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…
A team of University of Wisconsin-Madison engineers has designed a drone-based system to rapidly deliver an Automated External Defibrillator, or AED, to remote areas. In February 2025, the team had…
The buzz of drones on construction sites is becoming ever more common, enabling crews to scan or inspect their work from above. At the same time, those drones can distract…
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,…
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…
A year ago, Fengxu Li says, the idea of talking to a stranger on Zoom about himself would have simply felt too nerve-wracking and intimidating. He had only arrived in…
A growing number of engineering mechanics undergraduate students at the University of Wisconsin-Madison are choosing to add the aerospace option to their major. The EMA program prepares students for in-demand…
During a September 2024 makeathon at the University of Wisconsin-Madison Grainger Engineering Design Innovation Lab @ Wendt, dozens of volunteers from across the UW-Madison community created assistive mobility devices for…
Colby Milligan was still trying to sort out his summer plans when an email in his inbox caught his eye. The mechanical engineering major read the message, which advertised an…
Professor Emeritus Fernando Alvarado spent 30 years in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, studying renewable energy, power systems pricing and computer applications in…
Wearable devices like smartwatches and fitness bands that count a person’s steps are ubiquitous today. Using a similar type of wearable sensor, University of Wisconsin-Madison engineers have developed a new…