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
- 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 Chair Deyang Qu praised the students' accomplishments, stating, "Your hard work … Read more
- UWM support earns Association of Energy Engineers awardThe Wisconsin Chapter of the Association of Energy Engineers (WAEE) received the National Division: Best Student Chapter Support Award during the Association of Energy Engineers (AEE) World Energy Conference and Expo held in Orlando, FL Oct. 24-27, 2023. The AEE … Read more
- College celebrates renovated research spaces and researchersOn Nov. 2 the College of Engineering & Applied Science showed off its newly renovated 9th and 10th floor research spaces to alumni, business and community partners. Dean Brett Peters noted that, in addition to sharing the incredible transformation of … Read more
- 2023 Southeast Wisconsin Transportation Symposium Breaks Attendance RecordsThe 2023 Southeast Wisconsin Transportation Symposium, co-hosted by UWM's Institute for Physical Infrastructure and Transportation and the Wisconsin Department of Transportation, saw attendance climb for the second straight year, with close to 200 registrants. The symposium, which began in 2021, … Read more
- Naderi Wins 2023 ASME Computers and Information Division Poster Session AwardCongratulations to Forouzan Naderi, graduate student in Mechanical Engineering, on winning the 2023 ASME Computers and Information Division Poster Session Award for the poster titled “Physics-Informed Deep Learning for Chemical Source Localization and Characterization.” The event took place at the ASME International Design … Read more
- Welcome Aditya Akundi, industrial manufacturing and systems engineerThe college welcomes Aditya Akundi as an assistant professor, industrial & manufacturing engineering. Akundi's primary research is in complex systems engineering, including model-based systems engineering, cyber-physical systems, and digital quality control. He also pursues research in engineering education. Akundi's research … Read more
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 … Read more
- 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 … Read more
- 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. … Read more
- 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 … Read more
- 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 … Read more
- 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 … Read more
Community Engagement
- 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 … Read more
- 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 … Read more
- 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 … Read more
- 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 … Read more
- College welcomes Science Olympians from across WisconsinThe Wisconsin Science State Olympiad State Championship drew more than 1,200 high school and middle school students to UWM April 1. Close to 40% of students and their families arrived a day early to tour campus, visit research labs, sit … Read more
- Guptasarma to speak on “Data Science and Physics: A Curious Case of the Ouroboros”See our very own associate dean for academic affairs, Dr. P. Neel Guptasarma, present “Data Science and Physics: A Curious Case of the Ouroboros” as part of the NMDSI (Northwestern Mutual Data Science Institute) virtual speaker series on Friday, April 7 … Read more
