Elevating emerging engineers
The UW College of Engineering's Industry Capstone Program partners UW ECE students with sponsor organizations to devise innovative solutions to real-world problems.
photo by Ryan Hoover / UW ECE
Overview
UW ECE’s Computer and Network research includes computer architecture and computer system engineering, VLSI, embedded computing, wireless networks, and wireless communication research. Several of UW ECE’s Computers and Networking faculty hold joint and secondary appointments in computer science and engineering and teach jointly in UW ECE and the Allen School of Computer Science & Engineering.
Topics
Computer Engineering and Architecture
Operating systems, performance analysis, and testbed development, FPGA based computing architectures
Faculty: Scott Hauck, Matt Reynolds, C.J. Richard Shi, Joshua Smith, Michael Taylor
Very-Large-Scale Integration (VLSI)
Analog and digital VLSI integrated circuits, devices, and applications, energy management
Faculty: Jacques Christophe Rudell, C.J. Richard Shi, Michael Taylor
Embedded Systems
Mobile devices, embedded control systems, real-time systems, tools and networks
Faculty: Matt Reynolds, Shwetak Patel, Joshua Smith, Sumit Roy, Michael Taylor, Akshay Gadre
Wireless Communication
Internet architecture, network economics, distributed systems, developing country infrastructure
Faculty: Radha Poovendran, Sumit Roy, James Ritcey, Payman Arabshahi, Akshay Gadre
Cybersecurity
Network security, game theory, statistical modeling, machine learning and control and systems theory
Faculty: Radha Poovendran, Payman Arabshahi
Latest News
UW ECE and Allen School Professor Shwetak Patel elected to the American Academy of Arts & Sciences
UW ECE and Allen School Professor Shwetak Patel was recently elected part of the 2026 class of the American Academy of Arts & Sciences for his pioneering contributions to computer science.
Two student speakers selected for UW ECE Graduation
UW ECE is proud to announce that Khushbu Patel (MSECE ‘26) and Kathryn Fehme (BSECE ‘26) have been selected to speak at this year's Graduation Ceremony.
Akira Ishimaru — A lifetime dedicated to engineering
UW ECE Professor Emeritus Akira Ishimaru spent 73 years at UW ECE focused on learning. His talent and hard work led to important contributions in the study of electromagnetic wave propagation, launched the careers of many of his students, and laid a foundation for the advanced technologies we rely on today.
Jared K. Jordan of Capital One to speak at UW ECE Graduation
UW ECE is proud to announce that alumnus Jared K. Jordan (BSEE ‘05) will serve as honored guest speaker for the UW ECE 2026 Graduation Ceremony. Jordan is a managing vice president at Capital One, a leading financial services corporation, and serves as head of Capital One Garage, the company’s innovation accelerator.
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.
Researchers
- Luyao Niu
- Ang Li
- Hossein Naghavi
- Shanti M. Garman
- Mahmood Hameed
- Akshay Gadre
- Karthik Mohan
- Sajjad Moazeni
- Rania Hussein
- Michael B. Taylor
- Sreeram Kannan
- Visvesh Sathe
- Baosen Zhang
- Chris Rudell
- Scott Hauck
- Shwetak N. Patel
- Radha Poovendran
- James A. Ritcey
- Sumit Roy
- C. J. Richard Shi
- Payman Arabshahi
- Linda Bushnell
- Jose Nathan Kutz
- Yasuo Kuga
Research Labs
- Terahertz Integrated MicroElectronics (TIME) Lab
- Emerging integrated technologies & systems (EMiT) Lab
- Networking and Emerging Wireless Technologies (NEWT) Lab
- Intelligent Systems Lab
- Bespoke Silicon Group
- CMMB Vision – UW EE Center on Satellite Multimedia and Connected Vehicles
- Adaptive Computing Machines and Emulators (ACME) Lab
- Network Security Lab
- Fundamentals of Networking Laboratory
- Future Analog System Technologies Lab