A smart glove with its own sense of touch
UW ECE doctoral student Devin Murphy, working in the lab of Assistant Professor Yiyue Luo and collaborating with MIT, has created OpenTouch Glove — a cost-effective, accessible, tactile sensing glove based on flexible printed circuit board technology.
A fearless leader and a lifelong learner
UW ECE alumna Thy Tran (BSEE ‘93) is the Vice President of Global Front-End Procurement at Micron Technology, a worldwide leader in the semiconductor industry. Despite humble beginnings as a Vietnamese refugee, she built an outstanding career as well as a life defined by purpose, achievement, and service.
UW ECE Professor Lih-Yuan Lin named National Academy of Inventors Fellow
Professor Lih-Yuan Lin was recently elected to the NAI 2025 Class of Fellows. This distinction recognizes her influential contributions to nanotechnology, photonics, and optoelectronics — fields that are shaping the future of technology.
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.
The Integrator 2025–2026
Read the latest issue of The Integrator, UW ECE’s flagship annual magazine highlighting the Department’s extraordinary faculty and student research, achievements, alumni stories, special events and more from this past year!
UW ECE graduate student Mingfei Chen receives 2025 Google PhD Fellowship for pioneering AI research
UW ECE doctoral student Mingfei Chen has been 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.
UW ECE Professor Maryam Fazel receives 2025 Farkas Prize
UW ECE Professor Maryam Fazel received the award for her foundational work in the field of optimization and for pioneering contributions to data science and artificial intelligence.
Irene Peden — A pioneer for women in engineering
UW ECE Professor Emerita Irene Peden passed away on August 22, 2025, just a few weeks before her 100th birthday. She was an exceptional researcher and educator who created pathways to success for women in engineering throughout her career.
UW ECE Entrepreneurial Fellows Program helps turn research advances into real-world products
This new program supports transfer of research into commercial products through prototyping, customer discovery, and market analysis. Learn how UW ECE-EFP fellows are translating their ideas into impact.
UW ECE is Hiring!
UW ECE is inviting applications for tenure-track assistant professor positions.
IFDS workshop brings together experts to help make AI more reliable, robust, and trustworthy
The Institute for Foundations of Data Science brought AI and machine learning experts together from across the nation to explore the mathematical, statistical, and algorithmic underpinnings of modern AI systems — advancing theory to better understand and improve AI technology.
New study shows that electrical stimulation can reduce brain damage after stroke
In a first-of-its-kind demonstration, UW ECE and BioE Associate Professor Azadeh Yazdan and her research team have shown that applying electrical stimulation to the brain within an hour after the onset of an ischemic stroke may significantly reduce brain damage.
Ultra-flat optic pushes beyond what was previously thought possible
In a first-of-its-kind achievement, researchers at UW ECE and Princeton University have shown that a camera containing a large aperture, ultra-flat optic can record high-quality color images and video comparable to what can be captured with a conventional camera lens.
A distinguished career, marked by contributions to machine learning research and education
On July 5, 2025, UW ECE Professor Les Atlas officially retired and was appointed professor emeritus. Atlas has been a UW ECE professor for 41 years, making important contributions to the Department while producing groundbreaking research in machine learning and digital signal processing.
Fighting fire before it sparks
Voltair, a startup co-founded by UW ECE alums Ronan Nopp (BSECE ’25) and Hayden Gosch (BSECE ’25) is innovating drone technology to prevent wildfires from igniting along rural power lines.
