Keynote Speaker: Eric Klavins, Professor and Chair, Electrical and Computer Engineering Department, University of Washington, Seattle
Title: Welcome From UW Electrical and Computer Engineering
Abstract:
University of Washington Electrical and Computer Engineering Professor and Chair Eric Klavins will give a brief welcome message. He will describe opportunities and challenges in Electrical Engineering education and research, with a focus on the following: the responsibility of engineers to produce solutions that support humanity; expanding access to engineering opportunities; and innovative programs at the University of Washington.
Bio:
Eric Klavins is a Professor and the Chair of the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department at the University of Washington in Seattle. He received the M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in computer science and engineering in 1999 and 2001 from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. From 2001 to 2003 he was a postdoctoral scholar in the Control and Dynamical Systems Department at the California Institute of Technology. He holds adjunct appointments in Computer Science and Engineering and in Bioengineering and is a founder of the UW Center for Synthetic Biology. The Klavins Lab investigates synthetic living systems, re-engineered organisms, and engineered parts for existing organisms. The emphasis is on designing gene circuits and cell-cell communication systems that enable novel multicellular behaviors in bacteria, yeast, and plants. Klavins is interested in the full stack from modeling and design to fabrication and testing of new living systems.