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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 2 The Integrator Vol 3:1, Fall 2007 Department News 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. The Integrator Vol 3:1, Fall 2007 3 Department News 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.