Kissinger honored for service by UWM Alumni Association

Congratulations to John Kissinger (’79 BS Civil Engineering), who was honored with the Exemplary Alumni Service Award by the UWM Alumni Association. The award was presented at an event Feb. 27. Kissinger joined the engineering firm Graef-USA Inc., in 1984 …

Shi recognized as a ‘rising star’ by the ITE Wisconsin section

Xiaowei (Tom) Shi, assistant professor, civil & environmental engineering, was recognized with the Ken Voigt Rising Star Award by the Institute of Transportation Engineers Wisconsin Section. The award will be presented at the next section meeting on March 5 at the UWM …

ITE student organization makes a campus impact

Congratulations to the Institute of Transportation Engineers, UWM student organization, which was one of the three campus groups honored with the “Emerging Student Organization Award” at the 2025 UWM Student Excellence Awards. Accepting the award on behalf of the organization …

UWM students land scholarships at AFS Wisconsin Regional Conference

UWM engineering students were well-represented at the Annual AFS Wisconsin Chapter Regional Foundry Conference & Expo, held Feb. 4 at the Brookfield Conference Center. Three graduate students were awarded named scholarships and nine other students received Foundry Educational Foundation (FEF) …

Premnath honored by STEM Forward on Feb. 11

Congratulations to Priya Premnath, assistant professor, biomedical engineering, who was named STEM Forward’s “Young Engineer of the Year” at a celebration on Feb. 11 at The Wisconsin Club in downtown Milwaukee. STEM Forward is a Milwaukee-based non-profit organization that inspires …

Spectrum News quotes Cheng in collaborative UWM research story

Spectrum News Milwaukee featured a story about the bacterial decontamination research of Troy Skwor, associate professor of biomedical sciences, and Qingsu Cheng, assistant professor, biomedical engineering. Cheng, who leads a USDA grant that includes Skwor, is quoted in the segment. …