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Research

  • Marks gives overview of student experiential learning at UWM
    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 …
  • Engineering research featured in the UWM Research Foundation 2023 Annual Report
    The 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 News
    Ryo 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 staff
    A 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. …
  • NMDSI awards research funding to four college faculty and two students
    Four faculty members and two graduate students from the college have won a share of $575,000 funding from the Northwestern Mutual Data Science Institute for research projects ranging from voice-activated robotic manipulation to an early warning system that helps college …
  • Remembering Tarun Naik
    Tarun Naik, professor emeritus, civil and environmental engineering, passed away on Jan. 29, 2024 at his home in Wauwatosa. His area of expertise was in recycling of industrial waste materials into products, especially concrete. As founder and director of the …

Teaching


Community Engagement

  • Slavens lab hosts National Biomechanics Day at UWM
    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, …
  • Two faculty members giving UWM’s Science Bag shows this semester
    Junjie 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 others
    Residents 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 camps
    Each 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 service
    Congratulations 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 Roll
    Congratulations 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 …