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lucas derbyshire
July 23, 2026

Derbyshire receives National Defense Science and Engineering Graduate Fellowship

Lucas Derbyshire, PhD student in Professor Pavana Prahakar‘s group, has been awarded the 2026 National Defense Science and Engineering Graduate (NDSEG) Fellowship. This award is sponsored by the Air Force…

Chloe Dedic
July 21, 2026

New Mechanical Engineering Faculty: Chloe Dedic

Chloe Dedic joins Mechanical Engineering as an Associate Professor in August 2026! Chloe Dedic’s research laboratory will focus on the design and application of advanced, laser-based measurements and nonlinear spectroscopy…

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…

SAE Aero 2026 Team with red plane
July 20, 2026

Wisconsin Aerospace Competes at SAE Aero Design Competition

At the end of the 2025 season, Wisconsin Aerospace (formerly known as SAE Aero UW) had 2 main goals: 1) place higher at the competition, and 2) bring an even…

July 14, 2026

For the first time, UW-Madison hosts the Annual Workshop on Recent Developments in Electronic Structure Methods

The University of Wisconsin-Madison hosted the Annual Workshop on Recent Developments in Electronic Structure Methods June 22-25, 2026. The workshop, held at various locations each year since 1989, brings together…

aerial engineering
July 13, 2026

Recognizing 2026 ME department retirements

The ME Department is recognizing four retirements this summer. Randy Jackson, Jason Oakley, Riccardo Bonazza, and Tom Krupenkin made substantial contributions during their careers at UW and we thank them…

Mark Anderson
July 9, 2026

A Small-Scale Test Facility with a Big Role in Advanced Nuclear Reactor Safety

Professor Mark Anderson of the UW Thermal Hydraulics Laboratory (UW-THL) in Mechanical Engineering has been awarded a large collaborative award contract with TerraPower for the Natrium reactor IET Loop Testing…

15 students standing in front of rocket
July 8, 2026

WISP Puts UW on the Map with State’s First Liquid Rocket

First Place Finish After two years of fast paced development, WISP, the Wisconsin Space Program student org, competed at the FAR-OUT competition in Mojave, California with the first liquid rocket…

Wisconsin racing 2026
July 6, 2026

Wisconsin Racing 2026 competition

Wisconsin Racing finished the 2026 season with a historic 6th place finish at their annual competition! They proved themselves as one of the nation’s top engineering student teams with a…

Jennifer Choy, Chirag Gupta, Robert Jacobberger, Shubhra Pasayat, Bulent Sarlioglu, Eric Tervo
June 30, 2026

Six ECE faculty appointed to named professorships

The Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) is pleased to recognize six faculty members who have been appointed to named professorships. These appointments recognize outstanding achievements in research, teaching,…