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Undergraduate Q&A: Virginia Lilly

Virginia Lilly, a junior majoring in nuclear engineering, shares insights about her experience in the Department of Nuclear Engineering and Engineering Physics at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Why did you…

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October 25, 2024

NEEP seeks three new faculty members

The University of Wisconsin-Madison’s Department of Nuclear Engineering and Engineering Physics (NEEP) is hiring tenure-track faculty members to advance research and teaching in areas such as reactor design, AI/ML applications…

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September 24, 2024

UW-Madison ranks 7th among publics in U.S. News undergraduate engineering program rankings

The University of Wisconsin-Madison College of Engineering was ranked seventh overall among public universities in the 2025 edition of U.S. News & World Report’s Best Engineering Schools undergraduate rankings. Individual…

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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 $4.6M 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 15, 2024

Science magazine article features alumnus Greg Piefer, SHINE Technologies

Science magazine, one of the world’s leading scientific journals, featured University of Wisconsin-Madison nuclear engineering and engineering physics PhD alumnus Greg Piefer and SHINE Technologies, the Janesville, Wisconsin-based company he…

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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…

June 20, 2024

TTF Roundup: NEEP presenters and graduate student wins Best Student Poster

The University of Wisconsin- Madison hosted the 2024 US-EU Transport Task Force (TTF) Workshop, chaired by Dr. George McKee (NEEP) in Asheville, North Carolina. 80 researchers from the US, Germany,…

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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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June 5, 2024

Connecting academia to industry

On Thursday, May 30, during the University of Wisconsin 175th Anniversary state tour stop in Appleton, the College of Engineering hosted “The College of Engineering: Today, Tomorrow, and Beyond.” This…

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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…