Join us for an exciting and informative session at our industrial panel discussion focused on startup companies! Discover the latest trends, insights, and success stories from entrepreneurs in the industry. Gain valuable knowledge and network with like-minded individuals. Don't miss this opportunity to be inspired and learn from the innovative minds shaping the future of startup culture.
The panel will be moderated by Judy Bridges, Innovation Manager, Physical Sciences, CoMotion at the University of Washington
Professor Arka Majumdar
Associate Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering and Physics
University of Washington (UW)
Prof. Arka Majumdar is an Associate Professor in the departments of Electrical and Computer Engineering and Physics at the University of Washington (UW). He received B. Tech. from IIT-Kharagpur (2007), where he was honored with the President’s Gold Medal. He completed his MS (2009) and Ph.D. (2012) in Electrical Engineering at Stanford University. He spent one year at the University of California, Berkeley (2012-13), and then in Intel Labs (2013-14) as postdoc before joining UW. His research interests include developing a hybrid nanophotonic platform using emerging material systems for optical information science, imaging, and microscopy. Prof. Majumdar is the recipient of multiple Young Investigator Awards from the AFOSR (2015), NSF (2019), ONR (2020) and DARPA (2021), Intel early career faculty award (2015), Amazon Catalyst Award (2016), Alfred P. Sloan fellowship (2018), UW college of engineering outstanding junior faculty award (2020), iCANX Young Scientist Award (2021), IIT-Kharagpur Young Alumni Achiever Award (2022), DARPA Director’s Award (2023) and Rising star of light award (2023). He is Optica Fellow and is co-founder of Tunoptix, a startup commercializing software defined meta-optics.
Dr. Fredrik Ryden
Co-Founder and CEO
Olis Robotics
Dr. Fredrik Ryden is the co-founder and CEO of Olis Robotics, a company that specializes in remote monitoring, control, and error recovery technology for industrial robots. He holds a Ph.D. & M.S degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Washington with 15+ years experience in remote controlling subsea/space/industrial robots. During his leadership, Olis Robotics has developed an innovative solution that significantly improves overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE) by addressing costly robot downtime.