About the Awards
The UW Electrical & Computer Engineering Awards program recognizes outstanding efforts by its students, faculty, staff, alumni and industry partners. Award recipients represent exceptional achievements; embody UW ECE core values such as leadership, collaboration, and teamwork; and foster diversity, equity, and inclusion. Awardees will be honored at a private UW ECE Awards Lunch on Tuesday, May 14, 2024.
Nomination Process
Nominations close at 11:59 p.m. on Sunday, April 14.
Award Categories
Award | Description (who can be nominated) |
Winning Eligibility (who can win) |
How to nominate | Who selects | Award Amount |
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Yang Award for Outstanding Doctoral Student | Recognizes a UW ECE doctoral student who has conducted outstanding research in the field of electrical and computer engineering, as evidenced by their publications or recognized by outside researchers in their field.
**Candidates are required to provide a 5-10 min recorded research presentation as part of the nomination process. ** |
Ph.D. student | General Form | Selection Committee | $2,500 |
Vikram Jandhyala and Suja Vaidyanathan Endowed Innovation Award in Electrical and Computer Engineering
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Recognizes a UW ECE undergraduate or graduate student who has demonstrated entrepreneurial potential. Learn more | Student | General Form | Selection Committee | $2,500 |
Outstanding Mentorship Award in Electrical and Computer Engineering | Recognizes any member of the UW ECE community including faculty, staff, students, alumni, industrial advisors, and others whose exemplary mentoring and advising activities have made important contributions in building a supportive culture in the UW ECE Department. | Anyone | General Form | Selection Committee | $2,500 each (up to two winners) |
Outstanding Teaching Award | Recognizes a faculty member who demonstrates outstanding teaching abilities in the UW ECE Department. | Faculty | General Form | Eric Klavins and Payman Arabshahi will select four finalists to be voted on in a general student poll | $1,000 |
Outstanding Teaching Assistant Award | Recognizes a student who demonstrates an outstanding contribution to teaching in the UW ECE Department. | Student TA | General Form | Eric Klavins and Payman Arabshahi will select four finalists | $1,000 |
Outstanding Staff Award | Recognizes a staff member who shows an exemplary commitment to UW ECE and whose service has made a lasting impact on the department. | Staff | General Form | Chair & Admin | $1,000 |
Outstanding Collaboration/ Teamwork (Chair’s Award) | Recognizes exemplary collaborative work, especially in the area of diversity, equity and inclusion. Recipients can be a team member, an entire team, or a specific collaboration. | Anyone | No nomination – Chair only
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Chair | $1,000 |