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April 15, 2026

Honoring the people who power engineering: Celebrating faculty and staff excellence

Each year, our College of Engineering recognizes faculty and staff whose work exemplifies excellence, innovation and service. This year’s college award recipients represent the very best of who we are…

UW Crest with engineering background
April 7, 2026

UW-Madison engineering graduate programs ranked highly by U.S. News

University of Wisconsin-Madison engineering graduate programs are once again ranked among the nation’s best in the 2026 edition of U.S. News & World Report’s “Best Graduate Schools.” The UW-Madison College…

Kevin Eliceiri
March 31, 2026

Eliceiri Receives Inaugural Spencer Shorte Legacy Award

Kevin Eliceiri, a professor of biomedical engineering and medical physics, has been named the inaugural recipient of the Spencer Shorte Legacy Award. Presented jointly by the Association of Biomolecular Research…

Josh Brochman
February 9, 2026

Brockman honored with Shaw Early Career Research Award to support innovative research

Joshua Brockman, an assistant professor of biomedical engineering at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, has been awarded the 2026 Shaw Early Career Research Award. This award provides $200,000 over two years…

Aerial photo of College of Engineering campus
December 19, 2025

BME 2025 Year in Review

For the Biomedical Engineering Department, 2025 was a year filled with growth and extraordinary achievements. Below are some standout moments from our talented students, alumni and faculty in the last…

BME Design Fall 2025 Undergraduate Poster Sessions in the Engineering Centers Building Atrium
December 16, 2025

Fall Design Undergraduate Poster Sessions Showcase Students Innovation

Our annual Undergraduate Poster Sessions are always a highlight of the semester. On December 5, rows of poster boards and the roar of enthusiastic discussion fill the Engineering Centers Building…

Kristin Myers Peng
November 3, 2025

Kristin Myers Peng: 2025 Distinguished Achievement Award recipient

BSBME ’02 (MBA ’07, Harvard University)Healthcare leader, advisor and board member A biomedical engineer, executive and entrepreneur who is transforming healthcare outcomes through technology and innovation. Kristin Myers grew up…

Sarah Sandock
November 3, 2025

Sarah Sandock: 2025 Early Career Award recipient

BSBME ’12, MSBME ’13Founder & CEO, Dock Technologies A biomedical engineer and entrepreneur whose company focuses on improving patient outcomes through technology that tracks medical device placement. Medical devices enable…

PANTHER 2025
September 26, 2025

Interdisciplinary team culture of PANTHER TBI program celebrated in fall 2025 meeting

The annual PANTHER meeting last week in Madison highlighted the success of interdisciplinary teamwork across the College with participants from the Departments of Mechanical Engineering, Electrical & Computer Engineering, and…

UW Crest with engineering background
September 23, 2025

UW-Madison ranks 7th among publics in U.S. News undergraduate engineering program rankings

The University of Wisconsin-Madison College of Engineering was ranked seventh overall among public universities in the 2026 edition of U.S. News & World Report’s Best Engineering Schools undergraduate rankings. Individual…