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WiscWind team members at 2022 Collegiate Wind Competition

UW–Madison team advances to finals in 2023 wind competition

A group of students from the University of Wisconsin–Madison will again compete in the nation’s most prominent undergraduate-level wind energy competition for the eighth consecutive year. UW–Madison’s team, known as…

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Alex Thornton talks to students in front of stellarator
March 31, 2023

ECE Discovery Day sends students on a trek of career exploration

In what has become an annual event, the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) hosted ECE Discovery Day in Engineering Hall for all undergraduate ECE students recently. During this…

UW Crest with engineering background
March 30, 2023

12 students receive NSF Graduate Research Fellowships

Twelve students from the University of Wisconsin-Madison College of Engineering have earned National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowships, one of the most prestigious fellowships for graduate research in the country….

Zinkgraf and Kowalewski at casting competition with Kyle Metzloff
March 29, 2023

Mechanical Engineering Undergrads Win Casting of the Year Competition

A student team from UW-Madison won the Casting of the Year competition at the Wisconsin Regional American Foundry Society Conference in February! Mechanical Engineering students Dylan Zinkgraf and Teekay Kowalewski…

March 10, 2023

Solis provides solace for students studying plasma physics

Solis is a student-led group where women and gender minorities in plasma physics at UW-Madison can find a sense of community. Plasma physics is a broad research field that spans…

UW Crest with engineering background
March 9, 2023

Spring 2023 message from Department of Mechanical Engineering Chair Darryl Thelen

Greetings! The Department of Mechanical Engineering has a lot of updates to share in spring 2023. The most exciting update is the move of the engineering mechanics and aerospace engineering…

March 7, 2023

Graduate student gains international perspective on nuclear engineering

Ryan Dailey, a graduate student in the Reactor Technology Integration Group led by Assistant Professor Ben Lindley, attended the 2023 Nuclear Innovator Cultivation Camp (NICC) hosted by Tokyo Tech and…

Students visit a construction site in downtown Madison.
February 28, 2023

Student Org Spotlight: UW-Madison Construction Club

Elyse Miramontes, a junior studying civil and environmental engineering, sheds light on what Construction Club has to offer students, alumni, and industry professionals alike. What is Construction Club? Construction Club…

Maitreyee Marathe, UW–Madison PhD student in electrical and computer engineering, presents a flash talk about optimal energy rationing for prepaid electricity customers during the Wisconsin Energy Institute (WEI) Research Showcase at the WEI building on the the University of Wisconsin–Madison campus on Feb. 17, 2023. (Photo by Matthew Wisniewski / Wisconsin Energy Institute)
February 28, 2023

ECE PhD Student winner at Wisconsin Energy Institute’s Energy Research Showcase

Fourth-year PhD student studying Electrical and Computer Engineering, Maitreyee Marathe was one of five UW-Madison College of Engineering students to win an award for the Flash Talk session at the…

WiscWind team members at 2022 Collegiate Wind Competition
February 28, 2023

UW–Madison team advances to finals in 2023 wind competition

A group of students from the University of Wisconsin–Madison will again compete in the nation’s most prominent undergraduate-level wind energy competition for the eighth consecutive year. UW–Madison’s team, known as…

AIChE student chapter members
February 28, 2023

Madison’s AIChE chapter introduces students to the wide world of chemical engineering

During his first semester at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, Alex Bloemendal went to an industry presentation hosted by the UW-Madison student chapter of AIChE, the professional organization for chemical engineers….