Devesh Ranjan, a mechanical engineer and a leader at one of the country’s largest and highest-ranked engineering programs, will be the tenth dean of the College of Engineering at the…
Estimates show that in the near future, traditional semiconductors will no longer keep up with our computing demands. That has led to a wave of interest in unlocking the potential…
Students in the Department of Nuclear Engineering and Engineering Physics (NEEP) can take advantage of many opportunities beyond the classroom to enrich their learning, such as participating in undergraduate research,…
When Katy Jinkins graduated from the University of Wisconsin-Platteville with a degree in engineering physics and a National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship, she was only 19, a feat that…
Someday, your drinking water could be completely free of toxic “forever chemicals.” These chemicals, called PFAS (per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances), are found in common household items like makeup, nonstick cookware,…
A group of civil and environmental engineering graduate students at the University of Wisconsin-Madison is designing an affordable, easy-to-use test that will allow residents to identify lead in their tap…
Mechatronics—integrating mechanical systems with electronics and software—is essential to a growing number of products and systems, including cellphones, vehicles and robots. “There is a significant demand for engineers with mechatronics…
University of Wisconsin-Madison engineers are leading a first-of-its-kind research center devoted to advancing autonomous vehicle (AV) availability in rural and tribal communities. The Tribal and Rural Autonomous Vehicles for Equity,…
A year ago, Fengxu Li says, the idea of talking to a stranger on Zoom about himself would have simply felt too nerve-wracking and intimidating. He had only arrived in…
University of Wisconsin-Madison engineers have developed a new technique for improving the penetration and resolution of ultrasound—an imaging tool that’s not only commonly used in medicine, but also in everything…