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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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January 17, 2025

Art and engineering forge partnership for practical learning in Art Department foundry

A version of this story by Kari Dickinson was originally published by UW News and the School of Education. Mechanical engineering students gained practical experience casting screwdriver handles this fall…

Franklin Miller and Chloe Gunderson
January 13, 2025

Miller receives $1M NASA award for Vanadium Superconducting Heat Switch project

Mechanical Engineering Associate Professor Franklin Miller recently received funding from NASA for his ‘Vanadium Superconducting Heat Switch for Adiabatic Demagnetization Refrigeration’ project. The project period is September 2024 – August…

December 20, 2024

New instructional labs expand ME student course opportunities

Mechanical Engineering has a habit of growing. The movement of Engineering Mechanics students into the ME department in 2023, plus overall growth in the number Mechanical Engineering students, now puts…

Ying Li
December 4, 2024

Ying Li recognized with ASME Rising Star award

Mechanical Engineering Associate Professor Ying Li recently received an ASME Rising Star in Mechanical Engineering Award! The award recognizes “innovative work and dedication that significantly advances the engineering profession and…

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November 25, 2024

Student Spotlight: Mechanical Engineering PhD Student Megh Doshi

After completing his master’s degree in mechanical engineering in the spring of 2023, Megh Doshi decided his time at UW-Madison was not quite complete. Now, more than a year into…

PhD student Katherine Heidi Fehr and Associate Professor Peter Adamczyk conduct a 3D scan of a shoe outside
November 7, 2024

Fall 2024 Newsletter

The Department of Mechanical Engineering’s fall 2024 newsletter is now available online. Highlights from this issue include: Read the full PDF newsletter here or use any of the links above…

Mechanical Engineering Scholarship Awards 2024
November 1, 2024

Mechanical Engineering awards $1 million in scholarships

We have a new record in the mechanical engineering and engineering mechanics programs this fall: nearly 300 undergraduate students officially received over $1 million in scholarship support from ME and…

Krishnan Suresh
October 21, 2024

Suresh honored with 2024 ASME CIE Excellence in Research Award

Mechanical Engineering Mead Witter Foundation Professor Krishnan Suresh has received the ASME CIE Excellence in Research Award for 2024! The ASME CIE (Computers and Information in Engineering) Division award recognizes…

Group with Janssen 2024 Fall Mechanical Engineering Investitures
October 14, 2024

Outstanding Mechanical Engineering faculty earn professorships

Congratulations to the Mechanical Engineering faculty honored with new professorships at our 2024 investiture ceremony this fall. Grainger Dean of the College of Engineering Ian Robertson and John Bollinger Chair…

October 7, 2024

UW team earns $2.5 million ARPA-E H2SENSE award

Mechanical Engineering Professor Scott Sanders and Scientist Matthias Beuting are leading a UW-Madison team that aims to develop novel sensors for detecting hydrogen gas leaks.  The team also includes Mechanical…