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UW-Madison moves to 6th in national research ranking

The University of Wisconsin–Madison has moved up two places to sixth out of 920 public and private universities in the United States in university research expenditures, according to the National…

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November 18, 2024

Flossie Lin: 2024 Distinguished Achievement Award recipient

MSMS&E ’75, PhDMS&E ’82 (BS physics ‘71, Chun Yuan Science and Engineering Institute; MS physics ‘74, Georgia State University)President, Apex Property Group A materials engineer and entrepreneur who has pioneered…

November 18, 2024

MS&E seeks two new faculty members

The University of Wisconsin-Madison’s Department of Materials Science and Engineering invites applications for tenure-track faculty positions in polymer research for sustainability and in AI/ML methods for polymer design. UW-Madison hosts…

November 18, 2024

Yifei Mo: 2024 Early Career Award recipient

PhDMS&E ’10 (BS physics ‘05, Peking University)Materials Science and Engineering Professor, University of Maryland A materials scientist and professor whose computational modeling and simulations have yielded groundbreaking contributions in materials…

November 5, 2024

An MS&E alum contributes to tech and community

How Cyprian Uzoh’s work epitomizes the Wisconsin Idea, impacting the world What happens at UW-Madison shouldn’t stay at UW-Madison. Instead, Badgers are called to make an impact on the state,…

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October 25, 2024

Research summary: Additive could significantly reduce cost of renewable energy storage

The research summary below was generated with the help of Microsoft Copilot. Read the full story in our news section. Introduction: Researchers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison have developed an…

MS&E Undergrads Hannah Cabush, Cole Rabe and Will Ward
October 14, 2024

Q&A with three undergraduates: Why they chose MS&E at UW-Madison

Three undergrads share what went into their college decision and how their experience has been within the Department of Materials Science and Engineering  Hannah Cabush  she/her  How many years have…

October 1, 2024

MS&E Laboratory Campaign

Every student, every lab Over the next five years, the Department of Materials Science and Engineering is fundraising for its lab campaign. Read more about our campaign below. DEPARTMENT STANDINGS…

September 24, 2024

Two grad students’ impact on advanced materials for energy and electronics

How James Unzaga and Leo Georgopoulos are using the National Science Foundation Fellowship to improve electronics Since 2008, Beckwith-Bascom Professor Mike Arnold has led a research group on advanced materials…

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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…

September 18, 2024

MS&E Associate Professor receives 2024 Young Investigator MBE Award

The International Conference on Molecular Beam Epitaxy (ICMBE) has named UW-Madison Materials Science and Engineering Associate Professor Jason Kawasaki as this year’s Young Investigator of MBE for “his work on…