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Sebastian Kube
June 10, 2026

Kube earns inaugural ARPA-E IGNIITE Director’s Award

Sebastian Kube, an assistant professor of materials science and engineering at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, has been selected as one of four inaugural recipients of the Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy’s…

June 10, 2026

Using powerful computational tools, Ping identifies a promising oxide qubit material

In a paper published June 3, 2026, in the journal PRX Quantum, MS&E Associate Professor Yuan Ping, along with UW-Madison graduate students Shimin Zhang, Erik Perez and Kejun Li, used…

Mechanical engineering newsletter spring 26
May 28, 2026

ME Spring 2026 Newsletter

The Department of Mechanical Engineering’s spring 2026 newsletter content is available online. This issue includes: Use any of the links above or view the full newsletter PDF to access these…

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…

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…

Eric Hoffman
May 8, 2026

ECE faculty Eric Hoffman retires

Eric Hoffman, teaching faculty with the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) at UW–Madison, retired earlier this year after 23 years with the department. Hoffman described his time teaching…

Dan Negrut
April 29, 2026

Negrut honored for global impact

On April 29, 2026, Grainger Dean Devesh Ranjan hosted a celebration at which he recognized engineering faculty and staff for outstanding daily work that shapes the heart of our college….

Victor Zavala
April 29, 2026

Zavala honored for elevating engineering and people

On April 29, 2026, Grainger Dean Devesh Ranjan hosted a celebration at which he recognized engineering faculty and staff for outstanding daily work that shapes the heart of our college….

Carla Michini
April 29, 2026

Michini honored for optimized education

On April 29, 2026, Grainger Dean Devesh Ranjan hosted a celebration at which he recognized engineering faculty and staff for outstanding daily work that shapes the heart of our college….

Scott Sanders
April 29, 2026

Sanders honored for imaginative experiential education

On April 29, 2026, Grainger Dean Devesh Ranjan hosted a celebration at which he recognized engineering faculty and staff for outstanding daily work that shapes the heart of our college….