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Graduate student mentoring award winners (from left) Hangyu Li, Shengdong Liu, Inna Popova Saleh Alshammari, Eric Kastelic and Zilin Huang stand with Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering Chair Greg Harrington (center) at an awards reception
May 15, 2026

College recognizes graduate mentoring excellence

The College of Engineering recognized 25 faculty, postdocs and graduate student mentors at the second annual Graduate Student Mentoring Awards reception on May 14, 2026. The awards recognize faculty, postdocs…

Group photo of the 2026 award winners
April 15, 2026

Honoring the people who power engineering: Celebrating faculty and staff excellence

Each year, our College of Engineering recognizes faculty and staff whose work exemplifies excellence, innovation and service. This year’s college award recipients represent the very best of who we are…

UW Crest with engineering background
April 7, 2026

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 2026 edition of U.S. News & World Report’s “Best Graduate Schools.” The UW-Madison College…

December 3, 2025

Unique university experiment empowers the future of fusion

The University of Wisconsin–Madison Helically Symmetric eXperiment is advancing the fusion industry by investigating knowledge gaps and training the future fusion workforce.

UW Crest with engineering background
September 2, 2025

Trio among finalists for 2025 Wisconsin Innovation Awards

The list of finalists for the Wisconsin Technology Council’s 2025 Wisconsin Innovation Awards includes three companies with ties to the University of Wisconsin-Madison College of Engineering. C-Motive Technologies, co-founded by…

Dean Devesh at ice cream social 2025
August 27, 2025

3rd annual ice cream social is a cherry on top

The 3rd annual College of Engineering alumni ice cream social on August 21 was a sweet treat at the end of a beautiful afternoon at the Terrace. It was wonderful…

Rex Wagner
July 23, 2025

Remembering Rex Wagner

We mourn the loss of our colleague Rex Wagner who passed away on July 5, 2025 after battling brain cancer. Rex served as the Operations Director of the Helically Symmetric…

Chancellor Jennifer Mnookin, second from left, poses with winners of the Chancellor’s Entrepreneurial Achievement Award
April 24, 2025

Alum Greg Piefer receives entrepreneur award for nuclear fusion innovation

The University of Wisconsin–Madison Office of the Chancellor, in partnership with the Wisconsin Foundation and Alumni Association, has recognized Greg Piefer as a recipient of the 2025 Chancellor’s Entrepreneurial Achievement…

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…

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….