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Biomedical engineering students Ruffin Bryant and Noah Kalthoff
March 12, 2026

Can AI ease surgeons’ workload? A UW-Madison student startup thinks so

Since they returned to Madison in mid-January for the spring 2026 semester, roommates Ruffin Bryant and Noah Kalthoff have settled into a familiar—if busy—rhythm. Mornings: Class, like most of their fellow biomedical engineering majors at…

Professor Frank Pfefferkorn
March 3, 2026

New laser-based manufacturing course connects students on campus and in industry

A fourth-year undergraduate student sits in a classroom on the first floor of the Mechanical Engineering building on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus, laptop open, chatting with an online master’s degree student and a working…

Governor Tony Evers looks at readings in the control room of the University of Wisconsin Nuclear Reactor
February 25, 2026

Governor gets firsthand look at future of nuclear energy at UW–Madison

Inside the University of Wisconsin Nuclear Reactor Tuesday morning, Wisconsin Governor Tony Evers peered over the shoulders of student operator Nick Tierney, a senior majoring in nuclear engineering, to eye the array of instrumentation on…

UW-Madison nuclear reactor
February 18, 2026

Wisconsin governor, Public Service Commission, announce partnership with UW-Madison to study the future of nuclear energy in Wisconsin

Bipartisan legislation signed into law by Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers established the study to help meet Wisconsin’s growing need for carbon-free electricity During his 2026 State of the State address Feb. 17, 2026, Wisconsin Gov….

Teaching specialist Aidan Butula operates the new flight simulator
February 5, 2026

Regents approve new aerospace engineering major

Badger Engineers are cleared for takeoff. The University of Wisconsin System Board of Regents voted to approve the creation of a new aerospace engineering major within the UW-Madison College of Engineering on Feb. 5, 2026….

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…

Stock image of a clinic
October 16, 2025

Mathematical models offer data-driven solutions to opioid crisis, engineering research shows

More than 81,806 Americans died from opioid-related overdoses in 2022, overwhelming hospitals and trapping thousands in cycles of addiction. But a new data-driven approach from engineering researchers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and Florida A&M…

Assistant Professor Michael Biehler talks with students during the 2025 Hackathon/Makerthon.
October 10, 2025

Hackathon Makerthon brings students together to solve industry challenges

Sleep was on Nicolas Greaves and his groupmates’ to-do list. But, with motors to test, force calculations to crunch, prototype components to 3D print and more, the tasks kept stacking up. In the end, Greaves…

On the left is a image taken on the Las Vegas strip with a high-end automotive camera, while its on the right leverages Ubicept's hardware and software to reduce blur and noise and deliver a clear image
September 9, 2025

UW-Madison spinoff company promises bright future for next-generation cameras

Pretty soon, the current iteration of digital cameras and phones will join film cameras in the junk shop of history. That’s because pixels are dead, or soon will be: A rapidly advancing technology called the…

PhD student Shirley Zhang and Associate Professor Kassem Fawaz
August 5, 2025

UW-Madison researchers expose how automation apps can spy—and how to detect it

A team of University of Wisconsin-Madison engineers and computer scientists has identified vulnerabilities in popular automation apps that can make it easy for an abuser to stalk individuals, track their cellphone activity, or even control…