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Students in the renovated mechanics of materials testing laboratory
February 27, 2024

Renovated materials mechanics lab enhances classroom, testing options

Renovations to the mechanics of materials testing laboratory in Engineering Hall will expand student understanding of materials deformation physics and demonstrate how materials choices affect every engineering discipline. Mechanical Engineering…

Grace Douglas playing soccer
October 9, 2019

Soccer standout Douglas is industrious on field and in classroom

Captain of the nationally ranked University of Wisconsin women’s soccer team. Double major in two challenging STEM fields. Undergraduate research assistant in an engineering lab. Data science intern in Washington,…

two students working in the college makerspace
May 17, 2018

Infinite options: Undergrads excel in and out of the classroom

Undergraduate students in the University of Wisconsin-Madison College of Engineering 3D print prototypes in the college makerspace, the Grainger Engineering Design Innovation Laboratory. They run virtual reality simulations in the…

February 14, 2018

Renovated classrooms enrich students’ learning experience

Renovations to the two primary classrooms in the Materials Science and Engineering Building are supporting the department’s efforts to enhance student learning by enabling more active and participatory learning opportunities….

July 10, 2017

Flipped classroom puts students in driver’s seat

Learning is most effective when students engage with the material they are taught—but getting to that point is easier said than done. Some educators have made the case that a…

Josh Baston
January 16, 2024

Inspired by backyard blacksmithing, undergrad metallurgical researcher launches a future in aerospace materials

A decade or so ago, after becoming intrigued with watching people make knives from scratch on YouTube, Josh Baston decided to give it a go himself. As a middle school…

Postdoctoral associate Hyeyoung Koh, undergraduate Lennart-Fredrik Schmitz and Assistant Professor Hannah Blum with the SEAhorse
January 4, 2024

Vacuum box enhances structures lab testing capacity

A new vacuum box in the Jun and Sandy Lee Wisconsin Structures and Materials Testing Laboratory will allow University of Wisconsin-Madison engineering researchers and students to test how steel deck…

Carley Schwartz works in a biosafety cabinet as part of Biomedical Engineering 602: CRISPR Genome Editing and Engineering Laboratory
November 6, 2023

CRISPR lab course puts revolutionary gene editing tool into students’ hands

As a researcher in a genomics lab, Carley Schwartz is much more familiar with the gene-editing tool CRISPR than the vast majority of the roughly 4,800 undergraduate students in the…

Students conduct experiments in CEE’s Environmental Engineering Mechanics class
March 13, 2023

One-of-a-kind environmental engineering class overflows with real-world examples

A new course in environmental engineering is teaching students how the materials they use in civil infrastructure can have broad, lasting impacts on the world around us. Mohan Qin, an…

Grace Stanke with the HSX fusion experiment
December 16, 2022

Nuclear engineering student crowned Miss America 2023

When people meet University of Wisconsin-Madison senior Grace Stanke, they’re often surprised to learn she’s a nuclear engineer. She doesn’t fit the stereotypical image in a field where men far…