Milwaukee Engineer Newsletter
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Research
OTC hearing aid created at UWM wins 2nd place in Wisconsin Governor’s Business Plan contestA new type of hearing aid developed at UWM’s College of Engineering & Applied Science won second place in a statewide contest designed to encourage entrepreneurs in the startup stage of tech-enabled businesses. In June, Yi Hu, won second place … Read more
3 NASA awards support Salowitz’s research and a student organizationNathan Salowitz, associate professor, mechanical engineering, recently received the following three awards from NASA through the Wisconsin Space Grant Consortium. The awards support Salowitz’s research and a UWM student organization. A $25,000 award to support research into embedded inspection and … Read more
UWM and Badger Technology receive Air Force renewable energy contractBadger Technology Group and the UW-Milwaukee College of Engineering & Applied Science have received a contract from the United States Air Force Research Lab to produce, integrate and test a hybrid energy storage system at the Ellsworth Air Force Base … Read more
UW System awards Niu $50K to create green technology to support growing use of lithium-ion batteriesIn May, Junjie Niu was awarded a $50,000, 12-month Ignite Grant from UW System to create a green technology to recycle and manufacture spent lithium-ion batteries. Niu is a Richard and Joanne Grigg associate professor, materials science & engineering, in … Read more
Winners announced for 2022 Student Research Poster CompetitionCongratulations to the winners–and their faculty advisors– of the 2022 Student Research Poster Competition. This year’s competition drew 37 graduate poster submissions and 24 undergraduate submissions. Fifty-seven judges – industry employees and faculty members—volunteered as judges. Dantong Qiu, Graduate 1st … Read more
Five students earn the top award at UWM’s Undergraduate Research Symposium; supported by 4 faculty advisors in the college; Stern wins mentorship awardFive UWM students who worked with four faculty mentors from the College of Engineering & Applied Science earned Outstanding Presentation Awards at UWM’s 14th annual Undergraduate Research Symposium held April 29. Nathaniel Stern, professor of mechanical engineering and art & … Read more
Teaching
Exposing high-school students to STEM careersIn June, the college teamed up with the UWM School of Architecture and Urban Planning, NAF, MPS, the MPS Foundation, Milwaukee Area Technical College, Journey House and All Hands Boatworks … Read more
In new study abroad program, UWM students dive into hands-on research in Bacalar, MexicoThrough a new UWM study abroad program, environmental engineering undergraduate Rachel Clark conducted hydrology mapping for six weeks this spring in Mexico’s Yucatan peninsula. Clark was one of six students … Read more
First full-ride Nadella scholarships awarded at UWMNine recent graduates from Milwaukee high schools are the first to be awarded full-ride scholarships to UW-Milwaukee to study computer science, data science and information technology funded through a gift … Read more
UWM builds diversity in STEM: 13 engineering and computer science students graduate with support from NSF programLue Lor was in high school, working a minimum wage job at the Dollar Tree, when he applied to UWM in 2018. “Honestly, if I didn’t get into college, I … Read more
In memoriam: Leonard LevineLeonard (“Len”) Levine, professor emeritus, electrical engineering and computer science, passed away peacefully on May 25 at the age of 89. Levine’s contributions to UWM and its College of Engineering … Read more
Renewable energy expert Deyang Qu named UWM Distinguished ProfessorDeyang Qu, an internationally recognized energy-storage and renewable energy expert, was named a UWM Distinguished Professor in May. Qu is a Johnson Controls Endowed Professorship in Energy Storage Research and … Read more
Community Engagement
- Exposing high-school students to STEM careersIn June, the college teamed up with the UWM School of Architecture and Urban Planning, NAF, MPS, the MPS Foundation, Milwaukee Area Technical College, Journey House and All Hands Boatworks to introduce the NAF Future-Ready Scholars at UW-Milwaukee. The five-week program … Read more
- First full-ride Nadella scholarships awarded at UWMNine recent graduates from Milwaukee high schools are the first to be awarded full-ride scholarships to UW-Milwaukee to study computer science, data science and information technology funded through a gift from UWM alumnus and Microsoft Chairman and CEO Satya Nadella … Read more
- OTC hearing aid created at UWM wins 2nd place in Wisconsin Governor’s Business Plan contestA new type of hearing aid developed at UWM’s College of Engineering & Applied Science won second place in a statewide contest designed to encourage entrepreneurs in the startup stage of tech-enabled businesses. In June, Yi Hu, won second place … Read more
- UWM builds diversity in STEM: 13 engineering and computer science students graduate with support from NSF programLue Lor was in high school, working a minimum wage job at the Dollar Tree, when he applied to UWM in 2018. “Honestly, if I didn’t get into college, I would most likely have pursued a factory job,” he says. … Read more
- Donor spotlight: Robert T. Balmer, family, friends, students and colleaguesThank you to Robert T. Balmer, professor emeritus, mechanical engineering, and his family, friends, students and colleagues who together established the Dr. Robert T. Balmer Mechanical Engineering Scholarship for students enrolled in a program leading to a degree in mechanical … Read more
- Winners announced for 2022 Student Research Poster CompetitionCongratulations to the winners–and their faculty advisors– of the 2022 Student Research Poster Competition. This year’s competition drew 37 graduate poster submissions and 24 undergraduate submissions. Fifty-seven judges – industry employees and faculty members—volunteered as judges. Dantong Qiu, Graduate 1st … Read more