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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.

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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.

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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.

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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!

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UW ECE graduate student Mingfei Chen receives 2025 Google PhD Fellowship for pioneering AI research

UW ECE doctoral student Mingfei Chen has been awarded a 2025 Google PhD Fellowship in Machine Perception. This award is one of the most competitive honors for doctoral students in artificial intelligence research today.

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UW ECE Professor Maryam Fazel receives 2025 Farkas Prize

UW ECE Professor Maryam Fazel received the award for her foundational work in the field of optimization and for pioneering contributions to data science and artificial intelligence.

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As a collective, our research brings us to the forefront of innovation. UW ECE’s world-class resources and facilities offer the perfect platform for active collaboration. Together we’re redefining possibilities in robotics, nanotechnology, electromagnetics, data science, computers and energy. Our ongoing work continues to push the boundaries of modern science and helps to direct the future of hardware and integrated systems. Our collaborations have already resulted in positive large-scale societal impact to the benefit of us all. We’re confident that our work will continue to inspire new and innovative solutions to life’s greatest challenges and encourage partnership and growth for years to come. To learn more, click one of the links below.