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Devesh Ranjan

Ranjan’s reflections

Through Ranjan’s Reflections, Dean Devesh Ranjan opens a window into the ideas driving his bold agenda for our college and his vision for how engineering can shape our tomorrow.

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Parameswaran (Parmesh) Ramanathan
May 23, 2026

Ramanathan named ECE Interim Chair

The Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Wisconsin–Madison welcomes a familiar and accomplished leader to serve as interim department chair. Effective May 25, 2026, Vilas Distinguished…

Golden Gear Award Logo
May 20, 2026

The 2026 ME Golden Gear of Excellence Awards

The Department of Mechanical Engineering is excited to recognize two individuals for the 2026 Golden Gear of Excellence Awards – Glenn Bower and Caitlin Scott! This award highlights one non-tenure…

student and advisory board member discuss his poster.
May 20, 2026

Inaugural ISyE Student Research Symposium

The ISyE department recently celebrated student innovation at its inaugural Student Research Symposium on May 1st. Bringing together undergraduate and graduate researchers, the event kicked off with a keynote lunch…

Graduate student mentoring award winners (from left) Hangyu Li, Shengdong Liu, Inna Popova Saleh Alshammari, Eric Kastelic and Zilin Huang stand with Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering Chair Greg Harrington (center) at an awards reception
May 15, 2026

College recognizes graduate mentoring excellence

The College of Engineering recognized 25 faculty, postdocs and graduate student mentors at the second annual Graduate Student Mentoring Awards reception on May 14, 2026. The awards recognize faculty, postdocs…

Anna Rosu is hiking on a beach and posing in front of rocks placed to spell "Iceland 2025."
May 15, 2026

Anna Rosu Receives Sophomore Research Fellowship

The Materials Science and Engineering Department is proud to celebrate rising sophomore Anna Rosu, who has been awarded the Sophomore Research Fellowship for the 2025-26 academic year. The campus-wide fellowship…

Award Certificate
May 14, 2026

Recognizing leadership, service and impact in ECE

As the 2026 academic year drew to a close, the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) at the University of Wisconsin–Madison gathered faculty, staff, and graduate students to celebrate…

UW Crest with engineering background
May 13, 2026

2026 Student Fellows and Award Winners

This spring, multiple BME students received fellowships and awards for the 2026-27 academic year. National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship ProgramThis prestigious, competitive fellowship supports outstanding graduate research across the…

Rocket taking off representing Moon the new College of Engineering Moonshots initiative
May 13, 2026

Op-ed brings statewide attention to Engineering Moonshots

An op-ed published in mid-May in the Wisconsin State Journal and other Wisconsin publications highlights the college’s recently announced “Engineering Moonshots”—six ambitious, transdisciplinary initiatives that gather people and focus research…

May 13, 2026

Student Spotlight: Graduating PhD Juan Pablo Gonzalez-Pereira

Graduation is not only a time when you look forward to what’s next, but also a time of reflection. Five years ago, Juan Pablo Gonzalez-Pereira (JP) came to the United…

Collage of a Moon representing the six new Moonshots or research priorities for the College
May 13, 2026

Six Engineering Moonshots, one direction

Universities are places of boundless exploration—where discovery multiplies and new ideas take root. Yet the challenges reshaping our world are not waiting for us to simply explore. We need progress….