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Eric Kazyak lab tour fall 2023

Three new electrochemistry research labs open exciting opportunities for ME students

Three new electrochemistry-focused research labs are now open in Mechanical Engineering (ME), led by ME faculty members Eric Kazyak, Luca Mastropasqua and James Pikul. These labs are working together on…

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Lianyi Chen
March 10, 2023

New Vilas Associates Award to Lianyi Chen

Congratulations to Mechanical Engineering Charles Ringrose Associate Professor Lianyi Chen on his Vilas Associates Award! In his project, Metals Processing and Design Based on Nanoelements, Chen plans to initiate a…

D2P mentor Aimee Arnoldussen (left) with Assistant Professor Josh Roth
December 20, 2023

Engineering faculty awarded Discovery to Product PRIME grants

Three Department of Mechanical Engineering faculty members have received funding from Discovery to Product’s (D2P) Piloting Research Innovation & Market Exploration (PRIME) grant program. The PRIME funding will allow the…

Darryl Thelen and Kate Fu at ME fall 2022 investiture
October 20, 2022

Recognizing exceptional Mechanical Engineering faculty

Mechanical Engineering highlighted faculty excellence with an investiture ceremony at the end of September. John Bollinger Chair of Mechanical Engineering & Bernard A. and Frances M. Weideman Professor Darryl Thelen…

Qilin Guo
May 9, 2022

PhD student receives 2022 Rosalind Franklin Young Investigator Award

Qilin Guo, a mechanical engineering PhD student at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, was named the 2022 recipient of the Rosalind Franklin Young Investigator Award. This biannual award is given by…

April 25, 2022

UW ME highlighted on Office of Science homepage

Exciting exposure for mechanical engineering assistant professor Lianyi Chen and graduate student Luis Izet Escano! The US Department of Energy highlighted the recent College of Engineering story on their electron…

June 9, 2021

Three projects selected for WARF Accelerator Advanced Manufacturing Challenge Grant

The Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation announced that three projects have been selected to receive development funding through the WARF Advanced Manufacturing Challenge Grant. From industrial robotics to improved 3D printing,…