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Professor Mikhail Kats sits in the college clean rooms.
March 23, 2026

Cracking the quantum code

The strangest physics on Earth is about to transform life as we know it. These days, you don’t have to look far to find the term “quantum”: Marketers have slapped the word on dishwasher pods,…

2025 Wisconsin Impact Nexus award recipients
March 16, 2026

Grants empower bold thinking and transform vision into momentum

Expanding a consortium that strengthens ties between the college and the steel industry. Commercializing chip-cooling tech. Designing an economical nuclear microreactor. Through funding and in-kind support, Wisconsin Impact Nexus grants are igniting a ripple effect,…

Badgers in Themed Entertainment student org members
March 11, 2026

In the loop: New student organization is taking Badgers for a ride

Only the nerdiest among us take our first steps into Disneyland or Universal Studios and exclaim, “What a feat of engineering!” But maybe more of us should. Theme parks (or “themed entertainment,” for those in…

Stock image of an electrocardiogram readout
February 16, 2026

Once confined to the lab, new hyperspectral imaging tech is on the cusp of application for remote biometric sensing and much more

University of Wisconsin-Madison engineers have developed a new technology that can read a person’s pulse, blood pressure and oxygen saturation—remotely. Unlike other remote biometric sensors, this new “hyperspectral imaging” technology can operate in real-world, ambient-light…

Susan Hagness
February 10, 2026

UW-Madison professor Susan Hagness elected to the National Academy of Engineering

Susan Hagness, a professor of electrical and computer engineering at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, was elected to the National Academy of Engineering (NAE). The Philip Dunham Reed Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Maria Stuchly…

Robert Jacobberger
January 5, 2026

DOE early-career award will give Jacobberger the tools to draw more energy from light

The U.S. Department of Energy has selected Robert Jacobberger, an assistant professor of electrical and computer engineering at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, to receive a 2025 DOE Office of Science Early Career Research Program award….

Researchers use equipment in the lab of Professor Mikhail Kats, led by PhD student Rabeeya Hamid
December 19, 2025

Power-free imaging breakthrough brings near-infrared light into sight

University of Wisconsin-Madison electrical engineers have dramatically improved a semiconductor-based imaging system that makes near-infrared light visible to the naked eye. Near-infrared is the band of electromagnetic radiation between roughly 750 and 1,400 nanometers; it…

Daniel Ludois
December 11, 2025

Powering progress: Engineer, inventor earns national recognition for transforming electric motors

The National Academy of Inventors (NAI) has included a University of Wisconsin-Madison electrical engineer in its 2025 class of fellows—the highest distinction designed to recognize academic inventors’ accomplishments in patents, licensing and commercialization. Daniel Ludois,…

December 8, 2025

New tool illuminates dark website patterns designed to scam you and steal your data

Many internet users understand how to avoid digital pitfalls like catfishing, password hacking and malware. But not all the dangers in the digital world are so straightforward: For example, just browsing the web may set…

WEMPEC graduate students Xiaoyuan Zhang, Antonio Trujillo Parra and Ken Chen analyze the fault-tolerant motor drive they helped build as part of a NASA supported project.
December 5, 2025

Electric aircraft are on the horizon, and UW-Madison engineers are helping this emerging tech to take off

Redundancy is one of the core concepts in aviation engineering. Commercial aircraft are designed with multiple backup systems for hydraulics, electronics, flight controls, navigation, and fuel supply. The result is ultra-high reliability for engines and…