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Research

UWM engineering students compete to create the most bendable concreteJanuary 12, 2023
For the 15th straight year, teams of UWM civil & environmental engineering undergraduate students competed to create the most bendable concrete from scratch. Twenty students formed five teams that designed, mixed and poured original concrete formulas. Their finished products – … Read more
In memoriam: Kenneth NeusenJanuary 11, 2023
Kenneth Neusen, professor emerit of mechanical engineering in UWM’s College of Engineering & Applied Science, passed away Dec. 9 at age 87. Neusen, a Milwaukee native, had worked as a nuclear engineer for Allis-Chalmers before joining the university’s small Energetics … Read more
Longer lasting lithium-metal batteries is goal of Niu’s researchDecember 28, 2022
Congratulations to Junjie Niu, a Richard and Joanne Grigg associate professor of materials science & engineering. Niu is a corresponding author of a research paper on improving the energy density and extending the lifetime of lithium-metal batteries. Advanced Materials published … Read more
Foundry Educational Foundation awards scholarships to 12 UWM students in engineering and architectureDecember 13, 2022
The Foundry Educational Foundation awarded scholarships to 12 undergraduate and graduate students for the 2022-23 academic year. Congratulations to the following students, who are studying diverse fields: Materials Science & EngineeringSwaroop Behera, graduate studentOmid Ghaderi, graduate studentDavid Palmer, graduate studentKaustubh … Read more
Alumna Lei Schlitz named president of Global Products at Johnson ControlsNovember 28, 2022
Johnson Controls announced in November that they had named Lei Schlitz (’98 PhD Mechanical Engineering) president of Global Products. A researcher focused on heat transfer, Schlitz began her career at Eaton Corporation’s Innovation Center before taking positions at GE Global … Read more
UWM honors David Yu for lasting contributions to universityOctober 24, 2022
David Yu, professor emerit of electrical engineering and computer science, was awarded an Ernest Spaights Plaza award during the annual UWM Fall Awards presentation Oct. 19. The award is named in honor of the late Professor Ernest Spaights and is … Read more

Teaching

24 CEAS student athletes named to 2022 Horizon League Honor RollJanuary 25, 2023
Kat 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 CelebrationOctober 7, 2022
For 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 AwardOctober 3, 2022
UW 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 collegeSeptember 29, 2022
More 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 researchSeptember 20, 2022
Congratulations 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
U.S. DoE awards excellent IAC proposal from Amano, Abdelhadi, HabashSeptember 13, 2022
Ryo Amano Students and faculty at UWM’s College of Engineering & Applied Science have once again been recognized by the U.S. Department of Energy as national leaders in the areas … Read more

Community Engagement

Transportation symposium updates 150 professionals on trends, developments in WIOctober 19, 2022
Close 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 collegeSeptember 29, 2022
More 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
Two UWM teams flung their flying machines in Flugtag 2022July 28, 2022
What a wonderous event to behold on a recent Saturday afternoon in July at Veterans Park along lovely Lake Michigan: the 50th running of Flugtag (“flying day”) brought for the first time to Milwaukee by organizers Red Bull. Thirty-four teams … Read more
The research of GRAPES is helping Southeast Wisconsin emerge as a leader in the energy revolutionJune 28, 2022
In May, members of a National Science Foundation-backed research center that focuses on energy solutions held their annual review meeting at UWM. One result was the addition of four Midwest members to this Industry/University Cooperative Research Center that aims to … Read more
UWM’s Materials Science Department helps train high school teachers in materials engineering and metallurgyJune 27, 2022
In June, five high school science teachers from Milwaukee and McHenry, IL visited UWM’s College of Engineering & Applied Science to learn about materials engineering and metallurgy. The group was part of an ASM International teachers camp that provides training … Read more
College exposes high-school students to STEM careersJune 20, 2022
In 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