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ECE graduate student Parth Solanki
December 16, 2024

New thermophotovoltaic device amplifies energy output

Using innovative semiconductor fabrication techniques, a team of University of Wisconsin-Madison electrical engineers has developed a new type of device that can convert heat directly into electricity. The innovation—a near-field…

Aidan Butula operates the new flight simulator
December 13, 2024

At UW-Madison, ‘relaunched’ flight simulator will take aerospace engineering education to new heights

A new state-of-the-art flight simulator on the University of Wisconsin-Madison College of Engineering campus will strengthen the aerospace engineering option (offered within the engineering mechanics major) and enrich students’ educational…

Equipment in the UW-Madison Altitude and Climatic Testing Laboratory
December 10, 2024

At aircraft altitude, in sweltering heat and bitter cold, unique new engine lab is a testbed for futuristic sustainable fuels

While there’s an industry trend toward electric vehicles, there are many mobility sectors—aviation, heavy-duty trucking, rail, off-road machinery, and marine, for example—that will continue to rely on internal combustion engines…

fabricated film capacitors
December 5, 2024

A film capacitor that can take the heat

Researchers use an innovative set of machine-learning models to discover a record-breaking material for film capacitors, key components in many energy technologies. Key Takeaways The Department of Energy’s Lawrence Berkeley…

Thomas Breunung
November 20, 2024

Focus on new faculty: Thomas Breunung studies nonlinear structural dynamics for myriad applications

Thomas Breunung’s structural dynamics research has broad and impactful applications across multiple fields. In addition to applications in aerospace and energy harvesting, Breunung’s research can be useful for investigating phenomena…

Associate Professor Lianyi Chen and PhD students Jiandong Yuan and Ali Nabaa work on developing beam shaping approaches for 3D printing
November 18, 2024

3D-printing breakthrough mitigates three defects simultaneously for failure-free metal parts

University of Wisconsin-Madison engineers have found a way to simultaneously mitigate three types of defects in parts produced using a prominent additive manufacturing technique called laser powder bed fusion. Led…

brain neurons istock image
November 13, 2024

How might pulsed microwaves harm the brain? UW-Madison engineers lead the search for answers

An interdisciplinary, multi-institutional research initiative led by the University of Wisconsin-Madison will be the first program in the world to comprehensively investigate how pulsed microwaves might injure the brain. PANTHER,…

Marcus Thelen, Petar Vorkapich, Colby Milligan and Cesar Velez
October 16, 2024

As international interns, Badger engineers learn the ropes of shipbuilding in Italy

Colby Milligan was still trying to sort out his summer plans when an email in his inbox caught his eye. The mechanical engineering major read the message, which advertised an…

UW Crest with engineering background
September 19, 2024

Focus on new faculty: Prateek Jaiswal is harnessing fluid mechanics for sustainable transportation and energy systems

While pursuing his master’s degree in aerospace mechanics and avionics at ISAE-SUPAERO in Toulouse, France, Prateek Jaiswal encountered aeroacoustics, a field in which researchers study noise generation via either turbulent…

Paul Campagnola, Sophie Mancha and Melissa Skala
September 19, 2024

Collagen highway signs could show how to stop pancreatic cancer spread

Collagen is the most prevalent protein in the human body, keeping our joints healthy, our bones strong and our skin stretchy. However, studies increasingly show that collagen in the extracellular…