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Whitney Loo being interviewed by Alex Holloway
October 24, 2024

Ask an expert: Whitney Loo explains plastics recycling and the challenges of sustainability

Whitney Loo is the Conway Assistant Professor of chemical and biological engineering. Loo studies polymers, which are “macromolecules” composed of many repeating units. They are the building blocks for many plastics. Polymers can be difficult…

Whitney Loo
October 1, 2024

With DOE early career award, Whitney Loo is engineering the heart of next-gen batteries

The U.S. Department of Energy has selected Whitney Loo, the Conway Assistant Professor in chemical and biological engineering at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, for a prestigious 2024 Early Career Research Program award. Loo’s project is…

Whitney Loo
September 12, 2022

Focus on new faculty: Whitney Loo wants polymers to be part of a sustainable future

Polymers are all around us—for most people, literally. Clothing, electronics, food packaging, cars and even medical devices are made from the long-chain molecules, which include things like plastic, nylon and synthetic rubber. While polymers are…

Fang Liu working in the lab
March 16, 2023

Great minds converge here

We’re expanding our faculty expertise in energy storage, semiconductors, autonomous systems and data science … and we’re planning to grow for greater impact. Fang Liu arrived on the UW-Madison campus…

Top stories of 2022 photo collage
January 12, 2023

A successful 2022: Highlights from the past year

For the UW-Madison College of Engineering, 2022 was a year full of extraordinary achievements and tremendous growth. We advanced scientific knowledge on many fronts, improved the quality of people’s lives…

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…

February 12, 2021

Peter Holsten: 2020 Distinguished Achievement Award recipient

Peter Holsten (BSME ’72)President and managing broker, Holsten Real Estate Development Corporation Peter is a mechanical engineer and humanitarian who is devoted to the principle that everyone deserves affordable, quality…