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…
Fast-charging lithium-ion batteries are ubiquitous, powering everything from cellphones and laptops to electric vehicles. They’re also notorious for overheating or catching fire. Now, with a groundbreaking computational model, a University…
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,…
Mechatronics—integrating mechanical systems with electronics and software—is essential to a growing number of products and systems, including cellphones, vehicles and robots. “There is a significant demand for engineers with mechatronics…
A growing number of engineering mechanics undergraduate students at the University of Wisconsin-Madison are choosing to add the aerospace option to their major. The EMA program prepares students for in-demand…
Using innovative semiconductor fabrication techniques, a team of University of Wisconsin-Madison electrical engineers has developed a new type of device that can convert heat directly into electricity. The innovation—a near-field…
A new state-of-the-art flight simulator on the University of Wisconsin-Madison College of Engineering campus will strengthen the aerospace engineering option (offered within the engineering mechanics major) and enrich students’ educational…
While there’s an industry trend toward electric vehicles, there are many mobility sectors—aviation, heavy-duty trucking, rail, off-road machinery, and marine, for example—that will continue to rely on internal combustion engines…
Researchers use an innovative set of machine-learning models to discover a record-breaking material for film capacitors, key components in many energy technologies. Key Takeaways The Department of Energy’s Lawrence Berkeley…
Thomas Breunung’s structural dynamics research has broad and impactful applications across multiple fields. In addition to applications in aerospace and energy harvesting, Breunung’s research can be useful for investigating phenomena…
University of Wisconsin-Madison engineers have found a way to simultaneously mitigate three types of defects in parts produced using a prominent additive manufacturing technique called laser powder bed fusion. Led…