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U.S. News and World Report recently ranked the UW-Madison College of Engineering tied for 13th best overall undergraduate engineering program in the United States at colleges where the highest degree is a doctorate. Individually ranked programs include:
Several college faculty members from the Department of Mechanical Engineering took part in the third annual Center for Advanced Polymer Composites & Engineering/Applied Rheology Conference held Oct. 11-13 at the College of Engineering. The conference was hosted by the college's Polymer Engineering Center, a CAPCE research site. CAPCE is a National Science Foundation-sponsored initiative aimed at bridging faculty research with business and industry needs. The conference brings together faculty members, students and industry sponsors to discuss and review the latest technological developments in polymers, materials research and rheology. Among those making presentations from the department were Professor A. Jeffrey Giacomin, Professor Tim Osswald, Assistant Professor Tom Turng, Assistant Professor Xiaochun Li, and Assistant Professor Krishnan Suresh.
Deborah Hellman
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Deborah L. Helman has been named the new director of the college's Kurt F. Wendt Library. Kurt F. Wendt Library. Since 1996, she was associated with the Barker Engineering Library, Engineering and Science Libraries, at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. She was the library's associate head for engineering since 2000. Among her duties there were leading user services and technology planning. She received a BS in electrical engineering in 1990 and an MS in library and information science in 1993, both from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. She began her new job in January.
On Nov. 4, Gov. Doyle signed the Mechanical Engineering Building Renovation and Expansion Project construction contract with Miron Construction Company, Inc. The Notice to Proceed was given to Miron on Nov. 18. Since that time, Miron has been mobilizing on the site and conducting preliminary site work, including preparing road access from University Avenue and fencing. The company currently is underpinning the existing building.
Lands' End is the first corporate sponsor of the Wisconsin E-Business Institute Scholars Program. The new program will provide financial support for students to research strategic e-business challenges and questions that are important to corporate sponsors and the institute. The support covers student tuition for the academic year, in addition to a monthly stipend. This unique program also includes mentoring by a Lands' End supply chain executive.
Jim Maggio, an industrial engineering graduate student, is the first recipient. He specializes in supply chain management and e-business. He is a project assistant at the University of Wisconsin E-Business Consortium, the industry membership base of the Wisconsin E-Business Institute.
Nanoworld Discover Center Exhibit
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On Dec. 16, the Materials Research Science and Engineering Center unveiled the Nanoworld Discovery Center, an exhibit that celebrates the excitement and potential of nanotechnology. The closet-sized exhibit, housed in the Engineering Centers Building, enables MRSEC outreach staff and students to share nanotechnology with both campus and public audiences. It was created via a partnership with Discovery World Museum of Science, Economics and Technology, Milwaukee, with funding from the UW-Madison Baldwin Endowment and the National Science Foundation.
On Nov. 30, Madison-area post offices unveiled a new automated postal center (APC) kiosk with a ribbon-cutting ceremony at the Westside location. While these kiosks will make it more convenient for customers to mail packages, they also include features that enable people with visual, cognitive, hearing and physical impairments to use them more easily. These features, called EZ Access, were developed at the UW-Madison Trace Research and Development Center, and are included in more than 2,500 APCs throughout the country.
Two collections of interest to engineers are now part of the University of Wisconsin Digital Collections. The Department of Chemical Engineering technical papers 1900-1935 were added to the History of Science and Technology Collection. The five volumes show the development of the field of electrochemistry, which was the department's early emphasis and provide a glimpse into its history. View the collection at: digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/HISTSCITECH.ChemEngTech.
The student-run Wisconsin Engineer magazine has also been digitized. It was first published in June 1896 and is still in production today. It contains stories about research, student activities and college life, as well as many photographs. Its more than 2,200 pages can be accessed at: digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/UW.WIE.
The Engine Research Center, based in the Department of Mechanical Engineering, recently held a kick-off meeting for its new Diesel Emissions Reduction Consortium. More than 25 representatives from industry, along with ERC faculty, staff and students, attended the meeting. The consortium seeks to assist diesel engine manufacturing and supplier industries to meet 2010 federal diesel engine emissions regulations. The regulations require reduced emissions of nitrogen oxides and particulate matter from diesel engines.
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Date last modified: 26-Apr-2005
Date created: 26-Apr-2005
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