Badger Engineers are cleared for takeoff. The University of Wisconsin System Board of Regents voted to approve the creation of a new aerospace engineering major within the UW-Madison College of Engineering on Feb. 5, 2026….
The University of Wisconsin-Madison College of Engineering has introduced a new tuition model for most of its online engineering graduate programs, expanding access for working professionals while maintaining the academic rigor and reputation of a…
The energy sector is transforming rapidly. Renewable, distributed energy sources like solar, wind, battery storage and small nuclear reactors will continue to change how energy enters the grid. Massive data centers are spiking demand. The…
Just a few years after early radar emerged in the first years of the 20th century, engineers turned the technology toward the ground to detect subsurface objects without digging, laying the foundation for what is…
A new chemical vapor deposition system is expanding the University of Wisconsin-Madison College of Engineering’s advanced manufacturing capabilities. Importantly, the system will deepen collaborations with industry partners who want to apply the college’s innovative shock-absorbing…
Next-generation technologies—including self-driving vehicles, intelligent robots, personalized healthcare devices, and smart infrastructure—are already reshaping industries and becoming increasingly woven into daily life. But to be successful, these advances, and many others, need safe, reliable and…
As a new associate professor in the UW-Madison Department of Mechanical Engineering, Adam Dempsey is excited to return to his alma mater and the department where he earned his PhD 13 years ago. “I’m actually…
As work steadily continues on the physical foundations of the Phillip A. Levy Engineering Center at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, a $25 million gift from two of the university’s most devoted supporters, alumni John and…
A plastic bottle of prescribed painkillers—extras from a surgical recuperation—lurks in the back of your medicine cabinet. If you’re like most Americans, you’ll either let the pills linger, flush them down the toilet or toss…
Eva Stafne, a University of Wisconsin-Madison junior majoring in mechanical engineering and completing a certificate in international engineering, has received a 2026 Goldwater Scholarship, the premier undergraduate scholarship in mathematics, engineering and the natural sciences…
Fans of Travis Frederick, the former Wisconsin Badgers and Dallas Cowboys center affectionately known as “Fredbeard,” know of his many accomplishments on the field: first team All-American; 2025 Badger Hall of Fame inductee; first-round draft…