17 mechanical engineering grad students earn ME Graduate Research Achievement Awards

The Mechanical Engineering Department presented 17 students with Graduate Student Research Achievement Awards in January. The awards recognize students’ research accomplishments in 2021-2022, with publishing in journals being the main criterion. Congratulations to the following students and their faculty advisors: …

Alumnus Jeff Kautzer named winner of the 2022 GE Edison Award for GE HealthCare

Congratulations to Jeff Kautzer (MS Electrical Engineering ’83, BS Electrical Engineering ’81), a long-time adjunct instructor in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at UWM and chief electrical engineer, GM Imaging Hardware Platforms, at GE HealthCare. Kautzer, who holds 30 patents, …

Otieno named STEM Forward Engineer of the Year

Wilkistar Otieno, associate professor and department chair, industrial & manufacturing engineering, was named the 2022 STEM Forward Engineer of the Year, an award that recognizes outstanding contributors to the engineering profession from the greater Milwaukee area.  She will receive the …

UWM engineering students compete to create the most bendable concrete

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 – …

In memoriam: Gilbert Roderick

Gilbert Roderick, associate professor emerit, civil & environmental engineering, died Oct. 16 in St. Anthony, MN. He was 89 years old. Roderick served UWM’s College of Engineering & Applied Science for 30 years, during which time he was president of …

In memoriam: Kenneth Neusen

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 …

Longer lasting lithium-metal batteries is goal of Niu’s research

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 …

Congratulations UWM class of 2022!

In this video, new graduate Isaac Gonzalez, BSE Mechanical Engineer, talks about how UWM’s Student Success Talent Pipeline Initiative helped him secure a paid internship with Molson Coors while he was in college. Hear from Gonzalez and other new grads …

UWM engineering students begin their careers before graduation

Before he completed his undergraduate degree in electrical engineering, Eric Tutkowski had already accepted a position at Eaton Corporation. He is just one of the many December 2022 graduates who had kicked off their careers before commencement. Classwork is only …