A group of civil and environmental engineering graduate students at the University of Wisconsin-Madison is designing an affordable, easy-to-use test that will allow residents to identify lead in their tap…
University of Wisconsin-Madison engineers are leading a first-of-its-kind research center devoted to advancing autonomous vehicle (AV) availability in rural and tribal communities. The Tribal and Rural Autonomous Vehicles for Equity,…
A group of 10 University of Wisconsin-Madison civil and environmental engineering graduate students is monitoring the structural health of a 150-year-old Superior lighthouse. With Jesse Hampton, an assistant professor of…
Look at a solar farm, and it might be easy to see only row upon row of glossy panels. But there’s much more than meets the eye. Steven Loheide, a…
A historic $75 million gift will fuel construction of a much-needed new engineering building at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. With their lead gift—the largest single gift in college history—brothers and…
For an expansive effort to remap floodplains across the United States, the Federal Emergency Management Agency and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers are drawing on a University of Wisconsin-Madison engineer’s…
Set it and forget it. That’s the wish of every homeowner who’s trying to fit mowing the lawn into an already busy weekend. It’s also the logic driving (pun intended)…
A new study authored by University of Wisconsin-Madison engineers introduces public audiences to the carbon dioxide (CO2) emission impact of different modes of transportation through a simple online calculator. To…
The nonprofit Schmidt Sciences and the Foundation for Food & Agriculture Research (FFAR) have selected a multi-institution group of researchers to establish the new Center for Mineral and Metal Oxide…
A new research consortium at the University of Wisconsin-Madison leverages structural engineering research excellence and the applied experience of industrial partners. Hannah Blum, an associate professor of civil and environmental…