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Three new electrochemistry research labs open exciting opportunities for ME students

Three new electrochemistry-focused research labs are now open in Mechanical Engineering (ME), led by ME faculty members Eric Kazyak, Luca Mastropasqua and James Pikul. These labs are working together on…

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June 20, 2024

TTF Roundup: NEEP presenters and graduate student wins Best Student Poster

The University of Wisconsin- Madison hosted the 2024 US-EU Transport Task Force (TTF) Workshop, chaired by Dr. George McKee (NEEP) in Asheville, North Carolina. 80 researchers from the US, Germany,…

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June 20, 2024

UW-Madison ranks 13th among publics in U.S. News Best Engineering Schools graduate program rankings

The University of Wisconsin-Madison College of Engineering moved up in the 2024 edition of the U.S. News & World Report Best Engineering Schools graduate rankings. Overall, the college tied for…

UW-Madison alumni Ryan Waddington and Michael Urynowicz pose in front of a mountain.
June 10, 2024

Badger alumni reimagine renewable energy and carbon capture technology

The decision to enroll at UW-Madison was a pivotal one for Ryan Waddington and Michael Urynowicz. It brought two Badgers a lifelong friendship and together they formed Cowboy Clean Fuels…

Xin Wang, pictured center, accepts a Best Paper Award from ASCE staff and others during the 2024 CI & CRC Joint Conference.
May 15, 2024

Xin Wang redefines human-robot collaboration in construction

Groundbreaking research on human-robot collaboration in construction spearheaded by Xin Wang, CEE PhD 2024, has captured the industry’s attention, earning Wang the Best Paper Award among more than 400 submissions…

May 6, 2024

ECE student leaders and faculty recognized for excellence by WESC

Wisconsin Engineering Student Council (WESC) held an end-of-year celebration and awards ceremony on April 29th. The council celebrated engineering student organizations, as well as their student and faculty leaders. The…

May 1, 2024

Wired for success: UW-Madison engineers ready for ECIC 2024

Badger engineers are returning to the 2024 Electrical Contracting Innovation Challenge (ECIC) following a historic first-place finish in 2023. “It was UW-Madison’s first time competing, and we were the first…

ME-3MT audience
April 29, 2024

GEMS inaugural Three Minute Thesis event

The Graduate Engineering Mechanics Society (GEMS) recently hosted a very successful ME-3MT event, drawing a fantastic crowd of participants and attendees. The concept of a ‘Three Minute Thesis’ challenge is…

Tanuj Kumar and Susan Hagness
April 29, 2024

2024 ECE department awards showcase vibrant academic community

With the culmination of another year of remarkable achievements in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, faculty, staff, and graduate students came together…

April 25, 2024

Arthur Lin presents in Wisconsin Falling Walls Lab

Arthur Lin, a graduate student in the Cersonsky Research Group in the Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, presented this year at Wisconsin’s Falling Walls Lab in April. Named in…

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April 23, 2024

CBE PhD student Seth Anderson selected for DOE Graduate Student Research program

Renewable energy technologies, like solar and wind power, are an important element in the clean energy transition. But they do have one major drawback; they don’t produce energy unless the…