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Mikhail Kats wins prestigious Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers

Mikhail Kats, the Jack St. Clair Kilby and Antoine-Bascom Professor in electrical and computer engineering at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, has received a 2025 Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and…

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Students peer into the University of Wisconsin Nuclear Reactor pool to see the blue glow
May 14, 2025

Operation detect light: first year nuclear engineering students gain hands-on experience at the UWNR

First year students in the Nuclear Engineering program at UW–Madison gain hands-on engineering experience with this unique group research project.

Plasma ball during a Wonders of Physics show, presented as part of Family Science Night at UW Space Place at the University of Wisconsin-Madison on Nov. 22, 2013.
May 6, 2025

New fusion plasma focus area to offer greater academic flexibility in light of emerging technologies

The Department of Nuclear Engineering & Engineering Physics has introduced a Fusion Plasma focus area within the Nuclear Engineering B.S. program. This new option offers students who are interested in…

Kumar Sridharan
May 1, 2025

Sridharan named to Vilas Distinguished Achievement Professorship

Nuclear Engineering & Engineering Physics (NEEP) Professor Kumar Sridharan was named to a prestigious Vilas Distinguished Achievement Professorship, an award recognizing outstanding teaching and scholarship.    Prof. Sridharan has contributed 35…

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
April 8, 2025

NEEP ranked #3 among nuclear engineering programs in the U.S.

The Department of Nuclear Engineering & Engineering Physics in the University of Wisconsin-Madison College of Engineering tied for #3 among nuclear engineering programs in the nation in the 2025 edition…

Assistant Professor Adelle Wright and image of her publication titled "An Introduction to Stellarators"
March 25, 2025

Pioneering women in fusion: Adelle Wright co-authors a modern introduction to stellarator theory

Assistant Professor Adelle Wright published An Introduction to Stellarators: From Magnetic Fields to Symmetries and Optimization late last year. The book, co-authored with her colleagues Lise-Marie Imbert-Gérard and Elizabeth J….

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….

Stephanie Diem
March 13, 2025

Diem honored as an opportunity advancer

On March 13, 2025, Dean Ian Robertson held an event to recognize engineering faculty and staff for outstanding contributions. Stephanie Diem, an assistant professor of nuclear engineering and engineering physics,…

Assistant Professors Juliana Pacheco Duarte and Steffi Diem standing next to the sign for the Arnold and Mabel Beckman Center of the National Academies of Sciences and Engineering
March 13, 2025

Diem and Duarte named 2025 Kavli Fellows

Assistant Juliana Pacheco Duarte and Steffi Diem have been selected by the National Academy of Sciences to be 2025 Kavli Fellows, young scientists recognized for their exceptional research contributions.