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Andrea Hicks, Jesse Hampton, Mohan Qin, and Haoran Wei
August 20, 2026

Hicks, Hampton, Qin, and Wei promoted for 25-26 academic year

The civil and environmental engineering department has promoted four professors in the 2025-26 academic year. Andrea Hicks has been promoted from associate professor to full professor. Jesse Hampton, Mohan Qin,…

Hiroki Sone
August 17, 2026

Hiroki Sone wins 2026 Distinguished Service Award

Associate Geological Professor Hiroki Sone has been awarded the 2026 Distinguished Service Award (Senior Level) from the American Rock Mechanics Association (ARMA) in recognition of his contributions to the organization….

UW Crest with engineering background
July 20, 2026

College faculty reach career milestones

The College of Engineering is celebrating faculty and teaching faculty members who have received promotions, tenure and academic appointments in the 2025-26 academic year. These achievements mark important career milestones…

Zihao Sheng, Minjeong Kim and Ying Fu
July 1, 2026

Trio receives Grainger Wisconsin Distinguished Graduate Fellowships

College of Engineering PhD students Zihao Sheng, Minjeong Kim and Ying Fu have received Grainger Wisconsin Distinguished Graduate Fellowships, which support and reward their scholarly excellence. Zihao Sheng is a…

Zihao Sheng
July 1, 2026

Sheng receives Grainger Wisconsin Distinguished Graduate Fellowship

Zihao Sheng, a PhD student in transportation engineering at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, has received a prestigious 2026-27 Grainger Wisconsin Distinguished Graduate Fellowship. Sheng joined Civil and Environmental Engineering Assistant…

May 27, 2026

WiscWind team places second in Collegiate Wind Competition

A team of students from the University of Wisconsin–Madison won second place in the 2026 Collegiate Wind Competition and took first in the project development portion of the contest. Students…

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…

Group of Graduate Student Award winners from the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering with the Department Chair
May 12, 2026

CEE launches graduate student awards to honor achievements and celebrate excellence

The Graduate Student Council for the Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering (CEE) established a new annual awards event this spring to recognize graduate students and honor major milestones of…

Team photo of University of Wisconsin Madison students and advisors for the 2026 Electrical Contracting Innovation Challenge
April 30, 2026

Electrical Contracting Innovation Challenge offers full project life-cycle experience for undergrads

A team of thirteen students from the National Electrical Contractors Association (NECA) Student Chapter at University of Wisconsin-Madison are participating in the 2026 Electrical Contracting Innovation Challenge (ECIC). This year’s…

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…