AlumniEducational Innovation June 2, 2026 · 5 min read New aerospace engineering major ready to soar Sam Snyder came to the University of Wisconsin-Madison smitten with the city and campus and confident in his career aspirations: He hoped to work in the aerospace sector, preferably as part of efforts to introduce…
Alumni April 17, 2026 · 8 min read Leveling up: How a passion for engineering led Travis Frederick to the NFL and into the dragon’s lair Fans of Travis Frederick, the former Wisconsin Badgers and Dallas Cowboys center affectionately known as “Fredbeard,” know of his many accomplishments on the field: first team All-American; 2025 Badger Hall of Fame inductee; first-round draft…
AlumniGiving September 22, 2025 · 5 min read $25 million gift sparks innovation in UW-Madison’s new engineering building, and beyond 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…
AlumniFaculty April 17, 2025 · 4 min read Breaking ground on Phillip A. Levy Engineering Center, UW-Madison College of Engineering begins new era of growth and impact On April 17, 2025, a crowd of several hundred students, staff, faculty, university leaders, alumni and dignitaries kicked off construction of the University of Wisconsin-Madison College of Engineering’s new building…
AlumniResearch February 24, 2025 · 4 min read Forbes 30 Under 30 honoree is bringing UW-Madison breakthrough to semiconductor industry When Katy Jinkins graduated from the University of Wisconsin-Platteville with a degree in engineering physics and a National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship, she was only 19, a feat that merited coverage in the local…
AlumniGiving January 18, 2025 · 5 min read Celebrating the legacy of alum, innovator and philanthropist David Grainger David W. Grainger ’50 is being remembered by the University of Wisconsin–Madison community as a successful businessman and generous supporter of the university in myriad ways. Grainger died peacefully Thursday, Jan. 9. He was 97. “David Grainger was…
AlumniGiving August 21, 2024 · 7 min read From undergrad to a revolutionary career: An MS&E alum’s impact and legacy Mary Buckett took her education from UW-Madison and revolutionized transmission electron microscopy. From Chadbourne Hall to the laboratories in MS&E, Mary found community on campus. She later went on to…
AlumniEducational Innovation March 7, 2024 · 3 min read The new Bluemke Family Biolab brings biological engineers closer together, literally The University of Wisconsin-Madison is known for its collaborative spirit, and few researchers on campus demonstrate that ethos more than the biological engineers in the Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering. The group constantly shares…
Alumni December 4, 2023 · 5 min read Power players: UW-Madison trio’s innovative electric motors land them on Forbes 30 Under 30 list Electric cars and trucks are slowly but surely finding their way onto roads across the world. But when it comes to air travel, electric aviation still has a ways to…
AlumniWisconsin Idea February 13, 2023 · 4 min read Biomedical engineering alums find rhythm at design program spinoff Five years after graduating from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, Matt Knoespel and Phil Terrien are co-founders and the engineering backbone of a medical device company that’s collected a slew of…