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Xiao Kuang
April 24, 2025

Charting a bright path for volumetric 3D printing

Over the past 40 years, additive manufacturing techniques have opened up new possibilities in manufacturing by enabling the fabrication of highly complex parts. An emerging technology called volumetric 3D printing…

Professor Jim Luedtke works with students in Advanced Optimization Modeling
April 24, 2025

New advanced optimization course provides industry preparation

Industrial engineering students at the University of Wisconsin-Madison who are interested in learning the basics of optimization—mathematical techniques that can solve problems such as choosing the quickest route from point…

Industrial steel pipes iStock
April 21, 2025

A faster, cheaper way to restore stainless steel’s corrosion resistance

Found in everything from kitchen appliances to sustainable energy infrastructure, stainless steels are used extensively due to their excellent corrosion (rusting) resistance. They’re important material in many industries, including manufacturing,…

Groundbreaking ceremony for the Phillip A. Levy Engineering Center
April 17, 2025

Breaking ground on Phillip A. Levy Engineering Center, UW-Madison College of Engineering begins new era of growth and impact

On April 17, 2025, a crowd of several hundred students, staff, faculty, university leaders, alumni and dignitaries kicked off construction of the University of Wisconsin-Madison College of Engineering’s new building…

Smoke stacks
April 14, 2025

Capturing attention

An ambitious startup company emerging from the college is poised to pull carbon out of the atmosphere while producing more sustainable cement. Bu Wang didn’t necessarily set out to launch…

April 14, 2025

From energy hogs to eco-havens

Today’s massive data centers have become a necessary evil in our information-driven lives. Here are a handful of ideas that can make them future-friendly. In September 2024, tech giant Microsoft…

April 14, 2025

A joyous homecoming

Bringing bold ideas, alum Devesh Ranjan to become college’s 10th dean On June 16, 2025—22 years, to the date, from when he first set foot on the College of Engineering…

Alastair Big Luna
April 9, 2025

From finance to fission: Nontraditional student makes bold move for PhD

Alastair Big Luna (PhDME ’25) speaks deliberately and calmly, even though he’s unsure what the next chapter of his life will bring. As a father of three who moved across…

Colleen Witzenburg
April 7, 2025

With CAREER Award, Witzenburg examines the mechanics behind a change of heart

A cell in a crucial heart valve leaflet feels a disruptive stretch, so it produces more of the structural protein collagen—and in extreme cases even produces calcium—to ease its physical…

Postdoctoral scholar Ted Chavkin
April 7, 2025

“Super algae” could suck phosphorus out of manure and keep waterways healthy

A team of chemical and biological engineering researchers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison has developed a new strain of cyanobacteria, also known as blue-green algae, which takes up 8.5 times…