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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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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…

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…

James Dumesic
April 4, 2025

Why we do research

At a time when the role and value of higher education are being questioned, it is imperative to reflect on the important and broad benefits research brings to our communities…

Graduate student Surajudeen Omolabake with a liquid-handling robot used in a recent project that used machine learning to speed the selection of green solvent mixtures for extracting valuable molecules from plant biomass. Scientists trained computer model to select 40 mixtures predicted to have the best properties then used the liquid-handling robot to test them. The results of the experiments were then used to train the model.
March 27, 2025

Machine learning solves complex solvent selection challenge

Plant fibers contain valuable chemicals that can be used to make biofuels, plastics, medicines, and other products, but separating and purifying them is challenging, especially without using toxic solvents.  Now…

UW Crest with engineering background
March 13, 2025

College honors faculty and staff for teaching, research, service

In a ceremony on March 13, 2025, Dean Ian Robertson presented awards to several engineering faculty and staff. These honors recognized exceptional contributions in research, teaching and service to society….

Bascom Hall with tulips in foreground
February 28, 2025

PhD Funding and Financial Information

Did you know that a vast majority of students receive a 5-year financial guarantee? Learn more about funding here.

Manos Mavrikakis
February 17, 2025

In new paper, Mavrikakis shares a pathway to more accurate models of catalysis

In an invited review article for the journal Nature Chemical Engineering posted on February 17, 2025, Manos Mavrikakis, the Ernest Micek Distinguished Chair, James A. Dumesic Professor, and Vilas Distinguished…

UW Crest with engineering background
February 14, 2025

Two CBE associates elected to National Academy of Engineering

A pair of researchers with ties to the Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering at the University of Wisconsin-Madison were elected to the National Academy of Engineering, among the highest…

Wedding photo of Matt and Beth Koenings
February 14, 2025

Engineering a lifetime of love

The University of Wisconsin-Madison’s Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering has a reputation for producing some of the most skilled and innovative engineers in the world. But for alumni Matt…

Corn field
February 4, 2025

CBE researchers are part of a $2.8 million effort to create plant-based “living refineries”

Two University of Wisconsin-Madison researchers in the Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering are part of a team selected by the U.S. Department of Energy’s Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E),…