1. UW EE Graduate Program Orientation – Fall 2016 Mari Ostendorf
Graduate Program Coordinator

2. UW EE Resources Degree requirements & more
Computing (staff, resources)
Need help?
Facilities
Keys, equipt, safety, etc:
Conference rooms:
Washington Nanofabrication Facility:
Student groups
IEEE/HKN: students.washington.edu/hknieee/
EE Grad Student Association (GSA)
Grad & Professional Student Senate (GPSS): depts.washington.edu/gpss/home

3. UW Academic Resources EE Research: www.ee.washington.edu/research
UW Libraries:
Not just for books and journals, there are resources on citation management, archive and data services, funding, and more
International studies:
Cross-disciplinary institutes:
Instructional services: depts.washington.edu/celtweb/?page_id=185/

4. Financial Support
Teaching Assistantships:
Research Assistantships: work with your faculty advisor
Resources
Note: COE holds a workshop on applying for an NSF grad fellowship – watch for

5. Student Services Campus Safety: www.washington.edu/safety/
Health & Wellness:
UW Counseling Center:
Sexual Assault:
Student Legal Services: depts.washington.edu/slsuw/
International Student Services: iss.washington.edu
(get started with: iss.washington.edu/new-students)

6. Intramural Activities: The IMA
Six tons of workout machines
Indoor jogging track
Swimming Pool
Squash, tennis, & racquetball courts
Climbing facility with 5,800 sq ft. of climbing surfaces
Students can participate in more than 50 club and intramural sports

7. Getting Around Seattle
The U-PASS is a bus pass plus more!
Unlimited rides on regional transit, including: buses, Link Light Rail & Sounder Trains, Water Taxis, Seattle streetcar, NightRide
Discounted carpool parking
Low membership rate for Zipcar
There are many bus routes that serve the UW, making it very easy to get just about anywhere!
Check out the OneBusAway app
Biking is popular
Many options for buy new or used bikes
Rentals: Pronto on campus (short term), Recycled Cycles (off campus)
On-campus bike repair at the HUB

8. Diversity
Diversity: cultural, gender & sexuality, ethnicity, abilities
At UW, diversity is integral to excellence:
Resources
Disability Resources for Students: depts.washington.edu/uwdrs/
Grad Opportunities & Minority Achievement Program (GO-MAP):
Women in Science & Engineering:
Other engineering student organizations:

9. What does diversity mean for you?
Opportunity
Studies show that more diverse design teams tend to have better designs, you have exposure to more ideas
Having a diverse set of friends and colleagues opens doors to new experiences
Expectations
Treat others with respect (students in classes you TA, classmates & labmates, staff, faculty)
Be inclusive when working in teams
Be aware of implicit bias: think twice when you are judging someone who isn’t like you or isn’t in the majority group for the field

10. Research on Bias in Evaluation
Job Callbacks (Bertrand & Mullainathan, 2004)
Teaching Evaluations (MacNell et al., 2014)
Lab Manager Appl’n (Moss-Rascusin et al., 2012)
Academic CV Evaluation (Steinpreis et al., 1999)
Academic Rec. Letters (Madera et al., 2009)
vs.
Privileged identity (dominant group) received more positive evaluations, regardless of the identity of the evaluator.
Companies
Students
Faculty
References:
Emily and Greg More Employable than Lakisha and Jamal? A Field Experiment on Labor Market Discrimination
Marianne Bertrand and Sendhil Mullainathan
The American Economic Review
Vol. 94, No. 4 (Sep., 2004), pp
Are
Rhea E. Steinpreis, Katie A. Anders, Dawn Ritzke
Sex Roles Volume 41, Issue 7-8, pp
The Impact of Gender on the Review of the Curricula Vitae of Job Applicants and Tenure Candidates: A National Empirical Study
Gender and letters of recommendation for academia: Agentic and communal differences.
Madera, Juan M.; Hebl, Michelle R.; Martin, Randi C.
Journal of Applied Psychology, Vol 94(6), Nov 2009,
Science faculty’s subtle gender biases favor male students
PNAS, Vol 109, no
Corinne A. Moss-Racusina, John F. Dovidio, Victoria L. Brescollc , Mark J. Graham, and Jo Handelsman
Innovative Higher Education
December 2014
What’s in a Name: Exposing Gender Bias in Student Ratings of Teaching
Lillian MacNell, Adam Driscoll, Andrea N. Hunt

11. Faculty Advisors Different advisors with different skills
Staff advisors: UW & EE requirements, PhD exams, resource knowledge, help with personal challenges, …
Faculty advisors: advice on courses, internships, research, teaching & career directions, write recommendation letters, funding, …
Faculty mentors: teaching advice, career advice, advisor advice, …
Finding a faculty advisor (or co-advisors)
Most new students are assigned a temporary advisor initially
You should identify a permanent advisor by the end of your first year
Who? Look for a match in technical interests, mentoring style & research group culture
How? Demonstrate competence in an area they are interested in

12. Panel: What to expect from your advisor?
Daniel Kirschen
Matt Reynolds
Eric Klavins
Maryam Fazel
Blake Hannaford

13. Lunch Discussion
Pick your table according to what you want your grad experience to be like
A strong cup of coffee
A challenging mountain hike
A three-ring circus
A championship soccer match
A Sherlock-Holmes novel
A walk through a sculpture garden
Come up with one question for the student panel.