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Mikhail Kats
January 24, 2025

Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers recognizes Mikhail Kats’ research excellence

Mikhail Kats, the Jack St. Clair Kilby and Antoine-Bascom Professor in electrical and computer engineering at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, has received a 2025 Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists…

USCYBERCOM Deputy Commander Lt. Gen. William J. Hartman delivers a keynote address to UW students, faculty and researchers
January 24, 2025

U.S. Cyber Command visit highlights engineering expertise in cyber-related fields

In November 2024, a delegation from the U.S. Cyber Command (USCYBERCOM)—a unit responsible for U.S. Department of Defense cyberspace capabilities—visited the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus. Through a series of tours…

David Grainger
January 18, 2025

Celebrating the legacy of alum, innovator and philanthropist David Grainger III

David W. Grainger III ’50 is being remembered by the University of Wisconsin–Madison community as a successful businessman and generous supporter of the university in myriad ways. Grainger died peacefully Thursday, Jan. 9….

Juliana Duarte discusses nuclear power
January 10, 2025

Ask an expert: Juliana Duarte discusses what’s on the horizon for nuclear in the nation’s overall energy landscape

Juliana Duarte is an assistant professor of nuclear engineering and engineering physics. Her research focuses on thermal hydraulics, which concerns heat transfer through fluids within nuclear reactors. Duarte also studies…

Jesse Hampton’s students pose at the top of the Au Sable Lighthouse.
January 8, 2025

Learning from the light: In class and in the field, civil engineers study long-standing Lake Superior sentinel

A group of 10 University of Wisconsin-Madison civil and environmental engineering graduate students is monitoring the structural health of a 150-year-old Superior lighthouse. With Jesse Hampton, an assistant professor of…

January 8, 2025

Could neurostimulation help fatigued first responders?

Ranjana Mehta had just finished presenting her work on occupational fatigue at a conference when a first responder approached her with a somewhat startling request: Could the neuroergonomics researcher look…

EMA 200 students Avery Motylinski, Jada Matson, Bella Belgiorno, Arlo Gaskill and Matt Bauer work on their wind tunnel project
December 20, 2024

New hands-on course launches first-year students’ journey into aerospace engineering

A growing number of engineering mechanics undergraduate students at the University of Wisconsin-Madison are choosing to add the aerospace option to their major. The EMA program prepares students for in-demand…

William Murphy
December 16, 2024

mRNA-activated blood clots could cushion the blow of osteoarthritis

University of Wisconsin-Madison researchers have developed a promising technique for treating osteoarthritis using therapeutic blood clots activated by messenger RNA. Osteoarthritis is the most common form of arthritis, affecting roughly…

ECE graduate student Parth Solanki
December 16, 2024

New thermophotovoltaic device amplifies energy output

Using innovative semiconductor fabrication techniques, a team of University of Wisconsin-Madison electrical engineers has developed a new type of device that can convert heat directly into electricity. The innovation—a near-field…

Aidan Butula operates the new flight simulator
December 13, 2024

At UW-Madison, ‘relaunched’ flight simulator will take aerospace engineering education to new heights

A new state-of-the-art flight simulator on the University of Wisconsin-Madison College of Engineering campus will strengthen the aerospace engineering option (offered within the engineering mechanics major) and enrich students’ educational…