
Annual Report 2004

Message from the Dean

2003-2004 Highlights

College Departments

Biomedical Engineering
Chemical and Biological Engineering
Civil and Environmental Engineering
Electrical and Computer Engineering
Engineering Physics
Engineering Professional Development
Industrial Engineering
Materials Science and Engineering
Mechanical Engineering

Interdisciplinary Degree Programs

In addition to its nine departments, the College of Engineering has six degree-granting programs with strong emphasis on interdisciplinary studies:

Environmental Chemistry and Technology
Geological Engineering Program
Limnology and Marine Science Program
Manufacturing Systems Engineering Program
Master of Engineering (Polymer Engineering and Science)
Materials Science Program

Participating UW-Madison faculty members are based in the following schools and colleges: College of Agricultural and Life Sciences, College of Engineering, College of Letters and Science, Medical School, School of Business, School of Education, School of Nursing, and School of Pharmacy.

Private Support

2003-2004 Financial Summary

College Directory

Credits

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This list of the college's consortia, centers and services is complete as of September 2004. The complete list can be found in the companion publication, the College Directory 2004, which is available as an Adobe Acrobat PDF file. To obtain a printed copy, contact:

Engineering External Relations
433 Wendt Library
215 North Randall Avenue
Madison, WI 53706
Tel: 608/263-5988 Fax: 608/263-9259
perspective@engr.wisc.edu
www.engr.wisc.edu/services/eer

COLLEGE CONSORTIA

Biomedical Engineering Student Design Consortium: Robert G. Radwin (Director)
Tel: 608/263-4660 — Fax: 608/265-9239
www.engr.wisc.edu/consortia/bme-sdc
Consortium for Fly Ash Use in Geotechnical Applications: Tuncer B. Edil (Co-Director)
Craig H. Benson (Co-Director)
Tel: 608/262-3225 — Fax: 608/263-2453
geoserver.cee.wisc.edu/fauga
Engineering Polymer Industrial Consortium (EPIC): Tim A. Osswald (Director)
Tel: 608/263-9538 — Fax: 608/265-2316
Lih-Sheng (Tom) Turng (Associate Director)
Tel: 608/262-0586 — Fax: 608/265-2316
epic.engr.wisc.edu
Ergonomics Analysis and Design Consortium: Robert G. Radwin (Director)
Tel: 608/263-4660 — Fax: 608/265-9239
eadc.engr.wisc.edu
Industrial Hand Tool and Ergonomics Research Consortium: Robert G. Radwin (Director)
Tel: 608/263-4660 — Fax: 608/265-9239
www.engr.wisc.edu/consortia/ihterc
Industrial Refrigeration Consortium: Douglas Reindl (Director)
Tel: 608/262-8220 — Fax: 608/262-6209
www.irc.wisc.edu
Power Systems Engineering Research Center (PSerc): Christopher L. DeMarco (Site Director)
Dennis Ray (Executive Director)
Tel: 608/262-5546 — Fax: 608/262-1267
www.pserc.org
Quick Response Manufacturing Consortium: Rajan Suri (Director)
Tel: 608/262-4709 — Fax: 608/265-4017
www.qrmcenter.org
University of Wisconsin E-Business Consortium: Raj Veeramani (Director)
Christina Paschen(Assistant Director)
Alfonso Gutierrez (Assistant Director)
Tel: 608/265-0645 — Fax: 608/262-8454
www.uwebc.org
Wisconsin Consortium for Applied Water Quality Research: Gregory Harrington (Director)
Tel: 608/263-7773 — Fax: 608/262-5199
www.engr.wisc.edu/consortia/cawpcr
Wisconsin Electric Machines and Power Electronics Consortium (WEMPEC): Thomas A. Lipo (Co-Director)
Tel: 608/262-0287
Robert D. Lorenz (Co-Director) Tel: 608/262-5343
www.wempec.org
Wisconsin Plasma Processing and Technology Research Consortium: Noah Hershkowitz (Director)
Tel: 608/263-4970 — Fax: 608/265-2364
www.engr.wisc.edu/consortia/wpptrc

COLLEGE CENTERS

Applied Superconductivity Center: David C. Larbalestier (Director)
Tel: 608/263-2194 — Fax: 608/263-1087
www.asc.wisc.edu
Biomedical Engineering Center: Robert G. Radwin (Director)
Tel: 608/263-4660 — Fax: 608/265-9239
www.engr.wisc.edu/centers/bec
Center for Health Systems Research and Analysis: David R. Zimmerman (Director)
Tel: 608/263-4875 — Fax: 608/263-4523
www.chsra.wisc.edu
Center for Human Performance and Risk Analysis: Vicki M. Bier (Director)
Tel: 608/263-7456 — Fax: 608/265-9094
www.engr.wisc.edu/centers/chpra
Center for NanoTechnology: Franco Cerrina (Director)
Tel: 608/263-4955 — Fax: 608/262-0971
Paul Nealey (Associate Director) Tel: 608/265-8171
J. W. Taylor (Associate Director) Tel: 608/877-2403
www.nanotech.wisc.edu
Center for Plasma-Aided Manufacturing: Noah Hershkowitz (Director)
Tel: 608/263-4970 — Fax: 608/265-2364
cpam.engr.wisc.edu
Center for Plasma Theory and Computation: Chris C. Hegna (Director)
John E. Scharer (Co-Director)
Tel: 608/263-8142 — Fax: 608/265-2438
www.cptc.wisc.edu
Center for Quality and Productivity Improvement (CQPI): Pascale Carayon (Director)
Tel: 608/263-2520 — Fax: 608/263-1425
www.engr.wisc.edu/centers/cqpi
Center for Quick Response Manufacturing: Rajan Suri (Director)
Tel: 608/262-4709 — Fax: 608/265-4017
www.qrmcenter.org
Center on Rehabilitation Engineering and Assistive Technology (CREATe): Jay Martin (Director)
Tel: 608/263-9460 — Fax: 608/2316
Nicola Ferrier (Associate Director)
Tel: 608/265-8793 — Fax: 608/265-2316
uwcreate.engr.wisc.edu
Computational Mechanics Center: Roxann L. Engelstad (Director)
Gregory Nellis (Associate Director)
Tel: 608/262-5745 — Fax: 608/265-2316
cmc.me.wisc.edu
Disaster Management Center: Donald Schramm (Director)
Tel: 608/262-5441 — Fax: 608/263-3160
dmc.engr.wisc.edu
Engine Research Center: Rolf Reitz (Director)
Tel: 608/262-0145 — Fax: 608/262-6707
Kevin Hoag (Associate Director)
Tel: 608/263-1610 Fax: 608/262-6707
www.erc.wisc.edu
Fusion Technology Institute: Gerald L. Kulcinski (Director)
Tel: 608/263-2308 — Fax: 608/263-4499
fti.neep.wisc.edu
HSX Plasma Laboratory: David T. Anderson (Director)
Tel: 608/262-0172 — Fax: 608/262-1267
hsxa.ece.wisc.edu
HVAC and R Center: Douglas T. Reindl (Director)
Tel: 608/262-8045 — Fax: 608/262-6209
www.hvacr.wisc.edu
Laboratory for Plasma Science: Raymond J. Fonck (Co-Director)
Tel: 608/263-7799 — Fax: 608/265-2364
Noah Hershkowitz (Co-Director) Tel: 608/263-4970
Dennis G. Whyte (Co-Director) Tel: 608/262-4854
www.plasma.wisc.edu
Laboratory for Thin-Film Deposition: Max G. Lagally (Director)
Tel: 608/263-2078 — Fax: 608/265-4118
www.engr.wisc.edu/centers/ltfd
Materials Research Science and Engineering Center (MRSEC): Juan J. de Pablo (Director)
Tel: 608/262-0112 — Fax: 608/265-4036
www.mrsec.wisc.edu
Materials Science Center: Paul S. Peercy (Acting Director)
Tel: 608/263-1795 — Fax: 608/262-8353
msc.engr.wisc.edu
Mechatronics Laboratory: Erick Oberstar (Laboratory Manager)
Tel: 608/262-6446 — Fax: 608/265-2316
mechatronics.me.wisc.edu
Midwest Regional University Transportation Center: Ernest F. Wittwer (Director)
Tel: 608/263-2655 — Fax: 608/263-2512
www.mrutc.org
Nanoscale Science and Engineering Center (NSEC): Paul F. Nealey (Director)
Tel: 608/265-8171 — Fax: 608/262-5434
www.nsec.wisc.edu
Polymer Engineering Center: Tim A. Osswald (Co-Director)
Tel: 608/263-9538 — Fax: 608/265-2316
Lih-Sheng (Tom) Turng (Co-Director)
Tel: 608/262-0586 — Fax: 608/265-2316
pec.engr.wisc.edu
Power Systems Engineering Research Center (PSerc): Christopher L. DeMarco (Site Director)
Tel: 608/262-5546 — Fax: 608/262-1267
www.pserc.org
Reed Center for Photonics: Dan Botez (Director)
Tel: 608/265-4643 — Fax: 608/265-4623
www.engr.wisc.edu/centers/rcp
Rheology Research Center: A. Jeffrey Giacomin (Chair)
Tel: 608/262-7473 — Fax: 608/265-2316
rrc.engr.wisc.edu
Solar Energy Laboratory: William Beckman (Director)
Tel: 608/263-1590 — Fax: 608/262-8464
sel.me.wisc.edu
Solid and Hazardous Waste Education Center: Phillip (Jack) Annis (Co-Director)
Patrick Walsh (Co-Director)
Tel: 608/262-0385 — Fax: 608/262-6250
www.uwex.edu/shwec
Trace Research and Development Center: Gregg C. Vanderheiden (Director)
Tel: 608/262-6966 — Fax: 608/262-8848
trace.wisc.edu
Transportation Information Center: Donald Walker (Director)
Tel: 608/265-2314 — Fax: 608/263-3160
tic.engr.wisc.edu
UW E-Business Institute: Raj Veeramani (Director)
Tel: 608/265-0861 — Fax: 608/262-8454
www.uwebi.org
UW Technology Enterprise Cooperative (UW-TEC): Paul S. Peercy, Elton Aberle, Michael Knetter (Co-Directors)
Anne Miner (School of Business Liaison)
Tel: 608/265-4104 — Fax: 608/262-6400
www.engr.wisc.edu/centers/uw-tec
Water Science and Engineering Laboratory: David Armstrong (Director)
Tel: 608/262-2470 — Fax: 608/262-0454
www.engr.wisc.edu/centers/wse
Wisconsin Center for Applied Microelectronics (WCAM): Dan Christenson (Laboratory Manager)
Tel: 608/262-6877 — Fax: 608/265-2614
www.engr.wisc.edu/centers/wcam
Wisconsin Center for Space Automation and Robotics (WCSAR): Weijia Zhou (Director)
Tel: 608/262-5526 — Fax: 608/262-9458
wcsar.engr.wisc.edu
Wisconsin Institute of Nuclear Systems: Michael L. Corradini (Director)
Tel: 608/263-2196 — Fax: 608/263-7451
wins.engr.wisc.edu
Wisconsin Power Electronics Research Center: Thomas A. Lipo (Director)
Tel: 608/262-0287 — Fax: 608/262-5559
www.engr.wisc.edu/centers/wperc
Wisconsin Structures and Materials Testing Laboratory: Steven M. Cramer (Director)
Tel: 608/265-8214 — Fax: 608/265-8213
www.engr.wisc.edu/centers/wsmtl
Wisconsin Traffic Operations and Safety (TOPS) Lab: Todd Szymkowski (Program Manager)
Tel: 608/263-2684 — Fax: 608/263-2512
www.topslab.wisc.edu
Wisconsin Transportation Center: Jason J. Bittner (Program Manager)
Tel: 608/263-2655 — Fax: 608/263-2512
www.wistrans.org

COLLEGE SERVICES

Computer-Aided Engineering Center: Robert Kohlhepp (Director)
Tel: 608/263-3075 — Fax: 608/265-4546
www.cae.wisc.edu
Co-op Education/Internship Program: John Archambault (Director)
Tel: 608/262-3471 — Fax: 608/262-7262
ecs.engr.wisc.edu
Diversity Affairs Office: Douglass L. Henderson (Associate Dean)
Gwen L. Ebert (Undergraduate Coordinator)
Kelly R. Burton (Graduate Coordinator)
Melissa L. Harrell Robinson (Pre-College Coordinator)
Tivona Ali-Hill (Financial Coordinator)
Tel: 608/262-7764 — Fax: 608/262-6400
studentservices.engr.wisc.edu/diversity
Engineering Career Services (ECS): Sandra Arnn (Assistant Dean)
Tel: 608/262-3471 — Fax: 608/262-7262
ecs.engr.wisc.edu
Engineering Development Office: J. Lance Cavanaugh (Senior Director of Development)
Deb Holt (Director of Development)
Carrie McGinley (Director of Development)
Tel: 608/262-4545 — Fax: 608/263-0781
www.engr.wisc.edu/services/development
Engineering External Relations: Karen Walsh (Assistant Dean)
Tel: 608/263-5988 — Fax: 608/263-9259
www.engr.wisc.edu/services/eer
Engineering Media Services: Robert Perras (Director)
Tel: 608/263-3163 — Fax: 608/265-4967
www.engr.wisc.edu/services/ems
International Engineering Studies and Programs: Marianne Bird Bear (Coordinator)
Tel: 608/263-2191 — Fax: 608/263-0839
studentservices.engr.wisc.edu/international
Kurt F. Wendt Library: Deborah Helman (Director)
Tel: 608/262-3493 — Fax: 608/265-8751
wendt.library.wisc.edu
Office of Engineering Outreach: Helene Demont (Program Manager)
Tel: 608/262-5516 (toll-free: 888/661-9551)
Fax: 608/265-2833 (toll-free: 877/267-6172)
oeo.engr.wisc.edu
Office of Engineering R&D and Technology Transfer: Lawrence Casper (Assistant Dean)
Tel: 608/265-4104 — Fax: 608/262-6400
www.engr.wisc.edu/services/ortt
Engineering General Resources Office: Donald Woolston (Assistant Dean)
Tel: 608/262-2473 — Fax: 608/262-6400
studentservices.engr.wisc.edu/pre
Student Leadership Center: Mark Mastalski (Director)
Tel: 608/265-2899 — Fax: 608/261-1439
slc.engr.wisc.edu
Wisconsin TechSearch: Leonard Black (Director)
Tel: 608/262-5917 — Fax: 608/262-4739 (toll-free: 800/514-1423)
www.wisc.edu/techsearch
Women in Science and Engineering Leadership Institute (WISELI): Molly Carnes (Director)
Jo Handelsman (Director)
Jennifer Sheridan (Research Director)
Tel: 608/263-1445 — Fax: 608/265-5290
wiseli.engr.wisc.edu

Copyright 2004 The Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System
Content: perspective@engr.wisc.edu
Date last modified: 17-Feb-2005
Date created: 17-Feb-2005