Ray Wambold, a PhD student in ECE faculty member Mikhail Kats’ group, received a Department of Defense Science Mathematics & Research for Transformation (SMART) Scholarship for Service, sponsored by the Air Force Research Laboratory. With support from the scholarship, …
The University of Wisconsin-Madison Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering has received two 2018 Engineering Education Awards from the National Council of Examiners for Engineering and Surveying (NCEES). The department won the $10,000 awards for two recent projects from its …
Materials science is at the beginning of major transformation driven by the integration of data science and machine learning technologies. This integration is creating the new field of materials informatics, which applies computational and machine learning tools to characterizing and …
A University of Wisconsin–Madison engineering spinoff won the grand prize and anther won a top award in its category in the 15th annual Governor’s Business Plan Contest on June 6, 2018.
Vanessa Nilsen, a senior majoring in materials science and engineering, received a Hilldale Undergraduate Research Award to help support her ongoing work with Dane Morgan, the Harvey D. Spangler Professor in materials science and engineering. Nilsen, a longtime …
Chao Wang, a graduate student in the Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering, has received a Gilbreth Memorial Fellowship from the Institute of Industrial & Systems Engineers (IISE) for the 2018-19 academic year. The award is for …
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 Kohler Innovation Visualization Studio. They sand, saw and weld in …
Max Goldberg sets his sights higher than the stratosphere.
Goldberg, who will graduate with a bachelor of science degree in materials science and engineering in 2019, isn’t just shooting for the moon metaphorically—he’s actively pursuing his ambitions to help humanity …
When she first arrived at UW-Madison five years ago, Madeline Kothe had never considered pursuing engineering mechanics and astronautics. In fact, she only started to consider the major at the recommendation of a roommate. But now her passion for …
Apple, Google, Amazon, Harley Davidson, Hewlett Packard, and Disney are all top-grossing companies that famously got their start in somebody’s garage.
Today, however, young entrepreneurs are building their world-changing ideas on college campuses like the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Innovation flourishes …