UW EE Professional Masters Program To

Electrical Engineering Fall 2007 The ntegrator

In this issue UW EE Professional Masters Program To Dean’s Message 2 Chair’s Message 2 Commence In 2008 New Faculty 3 UW EE is pleased to announce the availability of an evening professional master’s degree Damborg Retires 3 in electrical engineering. The Professional Masters Program (PMP) is designed primarily Parviz Wins TR35 4 for the working professional employed locally in the Puget Sound to allow students the flexibility of working while pursuing an MSEE. Classes will be offered in the evening on In Memory 4 the Seattle campus and are scheduled to begin winter quarter 2008. “For the first time, Student Awards 5 the UW MSEE degree will be available in an evening format,” says Professor and Associ- New Scholarship 5 ate Chair for Education, Jim Ritcey. “The addition of an MS degree on your resume can be critical when seeking new opportunities.” Alumni Profile 6

Class Notes 7 Based on a comprehensive marketing survey carried out by UW Office of Educational Outreach, the PMP will initially focus on four curriculum areas. These include Controls, Electromagnetics, Signal and Image Process- Earn a MSEE In the Evening ing, and Wireless Communications. As the program matures, additional topic areas will Considered getting a MSEE but can’t quit your job? UW be available to PMP students. The program EE’s Professional Master’s Program allows you to keep your will meet the same high standard as the full- knowledge up-to-date in this fast moving field by working time degree, although the course content will vary. during the day, and earning your MSEE in the evening. Curriculum Areas: Each quarter, students in the PMP will Controls, Electromagnetics, attend a four credit class one evening per Signal and Image Processing, week, and a quarterly one credit seminar se- Wireless Communications ries. Following successful completion of 45 Course Details: credits in EE, students will receive a Master 45 credits to earn MSEE of Science in Electrical Engineering. Shorter Classes offered in the evening time to degree is possible if students double- Classes taught by UW EE faculty up on their course load.

Application Deadlines: The final agreement signed by the Univer- November 1 for Winter Admissions sity’s Provost Dr. Phyllis Wise, Vice Provost February 1 for Spring Admissions July 1 for Autumn Admissions David Szatmary, Dean Matt O’Donnell, and EE Chair Leung Tsang, culminates a year Contact Information: Continued on Page 4 http://extension.washington.edu/pmpee/ Department News

Dean O’Donnell Names Leung Tsang as Chair

As a strong supporter of UW EE, since 1983. His current research progress in three strategic areas: Na- I’m pleased to announce that Profes- interests are in remote sensing and noscience/technology and Molecular sor and Acting Chair Leung Tsang geoscience applications, signal integ- Engineering, Network/Information accepted the position of Chair of the rity in interconnects, computational Science and Technology and Dynam- department. electromagnetics and multiphysics ical Systems/Systems Biology. simulations. He is a Fellow of the During the search IEEE and a Fellow of the Optical Please join me in congratulating process, Leung Society of America. Leung has pub- Leung, we expect great things for emerged as the lished over 230 journal articles and Electrical Engineering under his clear choice to lead is the lead author of four books. leadership. EE. Leung received his PhD from MIT and This is an exciting time for the Matt O’Donnell has been a fac- department, and under Leung’s Frank and Julie Jungers Dean of ulty member at UW leadership we expect to make great Engineering

Message from the Chair

With all the recent achievements To support and ramp up inter-dis- and great plans in the works for the ciplinary collaborations, we will be future, UW EE is a great commu- recruiting the brightest new faculty nity to be a part of right now. As in these emerging research areas. We Chair, my vision is simple yet ambi- already hired Assistant Professors tious – to develop premier research Maryam Fazel, an expert in systems teams and centers, recruit top notch biology, and Michael Hochberg, faculty to be leaders in research an expert in nanophotonics to start One of our biggest anticipations for and education, and meet industry with us this academic year. this academic year is the rollout of demand for EE by increasing stu- the UW EE Professional Master’s dent enrollment and developing a Last year, we revamped our BSEE Program (PMP) to commence in Professional Master’s Program. program to meet industry demands 2008. This exciting new opportu- for increased expertise in specialized nity will provide a viable way to UW EE is in a unique position to EE fields. Changes to our curriculum obtain state-of-the art education take advantage of the technologi- combined with a strong demand in Electrical Engineering for engi- cal and medical expertise here at for EE, opens the door to increase neers in the Puget Sound region. UW by establishing research teams the size of our program. Further For those of you who are think- and centers through multi-disciplin- goals include developing new fresh- ing about going back to school, I ary collaborations. We have some man courses and multi-disciplinary strongly encourage you to check of the brightest talent emerging as specialty tracks (such as bioelectrical out our application process. super stars as you’ll see on page engineering, MEMS, and photonics), 4 with Assistant Professor Babak encouraging undergraduate research, Leung Tsang Parviz’s TR35 Award win. and admitting more students. Professor and Chair

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Welcome Hochberg and Fazel range of EE courses, and taught several international short courses in his areas of interest. His research The department welcomes two new faculty this academic year, Maryam interests involved the analysis and Fazel and Michael Hochberg. Welcome aboard! control of dynamic systems with emphasis on power networks, and Michael Hochberg database applications to computer- Michael Hochberg received his PhD from Caltech aided engineering systems. Among in 2006. His research primarily uses integrated op- a rather long list of other adminis- tics as a platform for building ultrafast devices. The trative services, Damborg served as concept is to take advantage of effects that funda- Acting Chair in 1993. In 1994, he mentally operate at speeds of 10 Terahertz (10,000 became Associate Dean for Re- Gigahertz) and higher, and use them to build optical search and Facilities and started his devices with bandwidth that’s orders of magnitude major role in the design and con- higher than what can be achieved with conventional struction of a new EE building. electronics. Among his best quality, Professor Maryam Fazel Damborg is an elegant communica- Maryam Fazel received her MS and PhD degrees in tor and graceful debater. His so- Electrical Engineering from Stanford University in phisticated thinking often resulted 1997 and 2002. Her research interests include opti- in a variety of viewpoints beyond mization, systems and control theory, with applica- the obvious ones. These assets are tions to engineering and biological systems. Fazel the reasons why he often achieves is looking forward to the collaborative atmosphere consensus in most debates. that fosters research across disciplines at UW. On the personal side, Professor Damborg is a bird watcher. He enjoys hiding in bushes for hours Professor Mark Damborg Retires to have a peek at any creature with wings. He keeps an extensive log After 38 years of dedicated service of all native and non-native birds. to the department, Professor Mark Also, Mark is a precise wine sensor! Damborg is retiring Fall 2007. His sophisticated taste of wine and Damborg received his BSEE from his capability to study the history Iowa State University in 1962, and of each bottle he drinks make him his MS and PhD degrees from the an excellent wine scientist. University of Michigan. In 1969, he joined UW EE and was instru- Damborg will remain on our teach- mental in building several pro- ing staff for the next few years grams including controls, systems where he will continue teaching his Please join us for the Celebration of and energy. favorite courses. He will also con- Damborg’s Retirement on October tinue his active role in the North- 25th, 2007, from 2:30pm – 4:00pm Over the course of his tenure, west Electric Energy Symposium, of in the EE Building, Room 303. he introduced and taught a wide which he is a co-founder.

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Professor Babak Parviz Wins In Memory of Chih- TR35 Award Chi Hsu Congratulations to Assistant Professor Professor Emeritus Chih-Chi Hsu Babak Parviz for being selected by Tech- passed away peacefully on July nology Review for the TR35. The TR35 11, 2007, at the age of 84. Profes- salutes an elite group of 35 people under sor Hsu was born in Shanghai, the age of 35 who exemplify the spirit of China, and earned his undergradu- innovation in business, technology and ate degree at Chiao-Tung Univer- the arts. Parviz was one of three winners sity. In 1948, he came to the U.S. to come from the UW College of Engi- for graduate study, receiving his neering, which also included Assistant master’s degree from the Univer- Professor Yoshi Kohno and Research As- sity of Michigan and his doctorate sociate Tapan Parikh from the Computer from Ohio State Science and Engineering Department. University.

Parviz was recognized for his research on Professor Hsu biologically inspired self-assembly, which is at the interface of biol- was a dedicated ogy and nanotechnology. He has used the method to build flexible teacher, pioneer plastic circuits, nano-scale electronics and low-cost biological sen- and visionary, sors for detecting diseases such as HIV. To read more about Parviz’s having co-in- research, visit his TR35 winner profile: vented the plans for the original www.technologyreview.com/TR35/Profile.aspx?Cand=T&TRID=620 car radio and AM/FM receiver signals in the 1950’s while working for Bendix Aviation. In Professional Master’s Program 1958, Hsu became an Assistant (Continued from Page 1) Professor at UW EE, and was pro- moted to full Professor in 1971. long planning effort. EE Associate Chairs Jim Ritcey and Sumit Roy, along He served the department for 35 with Graduate Program Coordinator Professor Lih Lin all played pivotal years, receiving outstanding teach- roles in defining the program’s structure. The department also received ing awards that spanned his career. strong support from Boeing VP Todd Zarfos and Phantom Works Associ- ate Director John Ehrenberg. He is lovingly survived by his wife Patricia, and daughters Jeanne, Admission to the PMP will be held quarterly, and the deadline for Winter Eileen, and Diane Hsu. In honor of 2008 admissions is November 1, 2007. No GRE is required, but admis- Professor Hsu, a scholarship fund sion is competitive. has been established in his name. For more information, please call An appropriate undergraduate degree is required. More information re- 206-685-9816, or visit: garding curriculum, admissions and fees can be found on the department website: http://extension.washington.edu/pmpee/ www.ee.washington.edu/supportee

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New Fellowship Award Winners Magnus Tate Crawford for 2007/2008 Memorial Scholarship

NSF Fellowships The Crawford family always had a tradition Amy Dashiell, Robert Egbert, Nicole Nichols of giving, and believed in the importance of giving back to their Alma Microsoft Fellowships Mater. In honor of his Amarnag Subramanya, Anna Pyayt father, one of the first students of UW EE, the Intel Fellowship late N. Craig Crawford Jeffrey Walling, Cherry Wakayama established the Magnus Tate Crawford Memo- Grainger Fellowship rial Scholarship Fund in Eric Sortomme Electrical Engineering.

07/08 IEEE Solid-State Circuit Society Magnus Tate Crawford Pre-Doctoral Fellowship received his BSEE in A graduation photo of Magnus Tate Crawford (1907 Sudip Shekhar 1907, and was the first Tyee photograph). student to receive the Department of Energy Computational professional Electrical Engineer degree from Sciences Fellowship UW in 1910. In 1913, Magnus T. Crawford Matthew Adams became the superintendent of power transmis- sion for Puget Power. He was also a Lecturer EE Innovator Fellowship at UW. Sergey Feldman N. Craig Crawford followed in his father’s NDSEG, DOD, SMART Fellowships footsteps and attended the UW as well, re- Nathan Parrish, J. Quinn Bagley ceiving a degree in Business Administration in 1951. He was a strong believer in under- Student Awards and Best Papers graduate student support, and the Magnus T. Crawford Scholarship will continue to allow 2007 Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship students the opportunity to receive the educa- Competition tion that N. Craig Crawford always valued so Sam Burden, Honorable Mention much.

Best Paper at IEEE NEMS Conference Scholarships are critically important to EE, as Samuel Kim, Ehsan Saeedi they allow us to provide educational opportunity to those who may not have otherwise 2007 Donald O. Pederson Award been able to attain an education. Additionally, Bo Hu, Best Paper scholarships help us recruit the most talented students, thus enhancing the department’s Best Idea Award for Technology overall academic excellence. Leo Lam, UW Business School, Business Plan Competition

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Senior Design Projects: Undergraduate Research Leads to Successful Patent

For many students, EE 499 pro- demonstration of a working proto- has worked closely with WRF as a vides an opportunity to move the- type, which he video-taped in the result of the arrangement. ory into practice to see the impact old EE building. of engineering solutions. Projects WRF helps Washington State vary in their scope and focus, with Ed voluntarily assigned the rights research institutions capture value some students enhancing existing to UW in exchange for a share of from their emerging technologies. designs, and others attempting to licensing income by working with Early in 2007, an ongoing licensing create game-changing innovations. UW TechTransfer. In turn, the UW program conducted by WRF yielded exclusively licensed the patents to a $15 million settlement related In 1995, EE alumnus Ed Suominen the Washington Research Foun- to the use of Ed’s inventions in the worked with Professors John Sahr dation (WRF). “I’ve really been field of radio receiver technology and Murat Azizoglu to develop pleased with the arrangement, in and methods of tuning radio chan- a radio receiver technology with which I receive an inventor’s share nels. WRF has been an outstanding novel ways of tuning a radio of UW’s portion of the revenue partner to the UW, with gifts and li- among several channels. Ed created generated by this technology. I censing disbursements totaling more a technology that eased the design encourage other students to work than $150 million. The gifts from and improved the performance with the University on ideas from WRF have supported the creation of contemporary personal wire- their own work that may be pat- of over 100 endowments for chairs, less data services such as mobile entable, even where they have no professorships, research fellowships phones, personal computers and obligation to do so, as was the case and graduate stipends in science, other devices. Ed’s invention has with me,” said Suominen, who medicine and engineering. proven particularly compatible for use in well-known Bluetooth®-en- abled wireless devices.

Ed’s successful experience in EE 499 was influenced by Professor Sahr, who suggested that he look into having the UW patent his senior project. “I’m grateful to Pro- fessor Sahr for the encouragement he gave me throughout the project, and to the people at Washington Research Foundation for their dili- gence in the patenting and licensing work over the years,” said Suom- inen, who works as a registered patent agent. Sahr remembers sit- ting with former Professor Murat Azizoglu as they witnessed Ed’s

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Alumni on the Radar - EE Class Notes

We would like to hear from you! Gary V. Ball, BSEE ’70 Dr. Chris Gulacsik, Ph.D. ’81 Check out our Alumni Connections Lacey, WA – Alumnus Gary Ball Medina, WA – Gulacsik has 23 webpage to read a complete list of retired from Fluke Corporation in 1998 years of experience in optical engi- updates from your former classmates, where he worked as a Corporate Engi- neering with The Boeing Company, or to provide an update of your own: neering Manager and Manager of Inves- working on both ground-based and tor Relations. He currently volunteers space-based systems. His principle www.ee.washington.edu/people/ and teaches investment classes around area of expertise is optical scattering, alumni/index.html the country. Ball is married and has two with a focus on low-scatter optical daughters and two grandchildren. coatings and materials. He is nation- F. Ross Holmstrom, BSEE ’58 ally recognized as an expert in special- Cambridge, MA – Holmstrom has ized laboratory facilities that are used been working as a consulting engineer for investigation and characterization on Sound Transit’s Link Light Rail of scattered light fields. Presently, he is extension from downtown Seattle to a Boeing Technical Fellow, working in and through UW campus, focusing on the Kent Space Center, Kent WA. the mitigation of stray magnetic fields caused by DC propulsion currents Noel Jolivet, MSEE ’82 and subway cars’ perturbation of the Lake Oswego, OR - Jolivet has earth’s magnetic field. He and his been working in the infrared industry wife Lynda (a Sociology Professor at for 25 years as an engineering project Boston College) travel, ski, sample the manager. Currently, she is a project cultural offerings of the Boston area, manager for FLIR Systems in Port- and spend time with their children land, OR in the Advanced Develop- ment Group creating proof of concept and grandchildren. Pictured (L to R): Victor Grinich (EE Alumnus, MSEE 1950), Gordon Moore, and prototype systems for evaluation Delmar M. Fadden, MSEE ’63 Robert Noyce, and Julius Blank. as product candidates. FLIR designs Preston, WA – Fadden retired The late EE Alumnus Victor Grinich and builds infrared cameras and the from Boeing in 1999, and subse- along with Gordon Moore, Robert Portland facility specializes in gyro- Noyce, and Julius Blank belonged to the stabilized gimbaled platforms for fixed quently consults on Avionics and group dubbed the “Traitorous Eight” Flight Deck design for a number of who, upon resignation from Shockley and rotor wing aircraft. Jolivet has companies. Since retirement he and Semiconductor Laboratory, cofounded been married for 24 years and have Fairchild Semiconductor in 1957. In his wife (Sandy Callahan, UW, 1963) addition to being the author of Moore’s two teenage sons. have flown their Cirrus Design SR20 Law, Moore and Noyce went on to co- found Intel Corporation. to Alaska and multiple trips to the Jack Tang, MSEE ’87 southwest canyon lands and the A special thanks to Mrs. Grinich for Danville, CA – Tang currently Colorado plateau. They have also par- sharing this photo with the department. If you have any interesting photos that works for Verizon Wireless as the ticipated in several geologic field trips you would like to share, please email Executive Director of Network for the them to: and explorations in the Yellowstone Northern California/Nevada Region. area. They have two children and two [email protected] Based in the bay area, Tang resides grandchildren. Continued on Page 8

The Integrator Vol 3:1, Fall 2007 Alumni on the Radar - EE Class Notes (Continued from Page 7) there with his wife of 17 years, whom he met at the UW, and tion of embedded systems for Boeing and Airbus aircrafts. He together they have a 12 year-old boy and 10 year-old girl. is also entering his second year of marriage, and proudly has a 3-month old son named Manu. Scott Amsden, BSEE ‘00 Federal Way, WA – Currently working in the Power Melissa Meyer, Ph.D. ’06 Management Department of Tacoma Power, Amsden is the Dodgeville, MI – Meyer accepted an Assistant Professor project lead for the tidal power project in the Tacoma Nar- position at Michigan Technological University in the fall of rows. This project looks at generating power from the tides 2006. She received a Certificate of Service from the MTU in Puget Sound. The current phase takes measurements of the IEEE Chapter for highest honor and in recognition of excel- Narrows’ currents and models them to determine the feasi- lence in service to the undergraduate student body. bility of installing in-stream hydrokinetic turbines to generate electricity. If feasible, tidal power could prove to be a source Kurt Yazici, BSEE ‘07 of green power. Sammamish, WA – Yazici started working for Microsoft as a Technical Account Manager in their Display Media Op- Eddy Ferre, MSEE ’03 erations Group, and works with digital advertising agencies Mountlake Terrace, WA – After dabbing in the Tele- to put their creative display ads on the MSN network. His communication industry, Ferre is now a Simulation Software job involves building and testing their ads and then working Engineer in the aerospace industry. He is currently working with sales teams to ensure the agency’s experience working with Redmond-based Triakis on the verification and valida- with Microsoft is excellent.

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