Henry Louie
Associate Professor
Electrical and Computer Engineering
Recently, Louie鈥攁 2015-16 Fulbright鈥攍ed a student team to Zambia where they installed a solar powered energy kiosk that provided the town鈥檚 first electricity. A past project in which a senior team designed a microgrid system to harness wind and solar power in rural Kenya won a $25,000 national grand prize in electrical engineering. In both these projects, Louie and his students brought electricity to areas that had previously gone without.
Professor Louie says these projects are 鈥渢ransformative鈥 for students who 鈥渃ome back to Seattle with a broader perspective.鈥
Rianne Spath, 鈥17, who was part of the Zambia team, agreed. 鈥淚t鈥檚 an experience I would never be able to get at any other university. It increases my global experience and makes you feel good on the inside.鈥
October 4, 2019