April 30, 2026

UW research team creates a new type of optical chip

By Wayne Gillam / UW ECE News As technology advances, and the demand for faster, higher-bandwidth, and more energy-efficient data processing continues to grow, scientists and engineers search for ways to improve electronic systems. One avenue they have been exploring is optoelectronics — the study and application of electronic devices that interface with light by…

April 23, 2026

At quantum testbed lab, researchers across the UW probe ‘spooky’ mysteries of quantum phenomena

April 9, 2026

UW research team applies game theory to create a new framework for neural interface design

By Wayne Gillam / UW ECE News There is an exciting future on the horizon — one in which your thoughts could directly control electronic devices you use every day. In many ways, that future is already here, enabled by neural interfaces — engineered devices designed to exchange information with the body’s nervous system. From…

March 12, 2026

UW ECE graduate student Eliane Nirere receives 2026 Vadari fellowship award for research helping to bring electricity to remote African communities

By Wayne Gillam / UW ECE News This academic quarter, UW ECE doctoral student Eliane Nirere received a 2026 fellowship award from the Sarala Vadari Endowed Fund in Electrical & Computer Engineering — a fund established at UW ECE to foster advanced education in Power and Energy Systems. Each year, the fund recognizes an exceptional…

February 19, 2026

A smart glove with its own sense of touch

February 5, 2026

A fearless leader and a lifelong learner

By Wayne Gillam / UW ECE News What does it mean to live a good life — a rich, fulfilling life? This is a question many of us wrestle with at one time or another. For UW ECE alumna Thy Tran (BSEE ‘93), it is something she has pondered for years, not just in theory,…

January 22, 2026

UW ECE Professor Lih-Yuan Lin named National Academy of Inventors Fellow

By Wayne Gillam / UW ECE News The University of Washington Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering (UW ECE) congratulates Professor Lih-Yuan Lin, who has been elected into the National Academy of Inventors (NAI) 2025 Class of Fellows. This distinction recognizes her outstanding work and lasting impact in nanotechnology, photonics, and optoelectronics — fields that…

January 12, 2026

Professor Nathan Kutz named to Clarivate’s Highly Cited Researchers list

UW ECE is proud to announce that Professor Nathan Kutz was recently named to the Clarivate Highly Cited Researchers 2025 list, a distinction that celebrates researchers whose work has shaped their fields. Kutz is one of 56 UW faculty and researchers recognized. Kutz is a Boeing Professor in AI & Data-Driven Engineering and holds a…

December 18, 2025

The Integrator 2025–2026

Read the latest issue of The Integrator, UW ECE’s annual magazine highlighting faculty and student research, alumni news, and more! Read previous issues of The Integrator here.

December 9, 2025

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

By Wayne Gillam / UW ECE News UW ECE doctoral student Mingfei Chen was recently 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. Google.org awarded this fellowship to Chen to support her work developing AI systems that…


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