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…
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…
Look at a solar farm, and it might be easy to see only row upon row of glossy panels. But there’s much more than meets the eye. Steven Loheide, a…
The University of Wisconsin-Madison College of Engineering is partnering on a grant of up to $50 million to bring smart grid technology to rural and underserved communities throughout Wisconsin. In…
Whitney Loo is the Conway Assistant Professor of chemical and biological engineering. Loo studies polymers, which are “macromolecules” composed of many repeating units. They are the building blocks for many…
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…
Wind, solar and hydropower are a good start when it comes to renewable energy, but the real prize is lurking just off the coast: There’s enough energy produced by ocean…
University of Wisconsin-Madison and Japan’s National Institute for Fusion Science (NIFS) leaders have signed task agreements that will strengthen collaboration and cooperation between the two institutions to advance science and…
The U.S. Department of Energy has selected Whitney Loo, the Conway Assistant Professor in chemical and biological engineering at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, for a prestigious 2024 Early Career Research…
A team of University of Wisconsin-Madison chemical engineers has taken an important stride toward a greener, more selective way to steer hydrocarbon transformation into other chemicals. Using a finely controlled…
While studying materials science at the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom, Charles Hirst had an a-ha moment that led him on a path to investigating nuclear materials for…