Devesh Ranjan, a mechanical engineer and a leader at one of the country’s largest and highest-ranked engineering programs, will be the tenth dean of the College of Engineering at the…
Fast-charging lithium-ion batteries are ubiquitous, powering everything from cellphones and laptops to electric vehicles. They’re also notorious for overheating or catching fire. Now, with a groundbreaking computational model, a University…
A team of University of Wisconsin-Madison engineers has developed a new solvent-based technique for removing stubborn pigments from recycled multilayer plastic packaging. The advance makes recycled plastic more commercially appealing—increasing…
Students in the Department of Nuclear Engineering and Engineering Physics (NEEP) can take advantage of many opportunities beyond the classroom to enrich their learning, such as participating in undergraduate research,…
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,…
A group of civil and environmental engineering graduate students at the University of Wisconsin-Madison is designing an affordable, easy-to-use test that will allow residents to identify lead in their tap…
Juliana Duarte is an assistant professor of nuclear engineering and engineering physics. Her research focuses on thermal hydraulics, which concerns heat transfer through fluids within nuclear reactors. Duarte also studies…
A group of 10 University of Wisconsin-Madison civil and environmental engineering graduate students is monitoring the structural health of a 150-year-old Superior lighthouse. With Jesse Hampton, an assistant professor of…
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…
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…