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Zihao Sheng, Minjeong Kim and Ying Fu
July 1, 2026

Trio receives Grainger Wisconsin Distinguished Graduate Fellowships

College of Engineering PhD students Zihao Sheng, Minjeong Kim and Ying Fu have received Grainger Wisconsin Distinguished Graduate Fellowships, which support and reward their scholarly excellence. Zihao Sheng is a…

UW Crest with engineering background
July 1, 2026

Kim receives Grainger Wisconsin Distinguished Graduate Fellowship

Minjeong Kim, a PhD student in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, is one of three engineering students selected for a 2026-2027 Grainger Wisconsin…

Zihao Sheng
July 1, 2026

Sheng receives Grainger Wisconsin Distinguished Graduate Fellowship

Zihao Sheng, a PhD student in transportation engineering at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, has received a prestigious 2026-27 Grainger Wisconsin Distinguished Graduate Fellowship. Sheng joined Civil and Environmental Engineering Assistant…

UW Crest with engineering background
July 1, 2026

Fu receives Grainger Wisconsin Distinguished Graduate Fellowship

Ying Fu, a PhD student in the Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering, has received a 2026–27 Grainger Wisconsin Distinguished Graduate Fellowship, an honor for superb doctoral students in the…

UW Crest with engineering background
June 30, 2026

PhD student Matthew Vigil wins Best National Lab Project at ETI 2.0’s UPR

As a PhD student in materials science and engineering, Matthew Vigil came to UW-Madison looking for two things. He wanted to experience distinct seasons after growing up in Southern California,…

Jennifer Choy, Chirag Gupta, Robert Jacobberger, Shubhra Pasayat, Bulent Sarlioglu, Eric Tervo
June 30, 2026

Six ECE faculty appointed to named professorships

The Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) is pleased to recognize six faculty members who have been appointed to named professorships. These appointments recognize outstanding achievements in research, teaching,…

Wisconsin baja team june 2026
June 30, 2026

Wisconsin Baja races at 2026 SAE Competition in New York

The Wisconsin Baja team had a great time at Hogback Hill in Palmyra, NY racing their disco-themed car Boombox in the June 2026 Baja SAE competition. Incoming team president Lileigh…

UW Crest with engineering background
June 26, 2026

New Mechanical Engineering Faculty: Shaoting Lin

Shaoting Lin will join the Department of Mechanical Engineering as an Assistant Professor in August 2026! Dr. Lin’s research in the Extreme Soft Materials Laboratory has been focused on fundamental problems associated…

WA with car
June 23, 2026

Wisconsin Autonomous wraps up AutoDrive II Challenge, showcases strong teamwork

Wisconsin Autonomous has closed the chapter on their AutoDrive II journey, finishing 3rd Overall across the full five-year AutoDrive II Challenge! Final tally in 2026, Competition Year 5: Team President…

Capture of simulated drone paths during a nuclear war scenario
June 23, 2026

Experts gather at UW–Madison to accelerate research on nuclear war effects

To understand the global, cascading consequences of nuclear war, researchers and security experts gathered at the University of Wisconsin–Madison from June 2-6, 2026 for the Workshop on Nuclear War Effects: Scenarios and Modeling.