UW ECE undergraduate Anders Pearson awarded NSF Graduate Research Fellowship
UW ECE undergraduate student Anders Pearson has been awarded a fellowship by the National Science Foundation (NSF) Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP). The NSF GRFP recognizes outstanding graduate students pursuing research-based degrees in STEM.
UW research team creates a new type of optical chip
A research team led by UW ECE and Physics Professor Arka Majumdar has engineered a new type of optical microchip that is low power, electrically reconfigurable, and can be mass-produced. This programmable photonic integrated circuit could be used in a wide range of advanced technologies.
At quantum testbed lab, researchers across the UW probe ‘spooky’ mysteries of quantum phenomena
UW ECE Assistant Professor Max Parsons is featured in this UW News article about the Quantum Technologies Training and Testbed lab.
UW research team applies game theory to create a new framework for neural interface design
A research team led by UW ECE professors Amy Orsborn and Sam Burden has used game theory to create a new computational framework for neural interfaces that can adapt to the user — offering a new approach to improving human-machine interaction.
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.
