A historic $75 million gift will fuel construction of a much-needed new engineering building at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. With their lead gift—the largest single gift in college history—brothers and…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…