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Alberto Del Pia
November 8, 2024

For the love of the riddle: Industrial engineer’s foundational math makes way for optimal solutions

Midway through an explanation of his research into some of the murkier corners of the mathematical universe, Alberto Del Pia cuts himself off. “I understand this is complicated,” says the…

iStock GPU
October 11, 2024

Investment in AI hardware gives optics and photonics research a major boost

There are a lot of reasons why artificial intelligence burst into the mainstream in the last few years—but one of the biggest factors has been the rapid advancement of graphics…

PhD student Liangkui Jiang works in the lab
October 9, 2024

With data science, new ink, Qin lab pushes toward in-space manufacturing

If Hantang Qin and his collaborators succeed in putting their 3D-printing technology on the International Space Station, they don’t want it to merely operate in zero gravity. They want it…

UW Crest with engineering background
October 7, 2024

UW-Madison researchers use AI to identify sex-specific risks associated with brain tumors

For years, cancer researchers have noticed that more men than women get a lethal form of brain cancer called glioblastoma. They’ve also found that these tumors are often more aggressive…

PhD student Katherine Heidi Fehr and Associate Professor Peter Adamczyk conduct a 3D scan of a shoe outside
September 11, 2024

Out of the lab and onto the pavement: With wearable sensor, researchers study daily walking to mitigate tripping

Wearable devices like smartwatches and fitness bands that count a person’s steps are ubiquitous today. Using a similar type of wearable sensor, University of Wisconsin-Madison engineers have developed a new…

UW Crest with engineering background
September 5, 2024

Inspired by UW methods, FEMA’s new floodplain forecast looks clear

For an expansive effort to remap floodplains across the United States, the Federal Emergency Management Agency and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers are drawing on a University of Wisconsin-Madison engineer’s…

Andi Wang
August 29, 2024

Focus on new faculty: Andi Wang crunches numbers to improve advanced manufacturing

As a silicon wafer winds its way through a semiconductor manufacturing plant—from deposition and lithography to etching and dicing—each stop at another machine loaded with sensors also generates information. And…

Weiyu Li
August 14, 2024

Focus on new faculty: Weiyu Li harnesses computational modeling to enhance energy sustainability

To enable electric vehicles with greater range and electrified aviation, we need batteries with increased energy density that are safer and can last longer. Weiyu Li is leveraging her expertise…

Dan Li
August 12, 2024

Focus on new faculty: Dan Li safeguards manufacturing systems from cyberattacks

Soon after starting a master’s program in operations research at Georgia Tech, Dan Li remained restless. She wanted more—more challenging courses, more avenues to make a wider-reaching impact. And so…

Oguzhan Alagoz
August 9, 2024

Alagoz uncovers factors behind racial disparities in colorectal cancer

Even as racial disparities in screenings for colorectal cancer have narrowed, the discrepancies in outcomes between Black and white Americans remain stubbornly wide. Black adults are 23% more likely to…