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Mechanical Engineering Scholarship Awards 2024
November 1, 2024

Mechanical Engineering awards $1 million in scholarships

We have a new record in the mechanical engineering and engineering mechanics programs this fall: nearly 300 undergraduate students officially received over $1 million in scholarship support from ME and…

Photo of the spotlighted student, Bhanu Maheswaran
October 28, 2024

Student Spotlight: Engineering Mechanics PhD Student Bhanugoban Maheswaran

Bhanugoban (Bhanu) Maheswaran’s time at UW-Madison has been nothing but rewarding. A PhD student in the Engineering Mechanics program, Bhanu is an accomplished researcher who focuses on advanced materials for…

Krishnan Suresh
October 21, 2024

Suresh honored with 2024 ASME CIE Excellence in Research Award

Mechanical Engineering Mead Witter Foundation Professor Krishnan Suresh has received the ASME CIE Excellence in Research Award for 2024! The ASME CIE (Computers and Information in Engineering) Division award recognizes…

Group with Janssen 2024 Fall Mechanical Engineering Investitures
October 14, 2024

Outstanding Mechanical Engineering faculty earn professorships

Congratulations to the Mechanical Engineering faculty honored with new professorships at our 2024 investiture ceremony this fall. Grainger Dean of the College of Engineering Ian Robertson and John Bollinger Chair…

WiRL igniter
October 9, 2024

Wisconsin Space Program Achieves a Hot Fire Ignition

After 3 years of hard work designing, analyzing, and building a torch igniter from scratch, the Wisconsin Space Program (WiSP) propulsion sub-team is ecstatic to share they successfully completed a…

October 7, 2024

UW team earns $2.5 million ARPA-E H2SENSE award

Mechanical Engineering Professor Scott Sanders and Scientist Matthias Beuting are leading a UW-Madison team that aims to develop novel sensors for detecting hydrogen gas leaks.  The team also includes Mechanical…

Allison Mahvi
October 3, 2024

Mahvi team awarded DOE funds for tech to decarbonize buildings

Mechanical Engineering Assistant Professor Allison Mahvi was recently selected for a $2M award from the Department of Energy to develop a more sustainable heat pump that can replace existing, less…

Photo of Eva Stafne
September 30, 2024

Student Spotlight: 2nd-year student Eva Stafne

Eva Stafne is a second-year student in the Department of Mechanical Engineering and starting off her time at UW-Madison strong. An entrepreneur, aspiring astrophysicist, and the newest president of ASME,…

Xiao Kuang
September 25, 2024

Kuang presents ultrasound printing work at NIH campus

Mechanical Engineering Assistant Professor Xiao Kuang presented his ultrasound printing research to congressional staff at the National Institutes of Health campus in August 2024. Kuang and graduate student Ziwen Wang…

Badger Solar Racing Car with student standing behind
September 25, 2024

Cross-college collab drives innovation: Badger Solar Racing

Badger Solar Racing is a team of dedicated undergraduate and graduate students from across the College of Engineering at the University of Wisconsin–Madison committed to building a solar-powered car for…