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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…

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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…

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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…

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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,…

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…

Anthony Garcia, graduate student in the Department of Nuclear Engineering and Engineering Physics
May 28, 2026

PhD student advances fusion safety tools through DOE national lab collaboration

PhD student Anthony Carlos Garcia has been selected for the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Science Graduate Student Research Program to conduct fusion safety analysis research in collaboration with Idaho National Laboratory.

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May 27, 2026

MS&E PhD student Christopher Blackwell selected for DOE Graduate Research Program

The Department of Energy Office of Science has selected Christopher Blackwell, a PhD student in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, for the 2026…

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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…

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…