ECE Discovery Panel: ECE Capstone Design Courses
2025-10-14 12:20 - 12:50 (America/Chicago) | 2317 Engineering Hall, 1415 Engineering Drive, Madison, 53711
Engineering undergraduates! Join us in 2317 Engineering Hall where you can hear all about ECE Capstone Design Courses from the faculty who teach them! All undergraduate students are welcome as Teaching Faculty Joe Krachey (ECE 453), Associate Professor Bhuvana Krishnaswamy (ECE 454), Assistant Teaching Professor Nathan Strachen (ECE 455) and Assistant Professor George Tzimpragos (ECE 554) talk all about these very special hands-on courses.

Jimmy John’s sandwiches will be served after the panel.

ECE Capstone Design Courses

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CBE Seminar Series: Kate Galloway
2025-10-14 16:00 - 17:00
Kate GallowayMassachusetts Institute of TechnologyCambridge, MA

Engineering high-precision, dynamic genetic control systems for cell fate programming

Integrating synthetic circuitry into larger transcriptional networks to mediate predictable cellular behaviors remains a challenge within synthetic biology. In particular, the stochastic nature of transcription makes coordinating expression across multiple genetic elements difficult. Further, delivery of large genetic cargoes limits the efficiency of cellular engineering. Thus, our work is focused on the design of highly-compact genetic tools with a minimal genomic footprint. Simultaneously, we have been developing cocktails of transgenes that are capable of rapidly convert cells into neurons. The sparse and stochastic nature of reprogramming has obscured our understanding of how transcription factors drive cells to new identities. To overcome this limit, we developed a compact, portable reprogramming system that increases direct conversion of fibroblasts to motor neurons by two orders of magnitude. Low rates of direct conversion have previously limited the potential for central nervous system (CNS) applications. Using compact, optimized, polycistronic cassettes, we generate motor neurons that graft with the murine central nervous system, demonstrating the potential for in vivo therapies. In this talk, I will describe how we are building genetic controllers that can regulate transgenic cargoes and cell fate in primary cells. These genetic control systems provide an essential foundation for realizing the promise of synthetic biology in translational therapies.

ISyE- Trivia Tuesday
2025-10-14 19:30 - 21:30 | Library Cafe & Bar, 320 N. Randall Avenue, Madison, 53711
Join your fellow students for a fun night of Trivia!

Take part in a fun night of trivia at Library Cafe & Bar! This is a great chance to bond with some fellow members and test your trivia skills!

Dean's Distinguished Lecture Series: Jim Thompson
2025-10-15 15:00 - 16:30 | 1413 Engineering Hall – Cheney Room, 1415 Engineering Drive, Madison, WI, 53711, United States
Join Dean Devesh Ranjan Oct. 15 for a conversation + audience Q&A with ECE alum JimThompson (BS ’85, MS ’87, PhD ’91), retired Qualcomm chief technology officer.

You’ll learn:

How engineering is evolving—and how you can keep pace with that change

How Jim’s Badger engineering experience launched his career

What contributed to his success (and what he wishes he’d known early on)

How he transitioned from engineer to tech leader

How engineering is evolving—and how you can keep pace with that change

Reception, snacks and networking to follow.

This event kicks off the Dean’s Distinguished Lecture Series—conversations with alumni whoare making a difference. We hope you’ll add your voice!

ISyE - SolidWorks Workshop for Beginners
2025-10-15 18:00 - 19:45 | Engineering Centers Building, 1550 Engineering Drive, Madison, 53711
Location: Room M1053 Engineering Centers Building (ECB)

Come learn the fundamental tools for Computer-Aided Design (CAD)! This is a great chance for beginners to learn some basics in SolidWorks, something that could prove useful in your professional development later on.

2025 ECE Undergraduate Scholarship Reception
2025-10-16 12:00 - 13:00 | Union South – Varsity Hall, 1308 W Dayton St, Madison, Wisconsin, 53715
ECE undergraduate scholarship recipients are cordially invited to attend the 2025 ECE Undergraduate Scholarship Reception for ECE and College of Engineering scholarship recipients. Please join us on Thursday, October 16th for a short program, followed by refreshments and photo opportunities, that will celebrate our accomplished students and their generous benefactors. The event will be held in Varsity Hall at Union South, from noon until 1:00pm.

Scholarship recipients, check your email for your invitation and instructions to RSVP by October 1.

MS&E Seminar Series: "Turbo-charging silicon: Do we have the materials and devices?"
2025-10-16 13:00 - 14:00
UW-Madison Department of Materials Science and Engineering welcomes Associate Professor Deep Jariwala. Their seminar, “Turbo-charging silicon: Do we have the materials and devices?”, will take place on Thursday, October 16 from 1 p.m. to 2 p.m. in MSE 265.

Bio

Deep Jariwala is an Associate Professor and the Peter & Susanne Armstrong Distinguished Scholar in the Electrical and Systems Engineering as well as Materials Science and Engineering at the University of Pennsylvania (Penn). Deep completed his undergraduate degree in Metallurgical Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology in Varanasi and his Ph.D. in Materials Science and Engineering at Northwestern University. Deep was a Resnick Prize Postdoctoral Fellow at Caltech before joining Penn to start his own research group. His research interests broadly lie at the intersection of new materials, surface science and solid-state devices for computing, opto-electronics and energy harvesting applications in addition to the development of correlated and functional imaging techniques. Deep’s research has been widely recognized with several awards from professional societies, funding bodies, industries as well as private foundations, the most notable ones being the Optica Adolph Lomb Medal, the Bell Labs Prize, the AVS Peter Mark Memorial Award, IEEE Photonics Society Young Investigator Award, IEEE Nanotechnology Council Young Investigator Award, IUPAP Early Career Scientist Prize in Semiconductors, the SPIE Early career achievement award and the Alfred P. Sloan Fellowship. He has published over 150 journal papers with more than 22000 citations and holds several patents. He serves as the Associate Editor for Nano Letters (ACS) and has been appointed as a Distinguished Lecturer for the IEEE Nanotechnology Council for 2025.Website: jariwala.seas.upenn.edu

Email: dmj@seas.upenn.edu

Abstract

Silicon has been the dominant material for electronic computing for decades and very likely will stay dominant for the foreseeable future. However, it is well-known that Moore’s law and Dennard’s scaling that propelled Silicon into this dominant position are long dead. Therefore, a fervent search for (i) new semiconductors that could directly replace silicon or (ii) new architectures with novel materials/devices added onto silicon or (iii) new physics/state-variables or a combination of above has been the subject of much of the electronic materials and devices research of the past 2 decades. In short, there is a pressing need for complementing and supplementing Silicon to operate with greater energy efficiency, speed and handle greater amounts of data. This is further necessary since a completely novel and paradigm changing computing platform (e.g. all optical computing or quantum computing) remains out of reach for now.

The above is, however, not possible without fundamental innovation in new electronic materials and devices. Therefore, in this talk, I will try to make the case of how novel layered two-dimensional (2D) chalcogenide materials1 and three-dimensional (3D) nitride materials might present interesting avenues to overcome some of the limitations being faced by Silicon (as well as Silicon Carbide) hardware. I will start by briefly introducing our past work on integration of 2D chalcogenide semiconductors with silicon2 to realize low-power tunnelling field effect transistors. In particular, I will focus on In-Se based 2D semiconductors2 for this application and extend discussion on them to phase-pure, epitaxial thin-film growth over wafer scales,3 at temperatures low-enough to be compatible with back end of line (BEOL) processing in Silicon fabs.

I will then switch gears to discuss memory devices from 2D materials when integrated with emerging wurtzite structure ferroelectric nitride materials4 namely aluminium scandium nitride (AlScN). First, I will present on Ferroelectric Field Effect Transistors (FE-FETs) made from 2D materials when integrated with AlScN and make the case for 2D semiconductors in this application.5-9

Next, I will introduce our work on Ferroelectric Diode (FeD) devices also based on thin AlScN.10-11 In addition, I will also present how FeDs provide a unique advantage in compute-in-memory (CIM) architectures for efficient storage, search as well as hardware implementation of neural networks.12 Finally, IF time permits, I will present ongoing work and opportunities to extend the application of AlScN memory devices into extreme environments.13-16

I will end the talk with a broad perspective on the role of novel materials that could turbo-charge silicon, silicon carbide and other pervasive semiconductor technologies for electronic computing.

References:

(1) Song, S.; Rahaman, M.; Jariwala, D. ACS Nano 2024, 18, 10955–10978.

(2) Miao, J.; ….et al. Jariwala, D. Nature Electronics 2022, 5 (11), 744-751.

(3) Song, S.;… et al. Jariwala, D. Matter 2023, 6, 3483-3498.

(4) Kim, K.-H.;…. et al. Jariwala, D. Nature Nanotechnology 2023, 18 (5), 422-441.

(5) Liu, X.;… et al. Jariwala, D. Nano Letters 2021, 21 (9), 3753-3761.

(6) Kim, K.-H.;.. et al. Jariwala, D. Nature Nanotechnology 2023, 18, 1044–1050.

(7) Kim, K.-H.; .. et al. Jariwala, D. ACS Nano 2024, 18 (5), 4180-4188.

(8) Song, S.;… et al. Jariwala, D. ACS Nano 2025.

(9) Song, S.;…et al. Jariwala, D. Applied Physics Letters 2023, 123 (18).

(10) Liu, X.; et al. Jariwala, D. Applied Physics Letters 2021, 118 (20), 202901.

(11) Kim, K.-H.;et al. Jariwala, D. ACS Nano 2024, 18 (24), 15925-15934.

(12) Liu, X.; et al. Jariwala, D. Nano Letters 2022, 22 (18), 7690–7698.

(13) Pradhan, D. K.; et al. Jariwala, D. Nature Electronics 2024, 7 (5), 348-355.

(14) He, Y.; et al. Jariwala, D. Applied Physics Letters 2023, 123 (12).

(15) He, Y.; et al. Jariwala, D. Nano Letters 2025.

(16) Pradhan, D. K.; et al. Jariwala, D. Nature Reviews Materials 2024, 9 (11), 790-807.

Mechanics Seminar: Professor Jacob McFarland
2025-10-17 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 Jacob McFarland is an associate professor at Texas A&M University.

ISyE- Student volunteering at the UW-Arboretum
2025-10-18 09:00 - 12:00 | UW Arobretum, Grady Tract Lot on Seminole Hwy, 1806 Seminole Hwy, Madison, 53711
Join fellow students at this IISE student-org sponsored event.

Students will be clearing woody brush from a prairie and/or possibly collecting prairie seeds. No experience is necessary, Arboretum staff will provide the training, tools, and gloves needed to participate safely and successfully. Please come dressed for outdoor work! Wear closed-toed shoes or boots, long pants, and whatever other clothes you require to work comfortably in tall and/or dense vegetation (long-sleeved layers, hats, sunscreen, etc.).

BME Seminar Series: Susan Leggett, PhD
2025-10-20 12:00 - 13:00 | 1003 (Tong Auditorium) Engineering Centers Building, 1550 Engineering Drive, Madison, WI, 53706, United States
Engineering Tumor Microenvironments on a Chip to Model Early Events in Breast and Ovarian Cancer Metastasis

Susan Leggett, PhDAssistant ProfessorDepartment of BioengineeringUniversity of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Abstract:The tumor microenvironment is a dynamic and multifaceted ecosystem in which biochemical and mechanical cues jointly regulate cell behavior, tumor heterogeneity, and disease progression. My lab develops engineered “tumor-on-a-chip” systems to reconstruct the 3D tumor microenvironment and dissect how cell-cell interactions, fluid flow, and interfacial mechanics influence early metastatic events. In this talk, I will first introduce our approach for the rapid and accessible fabrication of organ-on-a-chip devices using epoxy-coated 3D printed molds. This workflow enables the generation of high-fidelity, biocompatible PDMS-based devices in a scalable, reproducible, and imaging-compatible format. I will then discuss how we are leveraging this technology to reverse-engineer solid breast tumors composed of heterogeneous cancer cell and immune cell subpopulations, including macrophages, to model how tumor-immune interactions shape cell plasticity and collective invasion. Finally, I will present our novel peritoneal cavity-on-a-chip, designed to mimic the primary route of ovarian cancer spread. In this model, individual ovarian cancer cells and clusters can be injected into fluid-filled peritoneal cavities to emulate circulating tumor cells that shed from the ovary during disease progression. Using live-cell imaging, we examine how these cells interact with, and infiltrate, the surrounding mesothelium to initiate metastatic colonization. Together, these approaches establish versatile experimental platforms to study dynamic cell and tissue-level behaviors, providing new strategies to model, predict, and ultimately control metastatic progression.

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ISyE - IISE Info Session with special guest ABB
2025-10-20 17:00 - 18:00 | TBD, 1415 Engineering Drive, Madison, 53711
Information session with ABB. Location TBD.

CBE Seminar Series: Önder Metin
2025-10-21 16:00 - 17:00
Önder MetinCollege of Sciences, Koç UniversityIstanbul, Türkiye

Rational Design of Nano(photo)Catalysts for Green and Sustainable Chemical Conversions

Catalysts are central to numerous industrial processes, including fuel synthesis, polymer production, and pharmaceutical manufacturing, enabling reactions to proceed under milder conditions, with lower energy requirements, and with better selectivity by minimizing undesirable byproducts. Over the last quarter century, transition metal nanoparticles (NPs) have emerged as highly effective catalysts due to their large surface-to-volume ratio and the enhanced reactivity of surface atoms compared to bulk metals. These properties have enabled the rapid advancement of nanocatalysis, which often offers superior performance compared to traditional homogeneous and heterogeneous catalysts. Bimetallic NPs, either alloys or core-shell structures, are particularly important, as they often exhibit enhanced catalytic activity, selectivity, and stability due to synergistic interactions between two-distinct component metals. This approach is particularly useful for combining noble and non-noble metals, reducing cost without sacrificing efficiency.

In parallel, aligning catalytic strategies with green chemistry principles has motivated efforts to integrate photocatalysts capable of harvesting a broad spectrum of the solar spectrum. Such systems offer a sustainable route to more efficient and cost-effective chemical transformations. While semiconductor-based photocatalysts have long been under investigation, their widespread application is limited by challenges such as poor band-edge alignment with target reactions and rapid recombination of photogenerated charge carriers, both of which significantly reduce photocatalytic efficiency.

In this talk, I will highlight our rational approach to synthesizing monodisperse monometallic and bimetallic NPs, including alloy and core-shell structures supported on two-dimensional materials such as high-surface-area carbon or reduced graphene oxide (rGO) and mesoporous graphitic carbon nitride (mpg-CN). The rationale behind support selection will also be discussed. I will also describe the rational design of g-CN and other 2D semiconductor-based photocatalysts for various chemical transformations. The catalytic performance of these nanomaterials will be demonstrated in applications such as hydrogen production from chemical hydrogen storage materials (water, ammonia borane, and formic acid), transfer hydrogenation for the synthesis of valuable organic molecules under mild conditions, C–H bond functionalization, and electrochemical processes including CO₂ reduction and fuel-cell reactions. Finally, I will share insights from our experience commercializing an rGO–Ni₃₀Pd₇₀ nanocatalyst and a bismuthene photocatalyst for practical chemical transformations.

Mechanical Engineering Scholarship Night
2025-10-23 16:00 - 18:00 | Mechanical Engineering Building – Atrium, 1415 Engineering Drive, Madison, 53711
This invite-only event brings together students, their families, and scholarship supporters to award scholarships to Mechanical Engineering and Engineering Mechanics students who have distinguished themselves through academic success, curiosity in research, and leadership on and off campus. Contact Kassi Akers kakers2@wisc.edu or Caitlin Scott cscott8@wisc.edu with any questions.

ISyE - Interactive Data Analytics Workshop
2025-10-23 16:00 - 18:00 | 2065 Mechanical Engineering, 1513 University Avenue, Madison, Wisconsin, 53706
2065 Mechanical Engineering

Curious how design and data come together?

Join the HFES student chapter for an Interactive Data Analytics Workshop — a hands-on dive into visual analytics, R-based data exploration, and human-centered visualization.

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ISyE - PhD Virtual Info Session
2025-10-24 09:00 - 12:00
Considering a PhD program in Industrial Engineering? This event is for you!

The UW-Madison Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering (ISyE) is hosting a virtual information session for prospective PhD students. If you’re considering applying to this prestigious program, please register by submitting the following information. Registration will close at midnight on Friday, October 10, 2025.

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Registrants will be sent a ZOOM link via email.

ME/EMA Advising Day
2025-10-24 09:00 - 16:00 | Mechanical Engineering Building – Atrium, 1415 Engineering Drive, Madison, 53711
As part of an effort to provide quality advising for Mechanical Engineering and Engineering Mechanics students, we have designated Friday, October 24, 2025 as the Dept. of Mechanical Engineering Advising Day. This day will be dedicated to curriculum and holistic advising for ME/EMA undergraduate students through conversations with academic and faculty advisors.

ISyE - Student tour, Pro-Active Engineering
2025-10-24 14:30 - 15:30
Join the IISE student chapter as they tour the Pro-Active Engineering Facility in nearby Sun Prairie. This is a great opportunity to see a manufacturing facility in action and learn how it works, courtesy of one of our sponsors.

Meet outside the South doors (Engineering Drive side) of Mechanical Engineering building.

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BME Seminar Series: Keefe Manning, PhD
2025-10-27 12:00 - 13:00 | 1003 (Tong Auditorium) Engineering Centers Building, 1550 Engineering Drive, Madison, WI, 53706, United States
Predicting Thrombus Formation, Deformation, and Embolization: A Look at Devices, Stroke, and Deep Vein Thrombosis

Keefe Manning, PhDProfessor of Biomedical Engineering and SurgeryDepartment of Biomedical EngineeringPennsylvania State University

Abstract:Thrombosis remains a significant clinical issue manifesting in heart attacks and strokes but also challenges the success of cardiovascular devices. Given the complex process associated with thrombosis, developing accurate computational models is difficult as validation needs to occur over a range of flow and surface interactions and at different temporal and spatial scales. Thrombi are particularly interesting because of their inherent heterogeneity. Leveraging canonical experiments that acquire a breadth of data will be crucial to validate any computational model, but do these experiments accurately represent how thrombi form, deform, and embolize in the context of devices, stroke, and deep vein thrombosis? This presentation will cover the development and experimental validation of our computational models in these areas and the complications posed with blood experiments.

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ECE Discovery Panel: ECE Named BS Degree Options
2025-10-28 12:20 - 12:50 | 2317 Engineering Hall, 1415 Engineering Drive, Madison, 53711
Join us as ECE Teaching Faculty Srdjan Milicic, Assistant Teaching Professor Setareh Behroozi, and Assistant Teaching Professor Eduardo R. Arvelo talk about the four named BS degree options within ECE. Degree options prepare students for careers in electrical or computer engineering with an emphasis on a specific area of the field. Learn more about how to declare this option, what courses to choose within your 120-credit curriculum, and what career opportunities open up with this degree distinction.Electrical Engineering: Semiconductor Engineering, BS

Computer Engineering: Semiconductor Engineering, BS

Electrical Engineering: Machine Learning and Data Science, BS

Computer Engineering: Machine Learning and Data Science, BS

Jimmy John’s sandwiches will be provided!

Srdjan Milicic

Setareh Behroozi

Eduardo R. Arvelo

CBE Seminar Series: Seth Darling
2025-10-28 16:00 - 17:00
Seth DarlingArgonne National LaboratoryLemont, IL

Layered Phyllosilicate Membranes for Energy-Critical Ion Separations in Resource Recovery

Energy systems depend not only on resilient generation and efficient storage but also on the management of critical materials. One of the most pressing challenges is the selective extraction and purification of ions from complex aqueous environments—such as recovering lithium from brines or separating rare earth elements from waste streams—using processes that are both energy-efficient and scalable. In this talk, I will present recent advances in designing and deploying two-dimensional laminar membranes based on earth-abundant phyllosilicate minerals for these applications.

Our work harnesses exfoliated vermiculite and montmorillonite flakes, which are reassembled into flexible, robust membranes with tunable interlayer galleries. Through the use of molecular cross-linkers (e.g., alkanediamines) and inorganic pillaring agents (e.g., Keggin clusters), we achieve control over interlayer spacing and surface charge, enabling precise tuning of ion transport properties. This design flexibility opens pathways to address critical separations. The resulting membranes exhibit outstanding aqueous stability, low-cost scalability, and performance characteristics rivaling or surpassing synthetic alternatives.

Beyond material synthesis and processing, I will share insights from our newly developed high-throughput ion permeation platform, which enables rapid, parallelized measurements across a wide parameter space of membrane chemistry, structure, and testing conditions. This dataset supports the development of machine learning models aimed at predicting ion transport performance from structural descriptors and experimental metadata—laying the groundwork for a material genome approach to membrane design. By connecting scalable materials chemistry with targeted energy applications, this research exemplifies a holistic approach to energy materials innovation—from atoms to applications.

ISYE - IISE info session with Grainger
2025-10-28 17:00 - 18:00 | TBD, 1513 University Avenue, Madison, Wisconsin, 53706-1539, United States
1227 Engineering Hall

Information session with industry guest Grainger.

NEEP Seminar Series: Zahra Mohaghegh, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
2025-10-30 12:00 - 13:00
Thursday, October 3012:00 – 1:00pm106 Engineering Research BuildingPlease contact office@neep.wisc.edu for assistance with remote participation.

Managing Uncertainty in Efficiency, Safety, and Independence in a New Era of Nuclear RegulationNuclear power regulation is entering a new era, shaped by technological advancements and major legal shifts— especially the ADVANCE Act and the Supreme Court’s decision in Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo. These changes have introduced unprecedented uncertainty into the regulatory landscape. This talk presents an analysis from an interdisciplinary project at the intersection of nuclear engineering, risk assessment, and administrative law, focusing on three key questions: (i) What does “efficient” regulation and licensing mean under the new legal mandate? (ii) Will current safety methods, such as Probabilistic Risk Assessment (PRA), remain viable? (iii) What role does regulatory independence play in ensuring safety? In addressing the second question, the talk will also highlight ongoing research to advance PRA for next-generation reactors and aging plants undergoing policy changes and modernization, including the integration of AI-driven technologies.

Zahra MohagheghZahra Mohaghegh is a Professor and Donald Biggar Willett Faculty Scholar in the Department of Nuclear, Plasma, and Radiological Engineering at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (UIUC), where she leads the Socio-Technical Risk Analysis (SoTeRiA) Research Laboratory. Her research advances risk science to improve the safety and economic viability of complex technologies, including commercial nuclear power plants and advanced reactors. Dr. Mohaghegh’s expertise includes probabilistic risk assessment, human-system reliability, probabilistic physics of failure, AI trustworthiness, uncertainty analysis, and risk-informed regulation. She has received numerous honors, including the NSF Mid-Career Achievement Award, the George Apostolakis Award in Risk Assessment, multiple Dean’s Awards for Excellence in Research, and the ANS Mary Jane Oestmann Professional Women’s Achievement Award. She also serves on committees of the U.S. National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, actively bridging technical innovation and policymaking in high-consequence industries.

Hammad Khalid Hammad Khalid is a fifth-year Ph.D. candidate and graduate research assistant at the Socio-Technical Risk Analysis (SoTeRiA) lab at UIUC, advised by Prof. Zahra Mohaghegh. His research focuses on developing the Socio-Technical Risk-Informed Automation Trustworthiness Evaluation (ST-RATE) framework—an integrated approach to assess the trustworthiness of AI-driven automation in high-consequence systems such as nuclear power plants. Hammad has contributed to research projects funded by the U.S. Department of Energy and the National Science Foundation. He is a recipient of the Mavis Future Faculty Fellowship and the NEST Fellowship. He holds a Master’s in Nuclear Energy Science and Engineering from Beijing, and a bachelor’s in mechanical engineering from PIEAS, Pakistan.

ISyE - Pumpkin patch visit, hosted by HFES
2025-10-30 15:00 - 17:00 | Schuster’s Farm, 1326 US Highway 12 & 18, Deerfield, Wisconsin, 53531
Fall is in full swing! 🍁🎃

Grab your friends and join us at the Pumpkin Patch on Thursday October 30 — where cozy vibes and perfect pumpkins await. Whether you’re here to escape from the corn maze, pick the biggest pumpkin, snap cute photos, or just soak in the autumn air, we’ve got you covered.

If you need a ride, or can offer a ride, please let us know!

Pumpkin patch carpooling

ME 903 Graduate Seminar: Professor Evangelos Theodorou
2025-10-30 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 Evangelos Theodorou is a professor at Georgia Tech.

Reinforcement Learning for Digital Health Interventions in the Dyadic Setting
2025-10-31 12:00 - 13:00 | 1163 Mechanical Engineering, 1513 Engineering Dr., Madison, WI, 53706, United States
UW-ISyE looks forward to welcoming Susan Murphy Professor of Statistics and of Computer Science and Associate Faculty at the Kempner Institute, Harvard University.

We present our ongoing work on the development of an online reinforcement learning (RL) algorithm for dyadic digital intervention settings in which the task for the RL algorithm is to assist the target person with a difficult illness be adherent to behavioral activities. To achieve this goal the RL algorithm will not only deliver digital interventions to the target person but also deliver interventions to assist the carepartner to manage caregiving burden and help the two individuals improve their relationship. That is, different RL components target different elements of the dyad. The RL algorithm is a multi-agent RL algorithm in which the 3 agents make decisions on the 3 elements of the dyad. We incorporate domain knowledge in the form of approximal causal directed acyclic graphs to speed up online learning in this sparse data setting. This work is motivated by our development of the ADAPTS-HCT multi-agent RL algorithm, designed to improve medication adherence by young adults who have undergone a blood and bone marrow transplant. The RL algorithm will be deployed in summer 2026.

Bio: Susan A. Murphy is Mallinckrodt Professor of Statistics and of Computer Science and Associate Faculty at the Kempner Institute, Harvard University. Her research focuses on improving sequential decision making via the development of online, real-time reinforcement learning algorithms. Her lab is involved in multiple deployments of these algorithms in digital health. She is a member of the US National Academy of Sciences and of the US National Academy of Medicine. In 2013 she was awarded a MacArthur Fellowship for her work on experimental designs to inform sequential decision making. She is a Fellow of the College on Problems in Drug Dependence, Past-President of Institute of Mathematical Statistics, Past-President of the Bernoulli Society and a former editor of the Annals of Statistics.

Mechanics Seminar: Bonnie Bachman
2025-10-31 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). Bonnie Bachman is the TEO Director and I-Corps Program Director at UW-Madison.

BME Seminar Series: EnsoData
2025-11-03 12:00 - 13:00 | 1003 (Tong Auditorium) Engineering Centers Building, 1550 Engineering Drive, Madison, WI, 53706, United States
The Entrepreneurial Journey of EnsoData Co-Founders

Chris Fernandez BMEBS’14, MS’15; Ensodata Co-founder, Executive Chairman and Chief Research OfficerNick Glattard BMEBS’14, MS’15; EnsoData Co-founder and Chief Technology Officer

Hear firsthand how two BME alumni turned a bold idea into a nationally recognized startup.

Nick Glattard (BMEBS ’14, MS ’15) and Chris Fernandez (BMEBS ’14, MS ’15), Cofounders of EnsoData, will share their remarkable journey from UW–Madison biomedical engineering students to leading a cutting-edge company that’s transforming sleep medicine. Their presentation will delve into the challenges and triumphs of building EnsoData.

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ISyE - Ice cream social, hosted by IISE
2025-11-03 18:00 - 20:00 | Memorial Union, 800 Langdon St, Madison, Wisconsin, 53706, United States
Memorial Union

Please join IISE for an ice cream social at one of our favorite places – Memorial Union. This event is especially geared for our freshmen, but is open to all Industrial Engineering students. Enjoy ice cream, games, and a chance to meet your fellow classmates.

WECE Coffee Break with Adria Brooks
2025-11-04 12:00 - 14:00 | 4610 Engineering Hall, 1415 Engineering Drive, Madison, 53711
Join Women in Electrical and Computer Engineering (WECE) for a coffee break with ECE alumna Dr. Adria Brooks, Director of Transmission Planning at Grid Strategies LLC. Stop by at any time from noon to 2:00 to enjoy free Einstein bagels and coffee.

Dr. Brooks is a recipient of a 2025 College of Engineering Early Career Award which will be presented on Engineers’ Day, November 7.

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Grad School Virtual Info Session
2025-11-05 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
