Chanyeop 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 …
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), through Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), awarded UWM’s Deyang Qu $900,000 in April to develop high energy density, all solid-state lithium batteries, which are considered to be the next generation of energy storage. Qu …
Imagine never having to clean your glasses again. An inventor at UWM’s College of Engineering & Applied Science has developed a self-cleaning coating that could be applied to commercial products, including eyeglasses, building glass and car windshields. Junjie Niu, Richard …
In March, the U.S. Department of Energy (DoE) recognized nine of the nation’s leading student researchers for their outstanding accomplishments in researching and promoting practices, principles and procedures that increase an industry’s energy saving efficiency and manufacturing productivity. Of these …
Congratulations to faculty members Konstantin Sobolev (left) and Pradeep Rohatgi (right), who received UWM Research Foundation Bridge grants that will support the commercialization of their inventions: spray-on protection for concrete and a stronger aluminum. Sobolev is a Lawrence E. Sivak …
In March, Ilya Avdeev and Brian Thompson received the second of five years of funding for leading UWM’s participation in the Great Lakes Region Innovation Corps Hub (I-Corps Hub). Avdeev is an associate professor, mechanical engineering, in UWM’s College of …
The nation is preparing for seismic changes in transportation and UWM secured a role at the table in February with a $1.67 million grant from the U.S. Department of Transportation to advance research and education programs that address a specific …
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 …
By 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 …
At the request of Froedtert & the Medical College of Wisconsin, and under the leadership of Ilya Avdeev (top left), a UWM team of engineering, nursing and art students created a full-sized, low-resolution prototype of a mobile health clinic in …
