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Mikhail Kats wins prestigious Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers

Mikhail Kats, the Jack St. Clair Kilby and Antoine-Bascom Professor in electrical and computer engineering at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, has received a 2025 Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and…

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May 23, 2025

Turng Elected Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry

We are delighted to share that Mechanical Engineering Professor Lih-Sheng (Tom) Turng has been elected as a Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry (FRSC), a prestigious honor that recognizes…

Xiao Kuang
May 15, 2025

Kuang publishes Science paper on ultrasound 3D printing

Xiao Kuang, an assistant professor of mechanical engineering at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, has published a perspective paper in the journal Science on ultrasound 3D printing. Ultrasound is well known…

David Rothamer
May 15, 2025

Spring 2025 Newsletter

The Department of Mechanical Engineering’s spring 2025 newsletter is now available online. This issue includes: Read the full PDF newsletter here or use any of the links above to access…

Joshua Brockman
May 6, 2025

Brockman receives NIH MIRA grant

Joshua Brockman, an assistant professor of biomedical engineering at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, has received a Maximizing Investigators’ Research Award from the National Institute of General Medical Sciences to support…

UW-Madison Provost Charles Isbell with Ethan Ewer
May 6, 2025

Ewer awarded first ECE alumni-sponsored Hilldale Undergraduate Research Fellowship

At the 2025 Chancellor’s Undergraduate Awards Ceremony, held April 28 in Varsity Hall at Union South, junior Ethan Ewer was honored with a prestigious Wisconsin Hilldale Undergraduate Research Fellowship. Ewer,…

Kumar Sridharan
May 1, 2025

Sridharan named to Vilas Distinguished Achievement Professorship

Nuclear Engineering & Engineering Physics (NEEP) Professor Kumar Sridharan was named to a prestigious Vilas Distinguished Achievement Professorship, an award recognizing outstanding teaching and scholarship.    Prof. Sridharan has contributed 35…

A bird enjoys the warm weather and tree buds on an early spring evening at the University of Wisconsin–Madison on April 13, 2023.
April 22, 2025

How chemical engineers are tackling earth’s sustainability challenges

On Earth Day, our focus naturally shifts to environmental responsibility and the pursuit of a sustainable future. Environmental policy plays a critical role in this while individual and collective actions…

April 16, 2025

Ryan Jacobs receives inaugural UW-Madison Open Award

Ryan Jacobs, a staff scientist in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, is one of the inaugural recipients of the UW-Madison Open Awards. The…

Kenzie Burns standing in front of a wooded landscape
April 16, 2025

From cow poop to purpose: Curiosity sparks career for Kenzie Burns

Kenzie Burns doesn’t shy away from stepping outside of her comfort zone—she pushes forward with curiosity—shaping her life in new and unexpected ways. “I like to joke that I cannot…

UW Crest with engineering background
April 8, 2025

UW-Madison engineering graduate programs ranked highly by U.S. News

University of Wisconsin-Madison engineering graduate programs are once again ranked among the nation’s best in the 2025 edition of U.S. News & World Report’s “Best Graduate Schools.” The UW-Madison College…