Congratulations to the winners of the 2024 Student Research Poster Competition and their faculty advisors. This year’s event was expanded and its name changed to the Student Research Poster Competition & Experiential Learning Expo to include a poster session for …
For the second year in a row, a UWM engineering undergraduate earned first prize at a national competition showcasing original metal-casting research. Carol Martinez, a senior in materials science & engineering, took the top prize at the International Journal of …
Time magazine has named Microsoft Chairman and CEO Satya Nadella (’90 MS computer science) one of its 100 Most Influential People of 2024. For the magazine’s special 2024 Time100 issue, other leaders in an awardee’s field write about them in …
For the second year, Brooke Slavens, professor, mechanical engineering, and her lab members celebrated National Biomechanics Day, April 19, by hosting an event for 30 Milwaukee Public Schools high school students. Participants joined in hands-on activities to explore motion analysis, …
Nuclear imaging, such as positron emission tomography (PET), provides superior sensitivity and specificity. That is why PET is widely used in hospitals to detect and stage different types of cancers in the body. However, the resolution of PET images is …
Congratulations to the following students from the College who were initiated into Tau Beta Pi, the Engineering Honor Society: The UWM Chapter of Tau Bet Pi, Wisconsin Gamma, held its joint initiation ceremony with Marquette University and Milwaukee School of Engineering …
Farah Nourin (’22 PhD, mechanical engineering) and Ahmad Abbas (’20 PhD, mechanical engineering) were among those recognized for outstanding achievement in energy engineering with an Industrial Assessment Center Alumni Award. While working on their degrees at UWM, Nourin and Abbas …
Hydroelectric power accounts for about 6% of the total U.S. energy “pie.” But this renewable source isn’t as efficient as it could be. Some energy is lost because of a phenomenon called cavitation that damages the turbines. Researchers in Professor …
Laurie Marks, director of UWM’s Center for Student Experience and Talent (SET), will address members of the College at the April 12 faculty meeting to provide an overview of how internships, co-ops and other student real-life learning experiences are coordinated …
Baltimore Sun editor Dan Rodericks interviewed Habib Tabatabai (pictured), professor, civil & environmental engineering, on April 8, about the engineering wonder that are bridges spanning water. Tabatabai talked about the many considerations that go into deciding what kind of bridge …
