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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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Wedding photo of Matt and Beth Koenings
February 14, 2025

Engineering a lifetime of love

The University of Wisconsin-Madison’s Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering has a reputation for producing some of the most skilled and innovative engineers in the world. But for alumni Matt…

APS-EGLS Poster Session
January 17, 2025

Student wins award for research on colloidal gels

A physics major at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and an undergraduate student in the Wisconsin Research Forward Team in the Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, junior Caleb Youngwerth has…

Alumni Brandon Dunbar and Luca Merino in the storage area at Jackson's food company.
December 19, 2024

From campus to career: insights from two alumni

What does life look like after graduation? For chemical engineering alumni Brandon Dunbar (BSChE ’17) and Luca Martino (BSChE ’03), their journeys have been anything but ordinary. Now co-workers at…

December 13, 2024

Lisa Je inducted into the Edward Alexander Bouchet Graduate Honor Society

Lisa Je, a graduate student in chemical and biological engineering at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, is one of five outstanding scholars inducted by the Graduate School into the university’s chapter…

Clair Lesnjak and fellow teammates at the US Department of Energy Collegiate Wind Competition
September 17, 2024

Riding the wind with Claire Lesnjak

A junior majoring in chemical engineering and a Madison native, Claire Lesnjak was raised by a single mother her entire life. Her mom is one of her biggest inspirations and…

September 5, 2024

Lens into future technology

When asked to picture a microscope, many might conjure up something close to the clunky, portable microscopes used in middle school or high school. But Srini Ramu, a junior in…

August 28, 2024

Summer lab informals

For our graduating seniors, Summer Lab is a great experience for students to beef up their experimental skills and work on a variety of unique projects. Along with experiments and…

August 21, 2024

Expo and exposes with Isabelle Egizio

From Plainfield, Illinois, undergraduate Isabelle Egizio is working on more than just experiments. A senior in the Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Egizio is also heavily involved in the…

August 16, 2024

Alumni spotlight: Taylor Adkins

Recent alumnus Taylor Adkins (BSChE’23) took some time out of her day to meet with graduating seniors taking summer lab. In addition to answering their questions about entering the working…

Teja Balasubramanian in front of a 2023 sign on Bascom Hill
August 6, 2024

Alumni spotlight: Teja Balasubramanian

Recent graduate Teja Balasubramanian (BSChE’23) took some time out of her day to meet with graduating seniors taking summer lab. In addition to answering their questions about entering the working…