August 17, 2026 Mark Anderson honored with H.I. Romnes Fellowship Written By: Caitlin Scott Departments: Mechanical Engineering Categories: Awards | Faculty Mechanical Engineering Professor Mark H. Anderson has been recognized with a 2026-2027 H.I. Romnes Fellowship! “WARF Named Professorships, Kellett Fellowships, and Romnes awards represent some of the most meaningful investments in the people who drive discovery at UW–Madison,” says Dorota Brzezinska, vice chancellor for research. Anderson is one of eighteen faculty honored with the H.I. Romnes Fellowships that recognize faculty with exceptional research contributions within their first six years from promotion to a tenured position. The award is named in recognition of the late WARF trustees president H.I. Romnes and comes with $60,000 that may be spent over five years. Anderson is the Consolidated Papers Professor of Mechanical Engineering at UW–Madison, Mechanical Engineering Associate Chair for Research, and Director of the Thermal Hydraulics Laboratory. A leader in advanced energy systems, he focuses on next-generation nuclear technologies, supercritical CO₂ power cycles, thermal energy storage, heat pipes and high-temperature materials. Through 2030 and beyond, he plans to advance utility-scale and microreactor energy systems, expand sensor and manufacturing technologies for extreme environments, strengthen industry and national laboratory partnerships, and continue mentoring the next generation of energy engineers and researchers. Read more about all forty-two UW–Madison faculty awarded fellowships from the Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research (OVCR) for 2026-2027 across the four research divisions on campus. This news was originally shared in the August 2026 issue of ‘Research at UW’ by the Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research (OVCR).