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…
The American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE) has elected Karen and William Monfre Professor Brian Pfleger to its 2026 College of Fellows. Election to AIMBE honors individuals who have made outstanding or…
The U.S. Department of Energy’s Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) has selected a project led by faculty in the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering for its Catalytic Application Testing…
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…
Victor Zavala, the Baldovin-DaPra Professor in chemical and biological engineering at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, has been named a senior member by the National Academy of Inventors (NAI). Zavala is one…
As a senior in high school, Janna Postma was at a crossroads. Torn between two fields—business and engineering—she wanted a school that had both. Analytical by nature, Postma did her…
Abraham Lenhoff (PhDChE ’84), an alumnus of the Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, was elected to the National Academy of Engineering (NAE). Lenhoff is…
Marcel Schreier, the Richard H. Soit Assistant Professor in the Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, is a winner of the 2026-27 Vilas Associates Competition. Schreier is one…
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…
On August 15, the department recognized Associate Professor Reid Van Lehn with the John T. and Magdalen L. Sobota Professorship. A highlight of the event was welcoming members of the…