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John Perepezko wins Hilldale Award

John Perepezko, the IBM-Bascom Professor in materials science and engineering at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, is one of four faculty members selected to receive a 2023 Hilldale Award. Awardees are…

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August 20, 2024

Second annual alumni social a success

Departments from across the UW-Madison College of Engineering hosted the second annual ice cream social at the Memorial Union on August 15. Rainy weather moved the event indoors to the…

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August 16, 2024

UW-Madison engineers receive $4.1M in DOE nuclear research awards

The U.S. Department of Energy awarded more than $44 million through its Nuclear Energy University Program (NEUP) in 2024 to support university-led nuclear energy research and development projects, including a…

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August 5, 2024

UW-Madison engineers part of consortium to support nuclear security and nonproliferation

Six University of Wisconsin-Madison faculty members are part of a consortium of 12 universities and 12 national labs to support the basic science that underlies the U.S. Department of Energy…

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August 5, 2024

Arnold receives Kellett Mid-Career Award

Michael Arnold, the Beckwith-Bascom Professor in materials science and engineering at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, is one of 11 faculty members at the university to receive a 2024-2025 Kellett Mid-Career…

July 29, 2024

Wisconsin MRSEC earns award for partnership in Puerto Rico

The National Science Foundation’s (NSF) Division of Materials Research selected the partnership between the University of Puerto Rico Mayagüez (UPRM) and the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s Materials Research Science and Engineering…

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July 8, 2024

Engineering faculty are key players in four Research Forward projects

Research Forward, a competition sponsored by the Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, has selected four projects involving College of Engineering researchers for the…

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July 2, 2024

Kube earns ARPA-E IGNIITE 2024 award for automating alloy discovery

A project led by Sebastian Kube, an assistant professor of materials science and engineering at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, has been selected by the Advanced Research Project Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) for…

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June 20, 2024

UW-Madison ranks 13th among publics in U.S. News Best Engineering Schools graduate program rankings

The University of Wisconsin-Madison College of Engineering moved up in the 2024 edition of the U.S. News & World Report Best Engineering Schools graduate rankings. Overall, the college tied for…

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May 15, 2024

Spring 2024 message from MS&E chair Izabela Szlufarska

Greetings from Madison! I hope this newsletter finds you well. We’ve had quite the busy start to spring as we celebrate the end of the semester in the Department of…

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April 17, 2024

College cites faculty and staff for teaching, research, service

On April 16, 2024, Dean Ian Robertson held an event to recognize engineering faculty and staff for work that sets them apart and benefits everyone from our own engineering students…