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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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The UW-Madison 2025 ECIC team, comprised of students, faculty, and mentors
April 25, 2025

Badgers take on Design-build project in ECIC 2025

The 2025 Electrical Contracting Innovation Challenge (ECIC) is underway and Badger engineers are ready to compete. This year’s competition focuses on the electrical design of an office and warehouse building….

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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…

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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….

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September 24, 2024

UW-Madison ranks 7th among publics in U.S. News undergraduate engineering program rankings

The University of Wisconsin-Madison College of Engineering was ranked seventh overall among public universities in the 2025 edition of U.S. News & World Report’s Best Engineering Schools undergraduate rankings. Individual…

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September 5, 2024

Prabhakar named 2024-25 Fulbright Scholar

Pavana Prabhakar, the Charles G. Salmon Associate Professor in the departments of civil and environmental engineering and mechanical engineering, has been named a 2024-25 Fulbright Scholar. Prabhakar is a leader…

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August 20, 2024

Second annual alumni social a success

Departments from across the UW-Madison College of Engineering hosted the second annual ice cream social at the Memorial Union on August 15. Rainy weather moved the event indoors to the…

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June 20, 2024

UW-Madison ranks 13th among publics in U.S. News Best Engineering Schools graduate program rankings

The University of Wisconsin-Madison College of Engineering moved up in the 2024 edition of the U.S. News & World Report Best Engineering Schools graduate rankings. Overall, the college tied for…

May 1, 2024

Wired for success: UW-Madison engineers ready for ECIC 2024

Badger engineers are returning to the 2024 Electrical Contracting Innovation Challenge (ECIC) following a historic first-place finish in 2023. “It was UW-Madison’s first time competing, and we were the first…

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April 17, 2024

College cites faculty and staff for teaching, research, service

On April 16, 2024, Dean Ian Robertson held an event to recognize engineering faculty and staff for work that sets them apart and benefits everyone from our own engineering students…

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August 31, 2023

UW-Madison engineers receive $4.6M in DOE nuclear research awards

The U.S. Department of Energy recently awarded more than $41.2 million through its Nuclear Energy University Program (NEUP) to support university-led nuclear energy research and development projects, including a total…