Developed by University of Wisconsin-Madison engineers, a lightweight, ultra-shock-absorbing foam material could vastly improve helmets designed to protect people from strong blows. The new material exhibits 18 times higher specific…
University of Wisconsin-Madison industrial engineering students Rayne Wolf, Josie Beres and Greyson Wainwright huddle around a desktop hydroponic system, inspecting the growth of alfalfa, mung beans and soybeans. Later in…
Like many people, Dell Zimmerman, a PhD student in chemical and biological engineering at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, assumed plastic recycling was an efficient, mature technology. Then he signed up…
Upgrades in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering’s fluids teaching lab are bringing in new state-of-the-art learning tools for undergraduate engineering students. The Kenneth R. & Ruth M. Wright…
A new undergraduate course is setting first-year UW-Madison nuclear engineering students up for success in their major by providing a hands-on introduction to technological aspects of nuclear engineering. Additionally, the…
Walk through any of the buildings on the University of Wisconsin-Madison College of Engineering campus and it won’t take you long to come across a microscope in a research lab….
In the last couple of decades, technology has become very efficient at collecting information from the physical world, including wearable medical sensors, radar systems integrated into automobiles and satellites monitoring…
Hannah Blum is blending the virtual with what’s real for students in her Steel Structures 1 class. Blum, an assistant professor of civil and environmental engineering and the Alain H….
Some of the most heated discussions about technology don’t have anything to do with operating systems or RPMs. Rather, as new technologies change almost every facet of modern life, the…
A new engineering bachelor’s degree at the University of Wisconsin-Madison will prepare students for a lifetime of work as leaders in environmental engineering through exposure to multidisciplinary work and building…
While his colleagues nodded along confidently, Phil Keegan scribbled furiously in his notebook, trying to keep up with the onslaught of acronyms and regulatory terminology being bandied about. As the…