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Loose Bits - July 2010
Here is this month’s installment of Loose Bits, the UW EE community
news email highlighting all the positive achievements and activities happening
around the department. This month there are several interesting articles
featuring our community members, and I encourage you to take a look at the
fascinating work being done here at EE (click on the links found under the UW EE In the News section). And,
as always, if you have any news items you would like to share, please continue
to send your information to: pr@ee.washington.edu.
Awards &
Honors:
Many of our
community members have received recognition for their exceptional efforts in
research and education. You can click on the links below to learn more
information about the award and recipient. Congratulations to these students,
faculty and alumni!
www.ee.washington.edu/news/2010/josberger_scholarship.html
www.marketwire.com/press-release/KEMA-Vice-President-Receives-Prestigious-CIGRE-Awards-1296160.htm
www.ee.washington.edu/news/2010/cheng_best_paper.html
The research
and service activities in our department have gained public interest through
media coverage. Below is a selection of press items that features our faculty,
students and alumni. You can click on the link to read the article.
Alumnus Richard Wakefield (PhD ’74) in Marketwire
www.marketwire.com/press-release/KEMA-Vice-President-Receives-Prestigious-CIGRE-Awards-1296160.htm
Lih
Lin in IEEE Spectrum
http://spectrum.ieee.org/semiconductors/nanotechnology/a-lightdriven-plasmonic-motor
Biorobotics Lab in Popular
Science
www.ee.washington.edu/news/2010/raven2.pdf
Brian Otis &
Affiliate Professor Josh Smith in The New York Times
www.nytimes.com/2010/07/18/business/18novel.html?_r=2
Karl Böhringer in Electronics Weekly
www.electronicsweekly.com/Articles/2010/07/09/49012/centipede-bot-carries-seven-times-its-own-weight-slowly.htm
Karl Böhringer in Washington Technology
http://washingtontechnology.com/blogs/quick-study/2010/07/army-insect-uavs.aspx
Karl Böhringer in Popular Science
www.popsci.com/technology/article/2010-07/tiny-centipede-microbot-carries-seven-times-its-weight-512-thermal-powered-legs
Karl Böhringer in UWeek
http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleID=58979
Scott Hauck in Washington Technology Center News
http://news.watechcenter.org/2010/07/uw-partnership-with-pico-computing.html
Department
News:
Most of the latest news and events
items can be found on our EE website: www.ee.washington.edu/news/index.html.
Here are some additional departmental items that have occurred over the last
month.
2010 Graduation Ceremony Video
Available for Download
If you would like a video copy of the 2010
Graduation Ceremony, we’ve made it available for download on the EE website in
three different file sizes.
www.ee.washington.edu/news/2010/gradvid.html
New Grant Awards
Our
faculty members continue to be successful at bringing in research funding for
the department. During the month of June, new grant awards have totaled approximately $530,000. Here are the new awards for the month of June that faculty have
received:
PI: M.P. Anantram
Sponsor: National Science
Foundation
Title: Collaborative Research:
Multi-level Behavior, Material Scalability and Energy of 1-D Phase-Change
Nanostructures
PI: Dave
Allstot
Sponsor: Intel
Title: Intel
Algorithms Fund
Sponsor: DARPA Microsystems
Technology Office
Title: Nanotechnology Devices for
Defense Applications
Sponsor: National Science
Foundation
Title: REU: Career: Nucleic Acid Circuitry for Programming Gene
Expression
