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Molly Paras, Zach Spears and Lauren Fitzsimmons

UW-Madison biomedical engineers win Collegiate Inventors Competition

University of Wisconsin-Madison senior Lauren Fitzsimmons and recent graduates Molly Paras (BSBME ’24) and Zach Spears (BSBME ’24) won first place in the 2024 Collegiate Inventors Competition in Alexandria, Virginia….

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WiRL igniter
October 9, 2024

Wisconsin Space Program Achieves a Hot Fire Ignition

After 3 years of hard work designing, analyzing, and building a torch igniter from scratch, the Wisconsin Space Program (WiSP) propulsion sub-team is ecstatic to share they successfully completed a…

Badger Solar Racing Car with student standing behind
September 25, 2024

Cross-college collab drives innovation: Badger Solar Racing

Badger Solar Racing is a team of dedicated undergraduate and graduate students from across the College of Engineering at the University of Wisconsin–Madison committed to building a solar-powered car for…

UW Crest with engineering background
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…

Several people at an indoor social gathering. Some are standing, some are sitting. They are in various phases of individual conversation
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…

UW AIAA team featuring rocket, Hyperion.
July 17, 2024

UW AIAA achieves 2nd place at Spaceport America Cup in New Mexico

In their second year competing in the Spaceport America Cup, the UW-Madison chapter of American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) soared to new heights, taking 2nd place in the…

UW Crest with engineering background
July 8, 2024

Engineering faculty are key players in four Research Forward projects

Research Forward, a competition sponsored by the Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, has selected four projects involving College of Engineering researchers for the…

UW Crest with engineering background
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…

UW Crest with engineering background
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…

H3X alumni forbes 30 under 30
December 4, 2023

UW Engineering Forbes 30 Under 30

UW Engineering alumni made a strong showing in the 2024 Forbes 30 Under 30 list! Eric Maciolek (BSME’2018), Max Liben (BSME’2018, MSEE’2020) and Jason Sylvestre (BSEE’2018, MSEE’2019) of H3X, and…