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…
Dr. Lei Zhou will join the Department of Mechanical Engineering as an Assistant Professor in Fall 2023! Zhou’s research centers on the design and control of precision mechatronic systems for…
Mechanical Engineering Professor Mario Trujillo has been recognized by ILASS-Americas with the Marshall Award! Prof. Trujillo’s paper, “Examining the Underlying Equations of Two-Phase Flow,” has been recognized as the best…
Congratulations to Mechanical Engineering Assistant Professor Jennifer Franck on her new Defense Established Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (DEPSCoR) award from the Department of Defense! Jennifer Franck will receive $600,000…
Congratulations to all students who shared their work at the Mechanical Engineering Senior Design Symposium on Thursday, May 4th! Over the past year, 42 design teams comprised of nearly 170 students have…
Congratulations to all who participated in the 2023 Engineering EXPO and especially to UW Biomechanics that won first place in the Research Group competition! Ten biomechanics-related labs participated in EXPO…
We are sorry to share the sad news that Professor Emeritus John J. Uicker, Jr., passed away on April 25, 2023 from lung cancer. He was with his family at…
Mechanical Engineering Faculty Associate and Mechatronics Lab Manager/Engineer Erick L. Oberstar is moving into a new role with the College of Engineering! He is joining the Interdisciplinary Professional Programs (InterPro)…
Spring 2023 Mechanical Engineering graduate Isabelle Hanson knew what she wanted to do when she grew up from an early age, but she didn’t always know that she would be…
One of the spring 2023 Mechanical Engineering Senior Design teams, Bucky’s Little Thruster, recently took second place in the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory’s annual Aerospace Propulsion Outreach Program (APOP)…
Congratulations to the UW Human Powered Vehicle club team on another triumph! April 14-15, 2023, the team competed at the ASME eHPVC competition hosted by Liberty University in Lynchburg, VA….