UW ECE graduate student Eliane Nirere receives 2026 Vadari fellowship award for research helping to bring electricity to remote African communities
This award honors Nirere’s academic achievements and research aimed at bringing electricity and renewable energy to remote, underserved communities in Sub-Saharan Africa.
A smart glove with its own sense of touch
UW ECE doctoral student Devin Murphy, working in the lab of Assistant Professor Yiyue Luo and collaborating with MIT, has created OpenTouch Glove — a cost-effective, accessible, tactile sensing glove based on flexible printed circuit board technology.
A fearless leader and a lifelong learner
UW ECE alumna Thy Tran (BSEE ‘93) is the Vice President of Global Front-End Procurement at Micron Technology, a worldwide leader in the semiconductor industry. Despite humble beginnings as a Vietnamese refugee, she built an outstanding career as well as a life defined by purpose, achievement, and service.
UW ECE Professor Lih-Yuan Lin named National Academy of Inventors Fellow
Professor Lih-Yuan Lin was recently elected to the NAI 2025 Class of Fellows. This distinction recognizes her influential contributions to nanotechnology, photonics, and optoelectronics — fields that are shaping the future of technology.
Professor Nathan Kutz named to Clarivate’s Highly Cited Researchers list
UW ECE and Applied Mathematics Professor Nathan Kutz has been named to the Clarivate Highly Cited Researchers 2025 list, a distinction that celebrates researchers whose work has shaped their fields.
The Integrator 2025–2026
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!
