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Robert Jacobberger
January 5, 2026

DOE early-career award will give Jacobberger the tools to draw more energy from light

The U.S. Department of Energy has selected Robert Jacobberger, an assistant professor of electrical and computer engineering at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, to receive a 2025 DOE Office of Science Early Career Research Program award….

Sebastian Kube
December 16, 2025

With DOE early-career award, Kube will unlock the secrets of molten metals

The U.S. Department of Energy has selected Sebastian Kube, an assistant professor in materials science and engineering at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, to receive a 2025 DOE Office of Science Early Career Research Program award….

Daniel Ludois
December 11, 2025

Powering progress: Engineer, inventor earns national recognition for transforming electric motors

The National Academy of Inventors (NAI) has included a University of Wisconsin-Madison electrical engineer in its 2025 class of fellows—the highest distinction designed to recognize academic inventors’ accomplishments in patents, licensing and commercialization. Daniel Ludois,…

Carla Michini
November 10, 2025

Michini will use CAREER Award to improve post-disaster aid operations and more

While Carla Michini and her family took their usual summer trip to her native Italy in 2025, this was no relaxing getaway. Michini, an assistant professor of industrial and systems engineering at the University of…

Lei Zhou in her mechatronics lab
October 23, 2025

With NSF CAREER Award, Zhou aims to develop mechatronic systems that increase productivity in computer chip manufacturing

There’s a booming industry demand for microchips, which are used in virtually all electronic devices today. But meeting that demand is challenging for chipmakers, because current mechatronic systems have reached the limit for how fast…

Daniel Rhodes
October 10, 2025

Army recognizes Rhodes with a Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers

Daniel Rhodes, an assistant professor in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, has been awarded a prestigious Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE) from the U.S….

Sébastien Philippe
October 8, 2025

Sébastien Philippe named MacArthur Fellow

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…

Jason Kawasaki
October 8, 2025

Kawasaki named a Moore Foundation Experimental Physics Investigator

Jason Kawasaki, an associate professor in materials science and engineering at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, has been named a 2025 Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation Experimental Physics Investigator. Selection to the program is a prestigious…

Chirag Gupta
September 25, 2025

With NSF CAREER Award, Chirag Gupta is using next-gen materials to engineer high performance power semiconductor transistors

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…

Colleen Witzenburg
April 7, 2025

With CAREER Award, Witzenburg examines the mechanics behind a change of heart

A cell in a crucial heart valve leaflet feels a disruptive stretch, so it produces more of the structural protein collagen—and in extreme cases even produces calcium—to ease its physical…