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Feng Ye sitting in lab
August 7, 2026

Ye is part of Genesis Mission to protect AI from cyber threats

Feng Ye, an assistant professor in electrical and computer engineering at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, is a collaborator on a Genesis Mission project, a national effort aimed at leveraging AI to address…

UW Crest with engineering background
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…

April 29, 2026

UW Ion Beam Laboratory receives NSUF Super RTE for advanced fuel performance research 

The University of Wisconsin–Madison’s Ion Beam Laboratory (IBL) was awarded a Nuclear Science User Facilities (NSUF) Super RTE in collaboration with Oak Ridge National Laboratory to develop and qualify the performance of advanced nuclear fuels.

Michael Biehler
April 15, 2026

Biehler receives ONR grant for electromagnetic shielding project

Michael Biehler, an assistant professor of industrial and systems engineering at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, will lead a project funded by the Office of Naval Research to combine quantum sensing…

April 10, 2026

CBE project selected for ARPA-E effort to automate and speed up design of new industrial catalysts

The U.S. Department of Energy’s Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) has selected a project led by faculty in the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering for its Catalytic Application Testing…

Jeffrey Linderoth
April 8, 2026

Linderoth earns ONR grant to optimize decision-making aids

Jeffrey Linderoth, the Harvey D. Spangler Professor of industrial and systems engineering, will lead a new project funded by the Office of Naval Research to build automated decision tools to…

UW Crest with engineering background
March 20, 2026

UW-Madison engineers receive $3 million in DOE nuclear research awards

The U.S. Department of Energy recently awarded $33.9 million through its Nuclear Energy University Program (NEUP) in 2025 to support university-led nuclear energy research and development projects, including a total of $3 million for three projects led by University of Wisconsin-Madison engineers.

Nuclear war effects modeling from Sebastien Philippe's research group
February 4, 2026

Sébastien Philippe receives over $550,000 to advance nuclear war effects modeling

UW–Madison has received over $550,000 to support the development of open, science-based tools for understanding the consequences of nuclear weapons use.

Yonatan Mintz
December 9, 2025

Mintz working to help home caregivers for dementia patients

Yonatan Mintz, an assistant professor of industrial and systems engineering at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, is part of two new efforts funded by the National Institutes of Health to use…

Robert Jacobberger
October 13, 2025

With DARPA Young Faculty Award, Jacobberger will develop industry-ready diamond semiconductors

Robert Jacobberger, an assistant professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, has earned a 2025 Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) Young Faculty Award. The highly…