Milwaukee Engineer Newsletter
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Research
NSF supports creation of science and engineering high-performance scientific computing cluster at UWMHigh-performance scientific computing clusters are helping to speed the process by which scientific researchers collect and analyze enormous amounts of scientific data. In large part because of the vast amount of data available, these clusters are increasingly seen as necessary … Read more
Tabatabai awarded $150K from Wisconsin Highway Research Program for study on concrete bridge overlaysHabib Tabatabai, professor, civil & environmental engineering and director of the UWM’s Structural Engineering Lab was awarded $150K from the Wisconsin Highway Research Program for his study Improving Bridge Concrete Overlay Performance. In this study, he will evaluate, identify, and … Read more- Avdeev awarded $189K from Martin Defense GroupIlya Avdeev Ilya Avdeev, associate professor, mechanical engineering, was awarded $189,000 from the Martin Defense Group for a one-year project titled Battery Modeling and Digital Twin Support. Avdeev is director of innovation and Kellner Entrepreneurship Fellow at the Lubar Entrepreneurship … Read more
UWM Research Foundation teams Engineering, Geosciences, Biological Sciences to develop emerging PFAS removal strategyThe UWM Research Foundation has awarded seed funding to three UWM faculty members to develop an emerging strategy—the use of bioreactors—to help safely remove per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) from the environment. Banned by the EPA, these manmade chemicals, which … Read more- IEEE awards Hanson top prize for paperIn September, IEEE selected George Hanson, professor emeritus, electrical engineering, to receive the 2021 IEEE Antennas and Propogation Edward E. Altshuler Prize Paper Award. Hanson’s invited paper for the Antennas and Propagation Society magazine– Aspects of Quantum Electrodynamics Compared to … Read more
UWM gets major clean-energy grant from DOEUWM engineering students & faculty, and Wisconsin manufacturers to gain from U.S. Department of Energy Department’s unprecedented funding UWM engineering faculty and students, Wisconsin manufacturers and the Wisconsin environment stand to benefit from a record-breaking investment by the U.S. Department … Read more
Teaching
UWM’s Natasha Scannell wins international student research competition at Grace Hopper CelebrationCongratulations to recent graduate Natasha Scannell (MS Computer Science, BFA Film/Animation) who won first place in the ACM (Association for Computing Machinery) Student Research Competition at the 2021 Grace Hopper … Read more- Anoop Dhingra retires; named as one of top 2% of scientists worldwideProfessor Anoop Dhingra retired from UWM Aug. 31, after 31 years of serving the college’s Mechanical Engineering Department. “Professor Dhingra made many great contributions to the department, the college and … Read more
- Donor spotlight: civil engineering alumnus Lawrence SivakThank you to Lawrence E. Sivak (’71 BS Civil Engineering) for his generous support of UWM’s College of Engineering & Applied Science and the UWM Foundation. His donation was part … Read more
- ABET accredits 8 engineering and computer science programs at UWM, adding Biomedical to the groupABET (the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology) recently accredited UWM’s Bachelor of Science in Biomedical Engineering Program, offered through the College of Engineering & Applied Science. In addition, ABET … Read more
Welcome William Dussault, faculty associate, electrical engineeringThe Department of Electrical Engineering welcomes William Dussault, faculty associate. Dussault brings to the college years of experience working with GE Healthcare (molecular imaging and computed tomography division), DRS Technologies … Read more
Rohatgi honored by International Association of Advanced MaterialsIn August, the Swedish-based International Association of Advanced Materials (IAMM) elected Pradeep Rohatgi, State of Wisconsin and UWM Distinguished Professor, materials science & engineering, as a Fellow of International Association … Read more
Community Engagement
Milwaukee I-Corps accepting applicationsThe NSF I-Corps of Southeastern Wisconsin, aka Milwaukee I-Corps, is accepting applications for the fall cohort. The four-week program runs Oct. 18-Nov. 15 and offers researchers and entrepreneurs a chance to explore the viability of their technologies and ventures through … Read more
Join the Milwaukee Engineer Team for the 2021 Panther ProwlJoin our Milwaukee Engineer teamThe 2021 Panther Prowl 5k run/walk will take place on Saturday, October 9 at 10 am CDT. Choose to participate either in-person on UWM's campus, or virtually so all of you Prowlers can participate no matter where you live! All proceeds from the … Read more- Local transportation: Gottlieb assists Wisconsin Policy Forum in study of state’s funding for municipal projectsMark Gottlieb, associate director of the Institute for Physical Infrastructure and Transportation, will assist the Wisconsin Policy Forum (WPF)—a nonpartisan, independent statewide policy research organization— on a $31,000, six-month project to examine the allocation methods of the state’s General Transportation … Read more
- Increasing women’s participation in UWM Computer Science programs gets boost from national organizationUWM was one of 18 schools nationwide selected to participate in the Learning Circle program of the National Center for Women and Information Technology (NCWIT). NCWIT staff will guide a UWM team of faculty and staff, led by Computer Science … Read more
Dressel, Menon, Van Asten help Westlawn residents Get Wheelin’Get Wheelin’ in Westlawn is an annual community bike ride and bike repair event that aims to get people out of cars and onto bikes. It is coordinated by Anne Dressel, assistant professor, nursing, with support from Andrew Dressel, director … Read more
From the other side of the world, girl in Kenya learns computer coding at UWMElsie Maingi, a 10-year-old in Kenya, found UWM’s Girls Who Code program during the pandemic. For two semesters, she got up at 2 a.m. for every class and was the only student who completed 100 percent of every project. “When … Read more