Before Bjorn Borgen (BSME ’62) built a multibillion-dollar investment firm, before he settled out west in the Rocky Mountains, before he even set foot on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus, he was a teenager working…
Redundancy is one of the core concepts in aviation engineering. Commercial aircraft are designed with multiple backup systems for hydraulics, electronics, flight controls, navigation, and fuel supply. The result is ultra-high reliability for engines and…
Concentrating solar power plants use a large array of mirrors to focus the sun’s rays and capture their heat, which boils water for steam turbines to produce electricity. The technology and systems in these massive…
One of the major draws for students selecting the University of Wisconsin-Madison is the chance to not only learn from some of the world’s most innovative scholars but also the chance to work side by…
Daniel Wright, an associate professor of civil and environmental engineering, is adding his expertise in extreme storm prediction research to the new Center for Interdisciplinary Research on Convective Storms (CIRCS). Wright is the University of…
A historic flood swept down the Lower Mississippi River in May 2011. Along the way, the river swelled to record levels at the cities of Vicksburg and Natchez, both in Mississippi, while nearing records in…
Nuclear security specialist Sébastien Philippe, an assistant professor at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, has been awarded a 2025 MacArthur Fellowship. Often referred to as “genius grants,” the fellowships are presented by the John D. and…
The world is quickly going electric, with everything from cars and trucks, heating and cooling systems, industrial motors and even some aircraft poised for electrification. But converting to electric power isn’t as simple as swapping…
Twenty-five years after graduating with a PhD in chemical engineering from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, Jeffrey Greeley is returning to his alma mater as the Paul A. Elfers Professor in the Department of Chemical and…
Soren Goldsmith knows most people don’t think about salt marshes that often—but with the help of an innovative amphibious enclosed camera, he’s creating connections to those lands through photos of the wildlife that live in…
In developing a versatile new electrolyte, a team of University of Wisconsin-Madison engineers has taken the next step toward a more efficient, energy-dense battery that could supplant today’s ubiquitous lithium-ion batteries. This new battery type—an…