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Graduate student mentoring award winners (from left) Hangyu Li, Shengdong Liu, Inna Popova Saleh Alshammari, Eric Kastelic and Zilin Huang stand with Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering Chair Greg Harrington (center) at an awards reception
May 15, 2026

College recognizes graduate mentoring excellence

The College of Engineering recognized 25 faculty, postdocs and graduate student mentors at the second annual Graduate Student Mentoring Awards reception on May 14, 2026. The awards recognize faculty, postdocs…

UW Crest with engineering background
May 13, 2026

2026 Student Fellows and Award Winners

This spring, multiple BME students received fellowships and awards for the 2026-27 academic year. National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship ProgramThis prestigious, competitive fellowship supports outstanding graduate research across the…

2026 BME College of Engineering Mentor Awardees. L to R: Katrina Falk PhDBME ’26, Assistant Professor Colleen Witzenburg, Samir Rosas PhDBME '25 (not pictured: Anna Tommasi)
May 7, 2026

Four BME Mentors Earn Awards

Photo left to right: Katrina Falk PhDBME ’26, Assistant Professor Colleen Witzenburg, Samir Rosas PhDBME ’25. Anna Tommasi not pictured This year, four outstanding members of the Biomedical Engineering Department…

BME students Nicholas Symons, Calvin Duffy and Alice Hegeman holding their prototype in front of their poster titled "In-line HEPA filter bypass adapter: Enhancing ventilator safety and efficiency through innovative circuit management."
May 5, 2026

Celebrating 2026 Poster Session and Design Awards

On April 24, the Engineering Centers Building atrium buzzed with excitement. Forty-five design teams made last-minute adjustments to their prototypes, straightened their posters, and wondered if their team would be…

Group photo of the 2026 award winners
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…