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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…

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,…

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…

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,…

ECE graduate student Parth Solanki
December 16, 2024

New thermophotovoltaic device amplifies energy output

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…

fabricated film capacitors
December 5, 2024

A film capacitor that can take the heat

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…

Michael Biehler
December 4, 2024

Focus on new faculty: Michael Biehler combines 4D printing with machine learning

If Michael Biehler’s research is successful, he will help enable soft robotics that can self-assemble inside the human body, as well as dynamic, protective packaging for everything from food to…

PhD students Wihan Adi and Samir Rosas and Assistant Professor Filiz Yesilkoy use a scanning electron microscope.
November 20, 2024

Light-trapping metasurface tech boosts biosensors

A team of University of Wisconsin-Madison biomedical engineers has developed a thin, patterned, silicon-based component that excels at trapping non-visible light and could open up low-cost manufacturing possibilities for biochemical…

Associate Professor Lianyi Chen and PhD students Jiandong Yuan and Ali Nabaa work on developing beam shaping approaches for 3D printing
November 18, 2024

3D-printing breakthrough mitigates three defects simultaneously for failure-free metal parts

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…

Patrick Sullivan and Gyohun Choi working in the lab
October 24, 2024

Engineered additive makes low-cost renewable energy storage a possibility

Solar and wind are quickly transforming the energy landscape—but if we are to realize the full potential of these intermittent, renewable energy sources, we’ll need safe, affordable batteries capable of…