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Research

Qin joins WisDOT advisory committee to help Wisconsin plan for vehicles of the futureSeptember 27, 2022
In September, Xiao Qin, professor of civil & environmental engineering and a Lawrence E. Sivak ’71 professor, accepted an invitation from Craig Thompson, secretary of the Wisconsin Department of Transportation, to serve on WisDOT’s Wisconsin Automated Vehicle External (WAVE) Advisory … Read more
Engineering senior honored to meet U.S. vice president and represent Latino communitySeptember 26, 2022
For Javier Retana Jr., the chance to meet and talk to the vice president of the United States was an honor and a chance to represent the Latino community. Retana, a senior in civil engineering from Kenosha, is a first-generation … Read more
Milwaukee Tool joins college to offer heavy-duty recruitment day at UWMSeptember 26, 2022
Twelve Milwaukee Tool employees—all CEAS alumni—and a human resource rep—an alumna from Lubar School of Business—were on the EMS plaza Sept. 21 to help engineering and computer science students learn the wide variety of employment opportunities available at Milwaukee Tool. … Read more
Through Office of Naval Research, Park awarded $148K to study partial discharge in power electronicsSeptember 23, 2022
Chanyeop Park, assistant professor, electrical engineering, will receive $148,000 over two years in sub-contracted funding from Mississippi State University. The funding is part of a contract that MSU received from the Office of Naval Research. In this project—Development of Electrets … Read more
Sobolev, Zhao will collaborate with University of Texas at Arlington on $1.5M NSF grant that supports consortium to decarbonize concrete industrySeptember 21, 2022
Konstantin Sobolev and Jian Zhao Konstantin Sobolev, Lawrence E. Sivak ’71 Faculty Fellow and professor, civil & environmental engineering, and Jian Zhao, associate professor, civil & environmental engineering, will collaborate with the University of Texas at Arlington and a consortium … 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 of Undergraduate Research. These awards are given annually to a … Read more

Teaching

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
Bui, Pedley represent IME in IISE’s first undergraduate workshopJune 29, 2022
Hamid Seifoddini, Bao Bui, Kevin Pedley and Wilkistar Otieno at IISE's conference. The IME Department nominated two students—Bao Bui and Kevin Pedley—to participate in the first undergraduate workshop offered during … 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 … 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 … Read more

Community Engagement

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
First full-ride Nadella scholarships awarded at UWMJune 14, 2022
Nine 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