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Shawn Gomez
April 10, 2026

Biomedical leader Shawn Gomez named biomedical engineering chair

Shawn Gomez, a professor in the Lampe Joint Department of Biomedical Engineering at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill and North Carolina State University, will succeed Peter Tong Chair Paul Campagnola, as chair of the…

Susan Hagness
April 9, 2026

Susan Hagness named engineering dean at Case Western Reserve University

Susan Hagness, chair of the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, will become dean of the Case School of Engineering beginning July 1, 2026, Case Western Reserve University announced today….

Ranjana Mehta
April 8, 2026

Ranjana Mehta named interim director of the Grainger Institute for Engineering

Ranjana Mehta, Grainger Institute for Engineering Professor in industrial and systems engineering, will serve as interim director of our Grainger Institute for Engineering. She will begin this one-year role on April 15. Ranjana will take…

Kathryn Huff
April 6, 2026

Alumna, nuclear leader Kathryn Huff named nuclear engineering and engineering physics chair

Kathryn (Katy) Huff, an associate professor of nuclear, plasma and radiological engineering at the University of Illinois, will succeed Grainger Professor of Nuclear Engineering Paul Wilson as chair of the Department of Nuclear Engineering and…

Laura Albert
April 2, 2026

Laura Albert named the inaugural senior associate dean for faculty affairs and development

The College of Engineering has chosen Industrial and Systems Engineering Professor Laura Albert as its inaugural senior associate dean for faculty affairs and development. In this new position, Albert will play a key role in…

Xudong Wang
April 1, 2026

Xudong Wang named materials science and engineering chair

Thomas and Suzanne Werner Professor Xudong Wang will succeed Harvey D. Spangler Professor Izabela Szlufarska as chair of the Department of Materials Science and Engineering, beginning July 1. After earning his PhD in materials science…

Zhenhua Zhu
April 1, 2026

A new digital twins research experience will help undergrads keep an eye on our nation’s roads

A new summer research program will give University of Wisconsin-Madison civil engineering undergraduates hands-on exposure to the future of roadway construction. Zhenhua Zhu, an associate of civil and environmental engineering at UW-Madison, says the 10-week…

PhD student Ziyan Wu shows a boat’s sequential filtration system while collecting samples from Lake Michigan
March 27, 2026

Algorithm increases the chance that we’re counting nanoplastic concentrations correctly

A growing environmental concern, nanoplastics have been found in water around the world—from the deep oceans to Arctic ice. New University of Wisconsin-Madison research, published in the August 2025 issue of the journal Environmental Science…

supercomputer simulations of blood flow
March 26, 2026

Powerful supercomputer simulations help Michael Graham understand blood flow in sickle cell disease

Blood is often pictured as a smooth, continuous stream, but in reality it behaves more like rush-hour traffic in a dense city with crowded lanes, sudden merges and countless tiny intersections where direction and speed…

Robert Radwin
March 26, 2026

UW-Madison ergonomics expert Radwin named AAAS fellow

Robert Radwin, professor emeritus of industrial and systems engineering at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, has been elected to the 2025 class of fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS). The lifetime…