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Anthony Garcia, graduate student in the Department of Nuclear Engineering and Engineering Physics
May 28, 2026

PhD student advances fusion safety tools through DOE national lab collaboration

PhD student Anthony Carlos Garcia has been selected for the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Science Graduate Student Research Program to conduct fusion safety analysis research in collaboration with Idaho National Laboratory.

Graduate student mentoring award winners (from left) Hangyu Li, Shengdong Liu, Inna Popova Saleh Alshammari, Eric Kastelic and Zilin Huang stand with Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering Chair Greg Harrington (center) at an awards reception
May 15, 2026

College recognizes graduate mentoring excellence

The College of Engineering recognized 25 faculty, postdocs and graduate student mentors at the second annual Graduate Student Mentoring Awards reception on May 14, 2026. The awards recognize faculty, postdocs…

May 11, 2026

Learning the ropes of a research career

At the University of Wisconsin-Madison, a unique program in the Department of Nuclear Engineering & Engineering Physics is preparing students to launch successful careers in engineering research.

May 6, 2026

Meet the 2026 NEEP graduates

Learn where our senior nuclear engineering students are headed after graduation and what they value most about their time at UW!

April 29, 2026

UW Ion Beam Laboratory receives NSUF Super RTE for advanced fuel performance research 

The University of Wisconsin–Madison’s Ion Beam Laboratory (IBL) was awarded a Nuclear Science User Facilities (NSUF) Super RTE in collaboration with Oak Ridge National Laboratory to develop and qualify the performance of advanced nuclear fuels.

Headshots of Adrien Couet, Kumar Sridharan, and Paul Wilson, professors in the Department of Nuclear Engineering and Engineering Physics
April 28, 2026

Multi-institution consortium enables nuclear materials research at a new scale

Adrien Couet, Kumar Sridharan, and Paul Wilson, professors in the Department of Nuclear Engineering & Engineering Physics at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, are helping advance nuclear materials research and workforce training through a multi-institution consortium led by Penn State University.

April 27, 2026

Crone awarded Society of Experimental Mechanics 2026 Murray Medal

Professor Emeritus Wendy Crone has been selected by the Society of Experimental Mechanics to receive the 2026 Murray Medal and to deliver the 2026 Murray Lecture. 

Paul P.H. Wilson
April 16, 2026

Wilson elected to ANS Board of Directors

Paul Wilson, Grainger Professor of Nuclear Engineering and Chair of the Department of Nuclear Engineering & Engineering Physics was elected to the American Nuclear Society (ANS) Board of Directors for the 2026-2029 term.

Group photo of the 2026 award winners
April 15, 2026

Honoring the people who power engineering: Celebrating faculty and staff excellence

Each year, our College of Engineering recognizes faculty and staff whose work exemplifies excellence, innovation and service. This year’s college award recipients represent the very best of who we are…

UW Crest with engineering background
April 7, 2026

UW-Madison engineering graduate programs ranked highly by U.S. News

University of Wisconsin-Madison engineering graduate programs are once again ranked among the nation’s best in the 2026 edition of U.S. News & World Report’s “Best Graduate Schools.” The UW-Madison College…