Milwaukee Engineer Newsletter
Milwaukee Engineer rounds up our latest, newsworthy stories and event announcements. You can sign up for this e-newsletter and easily keep up-to-date on our faculty’s research, student achievements, alumni events, community engagement initiatives, volunteer opportunities and more. Sign up using the yellow button to the right.
Research
- Nearly 100 submissions to the 2024 Student Research Poster Competition & Experiential Learning ExpoCongratulations 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 …
- Martinez wins first prize in national foundry research competitionFor 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 …
- Marks gives overview of student experiential learning at UWMLaurie 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 …
- Engineering research featured in the UWM Research Foundation 2023 Annual ReportThe research and intellectual property of several faculty members from the College were among those highlighted in the UWM Research Foundation 2023 Annual Report, which came out Feb. 29. These projects represent faculty who received funding or filed new patents …
- Amano, Al Hamad and Shaker talk wind energy with Spectrum NewsRyo Amano, professor, mechanical engineering, and his lab members, Saif Al Hamad and Omar Shaker, recently showed a reporter how they use the wind tunnel at the USR building to conduct research into wind energy efficiency. Wind energy is one of …
- Campus safety training available for instructional staffA campus safety presentation aimed at training instructors to address students in crisis and handle classroom disruptions that could lead to a violent incident is again offered this semester. Training will also discuss online and virtual disruptions to include threats. …
Teaching
- 17 mechanical engineering grad students earn ME Graduate Research Achievement AwardsThe Mechanical Engineering Department presented 17 students with Graduate Student Research Achievement Awards in November. The awards recognize students’ research accomplishments in 2022-2023, with publishing in journals being the main criterion. Department …
- Congratulations newest UWM Tau Beta Pi initiatesThe UWM Chapter of Tau Beta Pi, Wisconsin Gamma, held their joint initiation ceremony with Marquette University and Milwaukee School of Engineering on Saturday, November 4, 2023 at MSOE. Congratulations to …
- Congratulations to Ilya Avdeev and Roshan D’Souza, UWM Annual Fall AwardsThe outstanding community-supporting and research efforts of two College of Engineering & Applied Science faculty members were honored at the UWM Fall Awards ceremony Oct. 25 at the Zelazo Center. …
- CS Grad Students Win Best Sustainability App Award by ENGIE at HackIOWA 2023Congratulations to the following Computer Science graduate students who won the “Best Sustainability App Award by ENGIE” at HackIOWA 2023: Pranay Mandadapu, advised by Rohit Kate, associate professor, computer science …
- Spiegelhoff Wins First Place Poster Award at PECCongratulations to Yuting Spiegelhoff, PhD candidate in Electrical Engineering, who earned first prize at the 83rd Annual Physical Electronics Conference (PEC) for her poster entitled, “Fabrication and Characterization of Zinc-Phosphate-Hydrate …
- U.S. DoE awards excellent IAC proposal to Amano, Kada, Maache and SaadehStudents and faculty at UWM’s College of Engineering & Applied Science have for the third time in a row been recognized by the U.S. Department of Energy as national leaders …
Community Engagement
- Slavens lab hosts National Biomechanics Day at UWMFor 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, …
- Two faculty members giving UWM’s Science Bag shows this semesterJunjie Niu and Prasenjit Guptasarma will each present a show for UWM’s Science Bag series, a live show for older kids and adults that gets into the popular science behind everyday life. In February, Niu, associate professor, materials science & …
- Students turn lot into neighborhood attraction, with help from UWM and othersResidents of Sherman Park have a new place to meet and enjoy being outdoors, thanks to students from nine Milwaukee Public Schools who helped design and build a new community gathering spot at 55th and Center streets. They’re calling it …
- Teen girls get a taste of the engineering profession at UWM’s EnQuest campsEach summer, girls ages 13-17 from the Milwaukee area come to the campus of the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee for weeklong summer camps, called EnQuest, and explore the diverse opportunities within the engineering profession. This summer, 23 girls attended the EnQuest …
- UWM honors Avdeev with award recognizing his public serviceCongratulations to Ilya Avdeev, who was selected by the university to receive the 2023 UWM Faculty Distinguished Public Service Award. Avdeev is director of innovation at the Lubar Entrepreneurship Center, associate professor of mechanical engineering, and affiliated faculty member at …
- 25 CEAS student athletes earn place on Horizon League Spring 2023 Honor RollCongratulations to the 25 students from our college who were among the 159 UWM student athletes on the 2023 Horizon League Spring Academic Honor Roll. Each has earned at least a 3.2 GPA in engineering or computer science while participating in …
