A future in which robot-powered automated manufacturing lines endlessly pump out products across industries sounds like a boon for efficiency and productivity. It also feels more than a little dystopian,…
Three projects involving researchers from the College of Engineering have earned mini grants through the American Family Funding Initiative, a competition administered by the American Family Insurance Data Science Institute…
“Transforming Healthcare Through Engineering,” the NAE regional symposium held May 3, 2018, at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, drew more than 120 attendees from academia and industry and showcased a campus…
Entrepreneurial students at the University of Wisconsin–Madison recently took home cash prizes for new innovations in energy technology and environmental sustainability. Participants in the Wisconsin Energy & Sustainability Challenge (WESC),…
Jim Luedtke, an associate professor of industrial and systems engineering, is the UW-Madison principal investigator on a $3 million grant from the U.S. Department of Energy that is part of…
The University of Wisconsin–Madison is tied for 12th among public institutions in U.S. News & World Report’s latest college rankings. Overall, UW–Madison ranks 46th in a six-way tie, while the…
On Aug. 25-27, 2017, during the Hyperloop Competition Weekend II at SpaceX headquarters in Hawthorne, California, a team of University of Wisconsin-Madison students hopes it can clock the highest speed…
The algorithms that use web search trends to predict our tastes in music, literature and other entertainment forms — known as “recommender systems” — are everywhere in e-commerce, often nailing…
In the 2018 edition of U.S. News & World Report‘s “Best Graduate Schools,” several engineering programs ranked highly. Not all programs are ranked every year; this year, ranked specialties include…