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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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Tiago Moreira
March 13, 2025

Moreira honored for innovations in nuclear energy

On March 13, 2025, Dean Ian Robertson held an event to recognize engineering faculty and staff for outstanding contributions. Tiago Moreira, a scientist in the Solar Energy Laboratory and Thermal…

ME research administration team
January 31, 2025

Big research numbers made possible by the wizards behind the curtain

Mechanical Engineering is breaking departmental records with increases in research expenditures. The secret sauce may be the incredible team of research administrators toiling behind the scenes to make it all…

Student driving simulator project
January 26, 2024

ECE 453 students present capstone projects at Open House

Students enrolled in ECE 453, Embedded Microprocessor System Design, finished the Fall 2023 semester strong by presenting their Capstone Design projects at an Open House on December 11th. Led by…

Radu Serban receives the 2023 Bollinger Academic Staff Distinguished Achievement Award for Excellence in Research.
March 29, 2023

College faculty and staff earn accolades for excellence

For decades, the College of Engineering annually has honored faculty and staff for their exemplary work in research, education or service. On March 28, 2023, we recognized nine members of…

UW Crest with engineering background
January 6, 2023

Wang receives American Heart Association Award

Ruoxing Wang, a postdoctoral scholar working in the lab of Xudong Wang, a professor of materials science and engineering, is the recipient of a two-year American Heart Association Postdoctoral Fellowship….

UW Crest with engineering background
December 16, 2022

Meng wins MRS best poster award

Jun Meng, a postdoctoral scholar working in the Computational Materials Group with Harvey D. Spangler Professors of Engineering Izabela Szlufarska and Dane Morgan is the winner of the best poster…

UW Crest with engineering background
December 14, 2022

Jacobs selected as a rising star in computational materials science

Ryan Jacobs, a staff scientist in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, has been selected as a rising star by the editors of the…