Renewable energy expert Deyang Qu named UWM Distinguished Professor

Deyang Qu, an internationally recognized energy-storage and renewable energy expert, was named a UWM Distinguished Professor in May. Qu is a Johnson Controls Endowed Professorship in Energy Storage Research and is chair of the Department of Mechanical Engineering in UWM’s …

3 NASA awards support Salowitz’s research and a student organization

Nathan Salowitz, associate professor, mechanical engineering, recently received the following three awards from NASA through the Wisconsin Space Grant Consortium. The awards support Salowitz’s research and a UWM student organization. A $25,000 award to support research into embedded inspection and …

Foundry Education Foundation awards record number of scholarships to UWM students

A record 17 UWM students received scholarships from the Foundry Education Foundation (FEF) this semester. “The foundry industry needs innovative minds to create materials that advance sustainability, health and medicine, aircraft, and space exploration,” says Pradeep Rohatgi, UWM distinguished professor, materials …

Winners announced for 2022 Student Research Poster Competition

Congratulations to the winners–and their faculty advisors– of the 2022 Student Research Poster Competition. This year’s competition drew 37 graduate poster submissions and 24 undergraduate submissions. Fifty-seven judges – industry employees and faculty members—volunteered as judges. Graduate Awards First PlaceDantong …