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A drone used to deliver an AED to remote areas
March 17, 2025

Autonomous defibrillator-toting drone can fly aid anywhere

A team of University of Wisconsin-Madison engineers has designed a drone-based system to rapidly deliver an Automated External Defibrillator, or AED, to remote areas. In February 2025, the team had…

Postdoctoral researcher Tianwei Yan and PhD student Charles Granger
March 14, 2025

Mellow the yellow: New techniques clarify recycled plastic, increasing their value

A team of University of Wisconsin-Madison engineers has developed a new solvent-based technique for removing stubborn pigments from recycled multilayer plastic packaging. The advance makes recycled plastic more commercially appealing—increasing…

UW-Madison civil and environmental engineering PhD student Wei Han demonstrates a virtual reality system his group is using to research how drones affect construction worker safety on work sites
March 12, 2025

In virtual reality, new study explores safe drone use on construction sites

The buzz of drones on construction sites is becoming ever more common, enabling crews to scan or inspect their work from above. At the same time, those drones can distract…

Kaibo Liu
March 12, 2025

Touched by cancer, Liu trains artificial intelligence to uncover the genes behind disease

As an industrial data science researcher, Kaibo Liu has devoted much of his adult life to improving quality in manufacturing systems and monitoring the health of machines. That changed in…

George Tzimpragos
March 7, 2025

Focus on new faculty: George Tzimpragos is rebooting computer architecture

Over the past 80 years, computers have progressed from room-sized collections of vacuum tubes and mechanical relays to the tiny digital devices we now carry in our pockets. Along with…

Jennifer Volk
February 26, 2025

Focus on new faculty: Jennifer Volk aims to make the promise of unconventional devices a reality

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…

Shea McCarthy working in the lab
February 26, 2025

Extracurricular opportunities help NEEP undergrad decide career path

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,…

Katy Jinkins
February 24, 2025

Forbes 30 Under 30 honoree is bringing UW-Madison breakthrough to semiconductor industry

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…

February 18, 2025

Devesh Ranjan named dean of UW College of Engineering

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…

UW Crest with engineering background
February 17, 2025

Researchers harness machine learning to discover membranes that remove ‘forever chemicals’ from drinking water

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,…