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Loose Bits - September 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. As we gear up for
the start of the new academic year, please save the date for the upcoming Dean
Lytle Electrical Engineering Endowed Lytle Lecture Series (details are provided
below). Also, a couple of local television channels reported on the Mobile ASL
Project, so there are some interesting video clips to check out in the UWEE In The News section below. 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.
Upcoming Events:
Save The Date!
The Dean Lytle
Electrical Engineering Endowed Lecture Series
Speaker: Dr. Thomas
Kailath
For more information, visit: www.ee.washington.edu/news/2010/lytle_lecture.html
Mathematical Engineering: Origins
and Impact
Monday, October 11, 2010 —
4:30pm-5:30pm (reception to follow)
Room 125
EEB
Tuesday,
October 12, 2010 — 10:30am-11:30am
Room 105 EEB
*RSVP
by October 1 to Kelly Oswald at 206-685-9816 or coeevent@uw.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 faculty,
staff and students!
Professor Mari
Ostendorf has been honored with the Harriet B. Rigas Award from the
IEEE Education Society.
Graduate
Academic Advisor Frankye Jones was named the 2010 Distinguished
Graduate Program Assistant by The UW Graduate School.
www.ee.washington.edu/news/2010/frankye_grad_award.html
Graduate
Student Ali Al-Awami was awarded Best Poster for his
poster presentation titled, “Combining Wind & Thermal Bids in Short-Term
Electricity Markets” in Minneapolis.
www.ee.washington.edu/news/2010/alawami_best_poster.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
and students. You can click on the link to read the article or watch the
video.
Graduate Student Jessica Tran
&
Mobile
ASL Team on Q13 Fox News
www.q13fox.com/news/kcpq-082510-deafphones,0,660898.story
Graduate Student
Patrick Aubin in UWeek
http://uwnews.org/uweek/article.aspx?id=59897
Graduate Student Jessica Tran &
Mobile ASL Team on King 5
News
www.king5.com/health/Sign-language-cell-phone-101020644.html
Professor Eve
Riskin & Mobile ASL Team in The New York Times (via
ReadWriteWeb)
http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=59764
Professor Babak
Parviz in PR Newswire
www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/nasa-talk-is-high-tech-prescription-for-contact-lenses-99619674.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.
New Grant
Awards
Our faculty members continue to be successful at bringing
in research funding for the department. During the month of July, new grant awards have totaled approximately $675,000. Here are the new awards for the month of July that faculty have
received:
Sponsor: National Science
Foundation
Title: Mechanically Strained Silicon
Nanowire Optoelectronic Devices
Sponsor: Washington Technology Center
Title: EDGE Enhanced Surgical Skill
Evaluation
Sponsor:
Washington Technology Center
Title: Acceleration of Genomics
Algorithms on Pico Computing Boards
Sponsor: Commercialization Gap
Fund
Title: Rehabilitation Gaming Using
Wireless Electromyography
