Students October 29, 2026 · 6 min read With AI-powered surgical analysis tool, UW-Madison student team brings ideas and a third-place finish home from international challenge An interdisciplinary University of Wisconsin-Madison team placed among the top performers in an international competition testing how machine learning models can analyze endoscopic surgical videos. The team consists of Ruffin Bryant and Noah Kalthoff, both…
Moonshots Engineering tomorrow's cures Moonshots Limitless distributed power Moonshots Embodied AI Moonshots Making quantum practical Moonshots Securing critical resources Moonshots Feeding the planet FacultyResearch September 24, 2026 · 7 min read Engineering Moonshots brings campus leaders together around six ambitious challenges Building a future powered by fusion energy. Delivering individualized therapies tailored to each patient. Feeding a growing global population. Making quantum technologies practical. Developing autonomous systems that enhance human capability. Securing the resources needed to…
Awards September 22, 2026 · 1 min read UW-Madison ranked 7th among publics in U.S. News undergraduate engineering rankings For the second straight year, the University of Wisconsin-Madison College of Engineering was ranked seventh overall among public universities in U.S. News & World Report’s Best Engineering Schools undergraduate rankings. Individual undergraduate program rankings (among…
Moonshot Engineering tomorrow's cures Research September 22, 2026 · 6 min read New imaging technique reveals the inner workings of immune cells When a patient is facing certain cancers or an immune condition, clinicians turn to their white blood cells for clues about the progression of both diseases and their treatments. From a standard blood draw, a…
Moonshot Engineering tomorrow's cures Faculty September 11, 2026 · 3 min read Focus on new faculty: Shawn Gomez brings computation, collaboration to biomedical engineering Shawn Gomez’s research trajectory had already started to shift during the first few years of graduate school when life forced a more severe change upon him. Gomez’s PhD advisor at the University of Colorado Boulder,…
Moonshot Engineering tomorrow's cures Faculty September 2, 2026 · 4 min read Focus on new faculty: Jonathan Soucy eyes new approaches to restore vision As a young child in Lewiston, Maine, Jonathan Soucy squinted and stumbled until, at age 4, doctors belatedly diagnosed him with a congenital cataract in his left eye. While he underwent surgery shortly thereafter to…
Research August 13, 2026 · 4 min read CRISPR roadblocks: Scientists identify genes blocking gene therapy success Like a delivery driver navigating crowded city streets, a gene-therapy-toting lipid nanoparticle faces a gauntlet of potential detours on its journey toward a cell’s nucleus. First, there’s entering the cell’s plasma membrane; then navigating around…
ResearchWisconsin Idea July 23, 2026 · 5 min read For UW-Madison computer engineering educator, colleagues’ advances in microwave ablation targeted cancer close to home Reflecting on his more than 20 years as a member of the teaching faculty in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, Eric Hoffman is grateful for the opportunity…
Faculty June 15, 2026 · 5 min read Not just for show and tell, tomorrow’s ultrasound tech can treat cancerous tumors, tissue and more Aarushi Bhargava is an assistant professor of biomedical engineering whose research brings a mechanics perspective to ultrasound therapy. Bhargava leads the SonIMate Mechanics group, which focuses on developing noninvasive therapy, targeted drug delivery methods, and…
Research June 9, 2026 · 3 min read Tunable metasurface could bring powerful molecular sensing from the lab to the field Mid-infrared spectroscopy can identify the molecular composition of unknown samples by their “fingerprints” at different wavelengths, allowing scientists to look beyond visible light’s band within the electromagnetic spectrum. The resulting compositional data is valuable for…