Welcome Back, Badger - Jayeeta Lakhani
2025-04-25 09:55 - 10:45 (America/Chicago) | 1800 Engineering Hall, 1415 Engineering Drive, Madison, 53711
Please help us welcome back alumna Jayeeta Lakhani, General Manager of IoT at Amazon Web Services (AWS).

Jayeeta earned her Master’s in Industrial Engineering from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and holds certifications as a Six Sigma Black Belt and Lean Master. She sharpened her strategic foresight and leadership acumen at Harvard Business School’s prestigious Advanced Management Program. As an angel investor, she actively supports pioneering startups driving innovation in healthcare, AI, and DEI.

BME Design Poster Session and Awards
2025-04-25 12:00 - 14:00 | Engineering Centers Building Atrium, 1550 Engineering Drive, Madison, WI, 53706, United States
The biomedical engineering department invites the public to a poster session presented by biomedical engineering undergraduates. Over 40 teams will be showcasing their solutions for design projects from clients in the medical school, life sciences, engineering, and the community. For a full list of the projects and presentation times, visit the UW BME Design page.

Informal poster viewing: 11 am – 12 pmFormal poster session: 12 – 2:15 pmAwards ceremony: 3 – 4 pm

Mechanics Seminar: Professor Carlos Portela
2025-04-25 12:05 - 12:55 | 3M Auditorium, rm 1106 Mechanical Engineering Building, 1513 University Ave, Madison, 53711
The Mechanics Seminar Series is a weekly seminar given by campus and visiting speakers on topics across the spectrum of mechanics research (solids, fluids, and dynamics). Professor Carlos Portela is a professor at MIT.

ISyE - Student/Alumni Lunch
2025-04-25 12:15 - 13:00 | 3121 Mechanical Engineering, 1513 Engineering Drive, Madison, WI, 53706, United States
The Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering is hosting a lunch for students and alumni. The alumni guests are members of the department’s Industrial Advisory Board. Learn more about our board members here.

Registration is requested:

Student/Alumni Lunch Registration

ISyE - Poster Session
2025-04-25 13:00 - 14:00 | Mechanical Engineering Building – Atrium, 1415 Engineering Drive, Madison, 53711
Atrium- Mechanical Engineering

Learn more about the exciting research in the Department of Industrial & Systems Engineering!

Our graduate students will be hosting a poster session highlighting their recent research. This event is free and open to the public.

BME Seminar Series: Jessica Wagenseil, PhD
2025-04-28 12:00 - 13:00 | 1003 (Tong Auditorium) Engineering Centers Building, 1550 Engineering Drive, Madison, WI, 53706, United States
Biomechanics of Thoracic Aortic Aneurysms

Jessica Wagenseil, DScProfessor, Mechanical Engineering and Materials ScienceVice Dean for Faculty AdvancementMcKelvey School of EngineeringWashington University

Abstract:Thoracic aortic aneurysms are a dilation of the aortic wall that can be asymptomatic for many years until they dissect or rupture. Dissection or rupture is associated with a high mortality rate. Surgical replacement is the current treatment standard and is performed when the aortic aneurysm reaches a specified size or growth rate. However, many aortic aneurysms fail before reaching these thresholds and many pass the thresholds without failing. We are interested in predicting how the aneurysm will grow, remodel, and fail in response to mechanical stimuli using mouse models of human aneurysmal disease. Data will be presented from our work on biomechanical metrics associated with aneurysms, correlations between mechanical changes and biochemical signaling, growth and remodeling predictions of aneurysm progression, fluid-solid structure interaction modeling of aneurysm biomechanics and failure, and transmural fluid and solid transport, as possible contributions to aneurysmal disease.

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NEEP Poster Session: NE 526 Plasma Laboratory
2025-04-29 13:00 - 15:00
The NE526 Plasma Laboratory class is hosting a poster session this Tuesday (04/29/25) from 1:00 PM to 3:00 PM. Depending on the weather, posters will be displayed either in the ERB lobby or outside in front of ERB. Students will showcase new experimental capabilities, share exciting results on plasma waves, and highlight recent diagnostic advancements. Pizza and drinks will be provided in appreciation of the students’ hard work. We hope you’ll stop by, enjoy some refreshments, and offer feedback to the students on their projects!

ECE Capstone Design Open House
2025-04-30 12:00 - 13:30 | Engineering Hall Lobby, 1415 Engineering Drive, Madison, WI, 53704, United States
Engineering Hall Lobby

All are welcome to come view demonstrations of projects created by student teams in ECE capstone design courses! ECE alumni and course instructors will serve as judges as teams compete for Best Project awards. Past winning projects have included a Mario Kart-type simulator, a sign language recognition device, and an app for AI-automated time management and scheduling for students.

Courses participating in the ECE Capstone Design Open House:ECE 453 – Embedded Microprocessor System Design taught by Teaching Faculty Joe KracheyECE455 – Capstone Design in Electrical and Computer Engineering taught by Assistant Teaching Professor Nathan StrachenECE554 – Digital Engineering Laboratory taught by Assistant Professor George Tzimpragos

ECE Alumni Judges:

Rick Abegglen (BS’82, MS’84, JD’99) – Casimir Jones, S.C. – ShareholderBill Berg (BS’71, MS’72) – Dairyland Power Cooperative – Chief Executive Officer, RetiredCole Burek (BS’18) – Extreme Engineering Solutions – Embedded EngineerOlivia D’Souza (BS’24) – University of Wisconsin–Madison – PhD StudentJohn Hester (BS’91) – Techtricity Corporation – President, RetiredJustin Reed (BS’05, MS’07, PhD’14) – C-Motive Technologies, Inc. – Chief Technology OfficerTerry Sartori (BS’80) – GE Healthcare, Accuray – Engineering Project Manager, RetiredKenton Smith (BS’14) – Extreme Engineering Solutions – Senior Embedded EngineerJohn Ziehr (BS’71) (MBA’95 – University of Iowa) – Rockwell Automation – Vice President Manufacturing Operations, Retired

NEEP Seminar: Haley Williams, University of California, Berkeley
2025-05-01 12:00 - 13:00
Thursday, May 112:00 – 1:00pmERB 106Remote Participation: Please contact office@ep.wisc.edu for the Zoom link.

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Speaker: Haley Williams, University of California, Berkeley

Bio: Haley Williams is a Ph.D. candidate in the SALT Research Group studying the structure and speciation in molten fluoride salts. She holds the UC Berkeley Chancellor’s Fellowship. Prior to her graduate studies, she received her B.S. in Chemical Engineering with minors in French and Physics from The University of Tulsa. During her undergraduate studies, she studied concentrated solar power at The University of Tulsa and molten chloride corrosivity at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory.

This seminar is presented by the Institute for Nuclear Energy Systems and the Nuclear Engineering & Engineering Physics Department.

ME 903 Graduate Seminar: Professor Timothy Long
2025-05-01 16:00 - 17:00 | 3M Auditorium, rm 1106 Mechanical Engineering Building, 1513 University Ave, Madison, 53711
The ME 903: Graduate Student Lecture Series features campus and visiting speakers who present on a variety of research topics in the field of mechanical engineering. Professor Timothy Long is a professor at Arizona State University.

Mechanics Seminar: Professor Yuri Bazilevs
2025-05-02 12:05 - 12:55 | 3M Auditorium, rm 1106 Mechanical Engineering Building, 1513 University Ave, Madison, 53711
The Mechanics Seminar Series is a weekly seminar given by campus and visiting speakers on topics across the spectrum of mechanics research (solids, fluids, and dynamics). Professor Yuri Bazilevs is a professor at Brown University.

ECE 2025 Graduation Brunch
2025-05-10 09:00 - 11:00 | Engineering Hall Lobby, 1415 Engineering Drive, Madison, WI, 53704, United States
Engineering Hall Lobby

The Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering is excited to celebrate our graduates by hosting a brunch for graduates, family, and friends prior to the commencement ceremony at Camp Randall Stadium. Graduating students, please check your email in April for information about how to RSVP for this fantastic event. We welcome all of the celebrants to enjoy a full brunch buffet, photo booth, and hearty congratulations from ECE faculty and staff.

Summer and December 2024 graduates, we would love the opportunity to celebrate with you as well. Please email office@ece.wisc.edu to let us know you will be joining us!

ISyE/ME Spring Commencement Brunch
2025-05-10 09:00 - 11:00 | Mechanical Engineering Building – Atrium, 1415 Engineering Drive, Madison, 53711
(Photo by Althea Dotzour / UW–Madison)

Attention all graduates! The joint Graduation Celebration with Industrial & Systems Engineering and Mechanical Engineering will begin at 9:00am on Saturday May 10th, with remarks and student recognition from the ISyE and ME Chairs at 10:00am. Join us for brunch and show your family and friends where you have been for these last few years!

Please click here to RSVP.

MS&E Graduate Celebration
2025-05-10 13:00 - 15:00
Mark your calendars for the Materials Science and Engineering Graduation Celebration at Steenbock’s On Orchard on Saturday, May 10 from 1-3 p.m. This event celebrates MS&E students between the university-wide commencement at Camp Randall and the College of Engineering’s Ceremony at the Kohl Center.

Graduates can be joined by a set number of guests. Lunch will be provided to those who RSVP. More information to come, including a sign-up sheet for the event.

CEE Graduation Celebration
2025-05-10 13:30 - 15:30 | Engineering Hall Lobby, 1415 Engineering Drive, Madison, WI, 53704, United States
Graduating students from the Civil and Environmental Engineering (CEE) Department and their guests are invited to a graduation reception in the lobby of Engineering Hall following the Camp Randall ceremony on Saturday, May 10.

Appetizers and refreshments will be served from 1:30 – 3:30 pm. This event is hosted by the CEE Department and is open graduating students and their guests at no cost.

To assist with planning, students are asked to RSVP with their guest count by Wednesday, April 30. Students will receive an email with details on how to register in April.

Doors for the College of Engineering (CoE) ceremony at the Kohl Center open at 4 pm, allowing ample travel time for students and their guests who are attending all events (the Camp Randall ceremony, this reception, and the CoE ceremony).

Please contact Amanda Thuss with questions.

NEEP Graduation Celebration
2025-05-10 13:30 - 15:30
The Nuclear Engineering & Engineering Physics Department is excited to celebrate our graduates! Bring your friends and family, and join us for a buffet lunch as we recognize your hard work and achievements. This event will take place after the Camp Randall Commencement Ceremony and before the College of Engineering Graduation Recognition at the Kohl Center.

Saturday, May 10 | 1:30 – 3:30pm

Symphony RoomGordon Dining Hall & Event Center770 W Dayton Street

Please RSVP for the event here.

BME 2025 Spring Graduation Lunch
2025-05-10 13:30 - 15:30 | Engineering Centers Building Atrium, 1550 Engineering Drive, Madison, WI, 53706, United States
The Department of Biomedical Engineering invites our new graduates and their guests to a celebratory lunch following the commencement ceremony at Camp Randall on May 10 from 1:30-3:30 p.m.

Graduating students will receive an email with information about RSVPing and picking up their graduation gifts. If you have questions, please contact Vishmaa Ramsaroop-Briggs.

Visit these sites for more information on:College of Engineering Graduate Recognition EventUW Spring Commencement

Chemical Engineering 2025 Spring Banquet
2025-05-10 14:00 - 16:30 | Union South, Varsity I and II, 1308 West Dayton Street, Madison, Wisconsin, 53715, United States
Congratulations to our graduating class of 2025. After years of hard work, the students and faculty are putting on the 2025 Spring Banquet for Chemical Engineering.

The banquet is in Varsity Hall I & II at Union South on the second floor. The banquet is directly after the graduation ceremony at Camp Randall. It involves lunch, faculty speaker, and a gift for students. Information about RSVP and guests will be available in the next few weeks.

College of Engineering Graduate Recognition Event
2025-05-10 17:00 - 19:30 | Kohl Center, 601 W. Dayton Street, Madison, WI, 53703, United States
The College of Engineering Graduate Recognition Event is a formal event where graduating engineers at all levels will march across the stage in the company of their peers, have their name read, shake hands with college and department or program leaders, receive their red diploma cover, and have a graduation photo taken. Doors open at 4:00pm, the event begins at 5:00pm.

Graduates from December 2024, May 2025, August 2025, and December 2025 are welcome to participate in this recognition event.

Graduates: register here
Graduates: you must register by April 11 if want your name to appear in the printed program. Registrations after that date may not appear in the program. If you have difficulty registering, please make sure you are logged into your UW Google account. You may also contact us.

Grad School Virtual Info Session
2025-06-04 09:00 - 10:00, 2025-07-02 09:00 - 10:00
Join us to learn more about graduate school with the Department of Mechanical Engineering at UW-Madison! We will be hosting virtual sessions on the first Wednesday of every month from June through December from 9:00-10:00am CST. Please RSVP here.

Those who attend will learn more about:

Mechanical Engineering Department programs overview (including department research overview)

Research MS and PhD program information

Professional (course-only) based MS program information

Admissions Information

Faculty & Graduate Student Panel

Q&A

Much More!

Questions? Email us at dept@me.engr.wisc.edu

ISyE Annual Town Hall Meeting
2025-06-11 12:00 - 13:00
Join us to hear the latest news, including campus, college and department updates. We’ll share highlights from our undergraduate and graduate programs, with a special spotlight on some of the exciting research that’s been happening.

After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining this virtual meeting.

Register Now

ME & ISyE Golf Outing 2025
2025-06-13 09:00 - 15:00 | Odana Hills Golf Course, 4625 Odana Road, Madison, Wisconsin, 53711
The Departments of Mechanical Engineering and Industrial & Systems Engineering host a joint annual summer golf outing that engages Industrial Advisory Board members and alumni. Contact Caitlin Scott (cscott8@wisc.edu) or Jane Feller (jfeller3@wisc.edu) with any questions, .

This event is by invitation-only.

ISYE & ME -Alumni Golf Outing
2025-06-13 10:00 - 17:00
The Departments of Industrial & Systems Engineering and Mechanical Engineering are hosting a joint summer golf outing for our alumni. A portion of the proceeds will directly benefit our department’s general fund, which supports student organizations, scholarships, and more.

Please sign up for yourself and/or others, up to a foursome. Contact Caitlin Scott (cscott8@wisc.edu) or Jane Feller (jfeller3@wisc.edu) with any questions.

Odana Hills Golf Course

4635 Odana Road, Madison, WI 53711

Register Here

Talking Tech in the Twin Cities
2025-06-26 17:30 - 20:30
Ovative Group729 N Washington Ave., Floor 11Minneapolis, MN 55401

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Join fellow Badgers at an exclusive and collaborative in-person event where local experts will outline the skills, mindsets, and insights you’ll need to lead as new technologies continue to disrupt our working lives.

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Talking Tech in the Twin Cities is co-hosted by Wisconsin Business Alumni Board members Tim Bratland (BBA ’89) and Luke Anderson (BS ’98) in partnership with the Wisconsin School of Business, the School of Computer, Data & Information Sciences, and the College of Engineering.

2025 Simons Hidden Symmetries and Fusion Energy Retreat
2025-07-14 00:00 - 2025-07-18 23:59
The 2025 Simons Hidden Symmetries and Fusion Energy Retreat will be hosted from July 14-18, 2025 in the Pyle Center at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

Pyle Center702 Langdon StreetMadison, WI 53706Get Directions

RegistrationTo register for the event, please fill out the following form: https://forms.gle/iU2na3CMBwRLErAA9

Accommodation

There is a room block reserved at the Graduate for this event. Please use the link below to reserve your room in the block at a discounted rate. Accommodation (Discounted Rate)

If you are eligible for state rate, use the link below.Accommodation (State Rate)

Graduate by Hilton Madison601 Langdon StMadison, Wisconsin 53703(608) 257-4391Get Directions

AgendaView the agenda here.

For questions regarding the event, registration, or accommodations, please contact Adelle Wright at adelle.wright@wisc.edu.

Learn more about the Simons Collaboration on Hidden Symmetries and Fusion Energy here.

The Next Era: A Reception with Dean Ranjan
2025-07-15 17:30 - 19:30 | The Edgewater Hotel, Madison, 1001 Wisconsin Pl, Madison, Wisconsin, 53711, United States
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Please join us for a special evening as we welcome the new Grainger Dean for the College of Engineering, Devesh Ranjan (MS ’05, PhD’07) back to Madison.

This casual reception is an opportunity to connect with fellow alumni, engage in meaningful conversation, and celebrate the beginning of an exciting new chapter for the College of Engineering.Date: July 15, 2025 Time: 5:30 p.m.-7:30 p.m. Location: The Edgewater Hotel, The Sky Bar(1001 Wisconsin Pl, Madison, WI 53703)Heavy appetizers and refreshments will be served. Parking validations available.

We look forward to extending a warm Wisconsin welcome (back) to Dean Ranjan and help shape the future of engineering—together.

This event is free to attend.

ECE Research Seminar Series: Dr. Oliver Burrow
2025-07-28 11:00 - 12:00 | 2321 Engineering Hall, 1415 Engineering Drive, Madison, 53711
2321 Engineering Hall

Compact Cold-Atom Platforms Enabled by Grating MOTs and Progress to Real-World Quantum Sensing

Abstract:

Laser cooling of atoms is the first step in a wide range of atomic and molecular experiments, where low temperatures enable precision measurements. Traditionally, laser-cooling apparatus were large, often approaching room-scale, but over the past decade there have been concerted global efforts, including the UK’s Quantum Hubs initiative, to reduce their size, weight, power, and cost to enable the real-world deployment of quantum technologies.

The University of Strathclyde developed the grating magneto-optical trap (gMOT), which replaces the traditional six-beam MOT optical-geometry with a single input beam and a diffractive optic. This greatly reduces system complexity, eases miniaturisation, and provides a large solid angle of optical access. Typical Rb gMOTs trap >10⁷ atoms from vapour and achieve microkelvin temperatures. Recent advances at Strathclyde include gMOT atomic fountains, optical lattices with the gMOT optic as the reflector, and integration with sub-wavelength RF cavities, paving the way for compact atomic clocks with stabilities approaching 10⁻¹³ τ -1/2.

Another challenge is achieving compact vacuum systems suitable for laser cooling. In collaboration with industrial partners, we have created centilitre-scale ultra-high vacuum chambers with integrated gMOT optics, demonstrating long operational lifetimes without active pumping. When combined with packaged electronics and beam-launch optics, these become true cold-atom platform subsystems, requiring only a power supply and a fibre-coupled laser input.

These platforms are now being translated into field-ready quantum sensors through UK academic–industrial partnerships. Applications include compact atomic clocks (gClock) and hybrid classical–quantum inertial navigation systems, with initial sea trials planned for 2025.

Bio:

Oliver Burrow

Dr. Oliver Burrow is a Research Fellow in the University of Strathclyde’s Experimental Quantum Optics and Photonics Group. He completed his MPhys in Physics with Theoretical Physics at the University of Manchester in 2011 before moving to the University of Liverpool, where his studies were developing a prototype atom interferometer to probe the dark contents of the vacuum under the supervision of Dr Jon Coleman, earning his PhD in 2016. That research group has since become a founding member of the AION and MAGIS collaborations, which are developing cutting-edge atom interferometers for gravitational-wave detection.

Since joining Strathclyde in 2015, Dr. Burrow’s research has focused on developing compact components for laser cooling, with a strong emphasis on knowledge exchange and industrial collaboration. He has played a key role in advancing gMOT optics with Kelvin Nanotechnology and in developing centilitre-scale ultra-high vacuum gMOT systems with CPI-TMD. These technologies have become integral to next-generation quantum sensors in the UK, and he is now leading efforts at Strathclyde with industry to deploy these cold-atom platforms as core subsystems in practical quantum sensors.

Dr. Burrow’s visit is hosted by ECE Associate Professor Jennifer Choy, and ECE Antoine-Bascom Professor and Jack St. Clair Kilby Professor Mikhail Kats

ECE Virtual Alumni Town Hall
2025-07-30 12:00 - 13:00
ECE alumni, we hope you will join us for this one-hour event hosted by ECE Department Chair Susan Hagness. We have assembled an expert panel of ECE faculty who will share their perspectives as research leaders in the foundations of artificial intelligence and the computing systems that power AI. As AI continues to transform nearly every facet of modern life, ECE research advances are playing a central role in shaping its future. Join us to hear how ECE is driving innovation in AI and preparing students to live, learn, and lead in this rapidly evolving field. We welcome your questions for our panelists.

Ramya Korlakai Vinayak, Dugald C. Jackson Assistant Professor (left)

Tsung-Wei Huang, Associate Professor (middle)

Robert Nowak, Keith and Jane Morgan Nosbusch Professor in Electrical and Computer Engineering Grace Wahba Professor of Data Science (right)

Zoom registration information will be sent mid-July via email to alumni, so check your Inbox!

Questions can be directed to: Office@ece.wisc.edu

ECE Research Seminar Series: Professor Carsten Ronning
2025-07-31 11:00 - 12:00 | 2321 Engineering Hall, 1415 Engineering Drive, Madison, 53711
2321 Engineering Hall

Ion beams for photonics and quantum technology

Abstract:

Ion beam technologies are today routine methods in electronic device manufacturing, e.g. the production of a modern processor needs 20-30 ion implantation steps. On the other hand, the 21 st Century is considered by many to be the century of light following a century of developments in electronics. Therefore, Ronning will present several experiments for the manipulation of the optical properties of (nano)materials using ion beams, as well as corresponding strategies for the realization of photonic and quantum devices.

Bio:

Carsten Ronning

Carsten Ronning is full professor and director of the Institute of Solid State Physics at the Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Germany. He studied physics at the Universities of Bremen and Konstanz, and completed his PhD thesis entitled “Diamond-like materials prepared via mass selected ion beam deposition” in 1996. After holding a post-doc position at the North Carolina State University (USA), he performed intense research at the University of Göttingen on thin films, semiconductor physics as well as on semiconductor nanowires. He moved to the Friedrich Schiller University Jena in 2008, where his group is today studying the synthesis, modification and characterization of nano-scale solids, where the optical properties of semiconductor nanowires and metasurfaces are in focus.
