January 3, 2011
Chizeck Elected to AIMBE’s College of Fellows
Professor Howard Jay Chizeck has been elected to the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering’s (AIMBE) College of Fellows for 2011. Chizeck was elected for his “contributions to the use of control system theory in functional electrical stimulation assisted walking.” The AIMBE consists of 1,000 individuals who are the outstanding bioengineers in academia, industry…
January 2, 2011
Newscast from Biorobotics Lab featuring the Kinect, Phantom Omni & Multi-Finger Haptic Device
January 1, 2011
Monitoring all the electrical and hydraulic appliances in your house
December 2, 2010
Ishimaru Wins COE’s 2011 Diamond Award
Congratulations to Professor Emeritus Akira Ishimaru for receiving the College of Engineering’s 2011 Diamond Award for Distinguished Achievement in Academia. The Diamond Awards honor outstanding alumni and friends who have made significant contributions to the field of engineering. The award ceremony and dinner will be held on Friday, May 13, 2011 at the Don James…
December 1, 2010
Elliot Saba Awarded Mary Gates Research Scholarship
Congratulations to Elliot Saba for receiving the Mary Gates Undergraduate Research Scholarship! These research scholarships enable students from a wide range of disciplines to deepen their involvement in work with faculty on research, curricular design, the creative arts, and other forms of scholarly endeavor. Saba is working with EE PhD students Pascal Clark and Xing…
October 10, 2010
Alumnus Patrick Loughlin named 2011 IEEE Fellow
EE alumnus, Patrick Loughlin has just been elected a Fellow of the IEEE for his contributions to “time-frequency analysis and nonstationary signal processing.” Loughlin is the William Kepler Whiteford Professor of Bioengineering, and Electrical & Computer Engineering, at the University of Pittsburgh, and also a Fellow of the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering…
October 8, 2010
Kinahan named 2011 IEEE Fellow
EE Adjunct Professor Paul Kinahan has been named an IEEE Fellow effective January 1, 2011 for his “contributions to positron emission tomography.”
October 5, 2010
Borriello named 2011 IEEE Fellow
EE Adjunct Professor Gaetano Borriello has been named an IEEE Fellow effective January 1, 2011. His citation reads “for contributions to embedded computing devices and systems”. Gaetano holds the Jerre D. Noe Endowed Professorship in UW’s Computer Science and Engineering department. Congratulations Gaetano!
October 4, 2010
Patel wins 2010 TechFlash Newsmaker of the Year
EE and CSE Assistant Professor Shwetak Patel has been awarded the 2010 TechFlash Newsmaker of The Year Award. Patel faced stiff competition as his fellow nominees in this category included Paul Allen, Steve Ballmer, Jeff Bezos, Ben Huh, and Andy Sack. Patel has been making quite a news splash for “selling Zensi, a home energy monitoring…
September 12, 2010
Böhringer, Ritcey named 2011 IEEE Fellows
Professors Jim Ritcey and Karl Böhringer have been named IEEE Fellows effective January 1, 2011. Karl’s citation is “for contributions to microelectromechanical systems, parallel and distributed robotic manipulation, and self-assembly”, while Jim’s reads “for contributions to bit-interleaved coded modulation with iterative decoding”. The IEEE Grade of Fellow is conferred by the IEEE Board of Directors…
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