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Research

The world’s most pressing challenges don’t fit neatly within disciplines—and solving them requires engineering at its boldest. Guided by the Wisconsin Idea, our research is driven by ambitious, cross‑disciplinary moonshots that aim to change society.

Engineering Moonshots

Representing our most ambitious research frontiers, our moonshots chart where we will lead the discoveries and technologies that shape the decades ahead.

Research pillars

Our core research pillars sustain excellence through curiosity-driven research that enable our moonshots.

Cross-cutting methods

Shared tools and approaches that connect disciplines and accelerate progress.

Industry partnerships

Lianyi Chen and researchers

We excel in research—and in training the people who could be your future engineers. You can access that vast store of intellectual and human capital right now. Whether you have a research challenge you’d like us to help tackle, specialized testing to perform in one of our facilities, desire a longer-term collaboration through one of our research consortia—or something else—we’re here to help serve your needs.

Engineering research news

We are known for world-changing discoveries, and we collaborate with each other, with colleagues across the globe, and with industry and government partners to develop solutions to the challenging problems not only of today, but of the future. Dig into our latest research news and endeavors!