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Discover ISyE brings together students and alumni

On January 28, the Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering hosted its annual student-alumni networking event, “Discover ISyE”. This event is designed to bridge the gap between academic theory and…

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Bower SAE COTY
November 12, 2025

ME teaching professor and ECE alumnus honored as SAE Contributors of the Year

UW–Madison Mechanical Engineering associate teaching professor Glenn Bower and Electrical and Computer Engineering alumnus Danny Bocci have been recognized by the Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) as Contributors of the…

Eduardo Arvelo
June 6, 2025

ECE’s Arvelo selected for Underkofler Excellence in Teaching Award

Eduardo Romero Arvelo, assistant teaching professor with the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE), has been chosen to receive the prestigious 2025 Alliant Energy James R. Underkofler Excellence in…

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….

UW Crest with engineering background
April 17, 2024

College cites faculty and staff for teaching, research, service

On April 16, 2024, Dean Ian Robertson held an event to recognize engineering faculty and staff for work that sets them apart and benefits everyone from our own engineering students…

Victor Zavala
April 17, 2024

Zavala honored for transformative teaching

On April 16, 2024, Dean Ian Robertson held an event to recognize engineering faculty and staff for outstanding contributions. Victor Zavala, the Baldovin-DaPra Professor in chemical and biological engineering, received…

Setareh Behroozi and Nathan Strachen
March 15, 2023

New instructors bring their passion for teaching to undergraduate education

During the 2022-2023 academic year, the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Wisconsin-Madison added two new members to its teaching staff. Both bring new insights, experiences…

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July 8, 2022

New Assistant Teaching Professor: Jennifer Detlor

Jennifer Detlor will join the Department of Mechanical Engineering as an Assistant Teaching Professor in January 2023! Detlor’s current research focuses on gas mixture selection for cryogenic cycles. She measures…

Kassem Fawaz
February 13, 2022

Fawaz wins distinguished teaching award

Electrical and Computer Engineering Assistant Professor Kassem Fawaz is the recipient of the 2022 Emil H. Stieger Teaching Award, one of the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s Distinguished Teaching Awards. The Stieger…

January 27, 2026

Barry Van Veen earns IEEE Signal Processing Society education award

Barry Van Veen, the Lynn H. Matthias Professor Emeritus in electrical and computer engineering at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, has received the 2025 IEEE Signal Processing Society Carl Friedrich Gauss…

Students participate in a Wisconsin FIRST LEGO League (FLL) regional tournament
December 8, 2025

In a FIRST, college hosts regional tournament for young robotics challengers

Most of the time, Huibregste Commons—a spacious, airy gathering place inside UW-Madison’s Engineering Hall—is bustling with engineering faculty, staff, students and visitors who use the space to study, relax, collaborate…