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Monica Ohnsorg
January 14, 2026

Focus on new faculty: Monica Ohnsorg connects polymer science to biomedical research

As a ninth grader in Chanhassen, Minnesota, outside of Minneapolis, Monica Ohnsorg took an aptitude exam that pointed her toward a career as a biomedical engineer. Now, nearly two decades later, she’s starting her career…

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,…

December 8, 2025

New tool illuminates dark website patterns designed to scam you and steal your data

Many internet users understand how to avoid digital pitfalls like catfishing, password hacking and malware. But not all the dangers in the digital world are so straightforward: For example, just browsing the web may set…

concentrating solar power plant parabolic trough istock photo
December 4, 2025

For concentrating solar power plants, new model means smarter control strategy and more skilled operators

Concentrating solar power plants use a large array of mirrors to focus the sun’s rays and capture their heat, which boils water for steam turbines to produce electricity. The technology and systems in these massive…

UW Crest with engineering background
November 24, 2025

Focus on new faculty: Zheng Liu is using AI to give wireless chips a boost

Over the last few decades, it feels like the whole world has gone digital, with music and movies, radio and television broadcasts, and communications networks converting their signals to ones and zeros. But digital signals…

Professor Dan Ludois works in his lab
November 20, 2025

Badger Tech Foundry, first “spoke” in the Wisconsin Entrepreneurship Hub, focused on helping early-career researchers become serial entrepreneurs

At the University of Wisconsin-Madison, groundbreaking ideas are born every day. The Wisconsin Entrepreneurship Hub, a chancellor’s initiative started earlier in 2025, is working to help translate ideas into opportunities for entrepreneurial students, staff and…

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…

Professor Ranjana Mehta talks with a student in her lab during an experiment.
October 28, 2025

Ranjana Mehta on human-technology interaction and worker fatigue

Ranjana Mehta is the Grainger Institute for Engineering Professor of Industrial and Systems Engineering, who studies human behavior and the brain in working environments. Her research focuses on how people interact with emerging technologies such…