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Liquid engine rocket blasting from far viewpoint
December 23, 2025

Wisconsin Space Program Completes Liquid Engine Hotfire

UW-Madison’s Wisconsin Space Program (WISP) is excited to announce their most recent accomplishment – successfully completing the group’s first liquid engine hotfire. After 11-months of designing, building, and testing, the…

Yeonghoon Jin, Tanuj Kumar, Minjeong Kim, Mikhail Kats, and Chenghao Wan by MRS sign
December 18, 2025

ECE researchers shine at Materials Research Society meeting

UW–Madison Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) students, alumnus, postdoctoral researcher, and faculty from UW–Madison earned major recognition at the recent Materials Research Society (MRS) meeting, highlighting the department’s…

Zongfu Yu
December 16, 2025

Zongfu Yu named 2026 IEEE Fellow

The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) has named Zongfu Yu, the Grainger Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, to its…

December 3, 2025

Unique university experiment empowers the future of fusion

The University of Wisconsin–Madison Helically Symmetric eXperiment is advancing the fusion industry by investigating knowledge gaps and training the future fusion workforce.

Ulugbek Kamilov, Dan van der Weide, Dan Ludois, Nader Behdad, Line Roald,
December 2, 2025

ECE Investiture honors faculty excellence and donor impact

The UW–Madison Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) hosted an investiture ceremony to celebrate several faculty members whose accomplishments, leadership, and scholarly impact have advanced engineering education and research…

Zongfu Yu
November 13, 2025

Zongfu Yu selected for 2025 highly cited researchers list

Zongfu Yu, the Grainger Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, is included on the Clarivate Highly Cited Researchers list for 2025.  The annual list recognizes…

Bower SAE COTY
November 12, 2025

ME teaching professor and ECE alumnus honored as SAE Contributors of the Year

UW–Madison Mechanical Engineering associate teaching professor Glenn Bower and Electrical and Computer Engineering alumnus Danny Bocci have been recognized by the Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) as Contributors of the…

Pankaj Patel
November 3, 2025

Pankaj Patel: 2025 Distinguished Achievement Award recipient

MSEE ‘77 (BSEngr ‘75, Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani, India)CEO, Nile An electrical engineer who is a leader in advancing network connectivity solutions and enterprise technology, fostering innovation…

Adria Brooks
November 3, 2025

Adria Brooks: 2025 Early Career Award recipient

Energy Analysis and Policy Certificate ‘18, PhDECE ‘20 (BSEP ‘11, University of Arizona)Director of Transmission Planning, Grid Strategies LLC An electrical engineer whose leadership and dedication to advancing transmission planning,…

Susan Hagness standing next to scholarship recipient
October 30, 2025

$781K in scholarships awarded to ECE undergraduates

The University of Wisconsin–Madison Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) proudly recognized outstanding students at its 2025 Undergraduate Scholarship Reception. This year, 146 students were awarded 180 scholarships totaling…