology while making state-of-the-art hardware more accessible for research and education
UW ECE Research Assistant Professor Max Parsons develops cold atom systems for quantum computing, sensing, and communication. He also directs the QT3 Lab, providing unique research opportunities for students.
