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Concrete Canoe team members work together on building their 2023 competition boat.

Student Org Spotlight: UW-Madison Concrete Canoe

The UW-Madison Concrete Canoe team finished strong at the 2023 regional competition in Duluth, Minnesota this spring, taking second place overall, second place in prototype design, and second place in…

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Students in front of Engineering Hall
September 6, 2023

College welcomes 19 new faculty

The University of Wisconsin-Madison College of Engineering is thrilled to welcome 19 new faculty members during the 2023-24 academic year. They come from all over the world, bringing a variety…

Chancellor Jennifer Mnookin with engineering students
July 27, 2023

College tour immerses chancellor in engineering

When you’re in the College of Engineering, you learn by doing. And so it was only fitting that UW-Madison Chancellor Jennifer Mnookin spent the afternoon of July 20 experiencing College…

UW Crest with engineering background
April 25, 2023

UW–Madison engineering graduate programs excel in U.S. News guide

University of Wisconsin-Madison engineering graduate programs are once again ranked among the nation’s best in the 2023-24 edition of U.S. News & World Report‘s “Best Graduate Schools.” The UW-Madison College…

UW Crest with engineering background
March 30, 2023

Funding puts UW-Madison spinoff company Type One Energy on the path to commercial fusion

Type One Energy, a Middleton, Wisconsin-based fusion energy company with roots in the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s College of Engineering, recently announced its first round of seed funding, raising $29 million…

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
November 2, 2022

Award-winning alumni return to campus for 75th Engineers’ Day

The University of Wisconsin-Madison will mark its 75th Engineers’ Day on November 4, 2022, by honoring 14 accomplished and inspiring alumni from a wide array of industries. The annual celebration…

UW Crest with engineering background
June 13, 2022

Engineering faculty earn Vilas professorships and awards

Three faculty members of the University of Wisconsin–Madison College of Engineering have received Vilas professorships and awards. The honors celebrate extraordinary members of the UW-Madison faculty and are supported by…

UW Crest with engineering background
April 7, 2022

Seven students land NSF Graduate Research Fellowships

Seven students and four alumni from the University of Wisconsin-Madison College of Engineering have received prestigious National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowships. The current students who earned 2022 awards are:•…

William Murphy and Paul Wilson
June 30, 2021

Murphy, Wilson leading industry collaborations in biopharma, fusion energy

College of Engineering faculty members are leading two ambitious industry partnerships and contributing to two others as part of the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s Promoting Industry Collaboration Initiative. The $1.3M initiative…

Robert Lorenz
February 7, 2019

Sensing and controls pioneer Lorenz named to National Academy of Engineering

On Feb. 7, 2019, the National Academy of Engineering (NAE) posthumously named Robert Lorenz, who was a longtime University of Wisconsin-Madison mechanical engineering professor, to its 2019 class of fellows….