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WiscWind team members at 2022 Collegiate Wind Competition

UW–Madison team advances to finals in 2023 wind competition

A group of students from the University of Wisconsin–Madison will again compete in the nation’s most prominent undergraduate-level wind energy competition for the eighth consecutive year. UW–Madison’s team, known as…

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June 1, 2023

Baston named 2023 Astronaut Scholar

Materials Science and Engineering has exciting news to share about one of our undergraduate students, Josh Baston. From our previous blog post, we shared that Baston was the recipient of…

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May 31, 2023

Engineering faculty lead five Research Forward projects

Research Forward, a competition sponsored by the Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research and Graduate Education at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, has selected five projects led by College of…

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May 8, 2023

Baston receives Wisconsin Hilldale Undergraduate/ Faculty Research Fellowship

Materials Science and Engineering undergraduate student, Josh Baston is the recent recipient of a 2023- 2024 Wisconsin Hilldale Undergraduate/Faculty Research Fellowship. The Fellowship provides research training and support to undergraduate students….

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May 4, 2023

Eom receives honorary doctorate from the Technical University of Denmark

On April 28, 2023, the Technical University of Denmark (DTU) presented an honorary doctoral degree to Chang-Beom Eom, the Raymond R. Holton Chair for Engineering and Theodore H. Geballe Professor…

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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…

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April 24, 2023

Unzaga earns National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship

Materials Science and Engineering first-year Ph.D. student, James Unzaga has earned a National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship. Unzaga is one of eleven graduate students in the University of Wisconsin-Madison…

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April 12, 2023

Dan Thoma named Vilas Associate

Dan Thoma, a professor of materials science and engineering at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, is among the winners of the 2023-24 Vilas Associates Competition. The competition is open to UW-Madison…

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April 6, 2023

Gillian-Daniel wins Materials Research Society Impact Award

Anne Lynn Gillian-Daniel, director of education and outreach for the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s National Science Foundation-funded Materials Research Science and Engineering Center and the Wisconsin-Puerto Rico Partnership in Research and…

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March 30, 2023

John Perepezko wins Hilldale Award

John Perepezko, the IBM-Bascom Professor in materials science and engineering at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, is one of four faculty members selected to receive a 2023 Hilldale Award. Awardees are…

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March 30, 2023

12 students receive NSF Graduate Research Fellowships

Twelve students from the University of Wisconsin-Madison College of Engineering have earned National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowships, one of the most prestigious fellowships for graduate research in the country….