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
Award recognizes the significance of D’Souza’s research to advance hemodynamics analysisCongratulations to Roshan D’Souza, who received a 2023 Office of Research/ UWM Foundation Research Award in June. These awards recognize assistant and associate professors who have demonstrated the potential to achieve distinction in their academic disciplines through scholarship, creative activity, … Read more
Spectrum News features UWM’s Connected Systems InstituteShamar Webster, a computer science master’s student, was featured in a May 22 Spectrum News segment “UWM Connected Systems Institute seeks to move manufacturing forward.” Watch or read
With funding from Satya and Anu Nadella, 10 Milwaukee high school students receive full-ride scholarships to UWM; 8 plan to study computer scienceThey are proud to be heading to college and setting examples for younger siblings. They play guitar, design clothing, volunteer at food pantries and perform improv comedy. They recognize the sacrifices made by their parents. Meet the recent graduates from … Read more
UWM researchers develop spray-on coating that repels, deactivates airborne pathogensWhen UWM temporarily shuttered buildings in spring 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, one team of researchers began their groundbreaking work on the empty campus. That team has now completed their project, funded in April 2020 by a $198,326 … Read more
Park works on replacing the most potent greenhouse gas of allChanyeop Park, assistant professor, electrical engineering, is working with researchers at Georgia Institute of Technology to develop and test an environmentally neutral alternative to the substance currently used in high-voltage electrical distribution equipment. As infrastructure ages, the substance—sulfur hexafluoride—is becoming … Read more- Engineering grad Bill Paczkowski wins second prize and $5K in entrepreneurial contest at Lubar College of BusinessCongratulations to Bill Paczkowski (’22 Electrical Engineering), who won second prize and $5,000 in the La Macchia New Venture Business Plan Competition at UWM’s Lubar College of Business. Paczkowski presented his plan for Smart Count, a high-tech solutions platform that … Read more
Teaching
Agoudemos first in college to receive a UWM Teaching Fellow AwardCongratulations to Telemachos Agoudemos, a mechanical engineering graduate student, who was one of 10 graduate students campuswide selected in June to receive a 2023 UWM Teaching Fellow Award. He is … Read more- 24 CEAS student athletes named to 2022 Horizon League Honor RollKat Van Booven, Industrial Engineering Nick Gilhaus, Mechanical Engineering Lauren Lietzke, MS Engineering Raul Medina (left), Industrial Engineering Mason Schoof, Civil & Environmental Engineering Congratulations to the 24 students from … Read more
At UWM, female STEM students find support, opportunities at Grace Hopper CelebrationFor the ninth consecutive year, UWM’s Computer Science Department supported female undergraduate and graduate students who wanted to take part in the annual Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing. … Read more- UW System to present Otieno with Outstanding Women of Color in Education AwardUW System has awarded Wilkistar Otieno, associate professor and department chair, industrial & manufacturing engineering, with a 2022 Outstanding Women of Color in Education Award. She was selected as the … Read more
New event welcomes engineering, computer science students to collegeMore than 500 students, faculty and staff took part in the college’s Fall Welcome Fest on Sept. 22. The lively new event aimed to help students meet faculty in their … Read more
Two seniors-Slawinski, Xia-recognized by UWM for their researchCongratulations to seniors Marina Slawinski (biomedical engineering) and Weiling Xia (materials science & engineering) who in September were awarded Senior Excellence in Research Awards (SERA) for 2022-23 from UWM’s Office … Read more
Community Engagement
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
Construction Leadership Council student org tour of Couture a priceless experienceBy Chandler Baures, President of Construction Leadership Council (CLC) In February, UWM’s Student Chapter of CLC was given the opportunity to tour the new Couture high-rise along Milwaukee’s beautiful lakefront. Once complete, this 44-story building will become Wisconsin’s tallest residential … Read more
A day in the life of Engineers Without Borders students in GuatemalaBy Nathaniel Wurzer, Co-Chair, Engineers Without Borders at UWM It's still dark outside, but the day is peaking at the edge of the world. As you get up, the smell of smoke from the fire in the kitchen greets you. … Read more
Transportation symposium updates 150 professionals on trends, developments in WIClose to 150 people from across the transportation landscape recently attended the 2022 Southeast Wisconsin Transportation Symposium, held at UWM and co-hosted by UWM’s Institute of Physical Infrastructure and Transportation (IPIT) and the Wisconsin Department of Transportation (WisDOT). Twenty-four speakers—representing … Read more- New event welcomes engineering, computer science students to collegeMore than 500 students, faculty and staff took part in the college’s Fall Welcome Fest on Sept. 22. The lively new event aimed to help students meet faculty in their home departments, discover student organizations related to their interests, learn … Read more