When Salman Ibrahim, a senior at Ronald Reagan High School, heard he could take a real college engineering class while still in high school — and for free — he didn’t hesitate. “This way, I can try it out and …
Four researchers in the college recently have been awarded funding from the UWM Research Foundation to further projects that aim to better facilitate renewable energy sources, find circulating cancer cells, and provide robotic physical therapy to patients confined to a …
New federal rules require nearly all harmful PFAS compounds to be removed from drinking water – a tough challenge with these so-called “forever chemicals.” Professor Yin Wang and Associate Professor Xiaoli Ma, civil & environmental engineering, recently discussed two innovative …
Ali Abedi, UWM’s new Vice Provost for Research, stepped into the role in June and will help steer the future of UWM’s research enterprise while helping faculty find and fund impactful work. His faculty home is in the Electrical Engineering …
While Jacob Rammer was still a PhD student, he and his advisor built a human motion analysis lab on a shoestring budget – using off-the-shelf parts instead of expensive commercial systems. Their goal? To provide functional, affordable technology to hospitals …
Nearly $7 million has been designated to begin the design phase of the Engineering & Neuroscience Project, which includes the renovation of the Engineering & Mathematical Sciences (EMS) Building to include more open, collaborative and student-focused engineering and computer science …
As part of Navy Week in Milwaukee in July, Rear Admiral Matthew Pottenburgh, stopped at the USR building for a short tour of the Rob Cuzner’s lab. Cuzner, professor, electrical engineering, has about $3 million in active grants from the …
Molten metal, custom keychains, and hands-on science. That’s what greeted ten high school students from the TRIO and UWM Precollege Program when they stepped into UWM’s Foundry Lab on July 10 for this summer’s second “Foundry in a Box” event. …
As part of Navy Week in Milwaukee, U.S. Navy Rear Admiral Matthew Pottenburgh, made a stop on Wednesday to the college’s Center for Sustainable Electrical Energy Systems to highlight the Navy’s partnership with UWM on research to advance all-electric ships. The …
As electric vehicle (EV) batteries age out – typically after about 10 years – the world is bracing for a wave of expired lithium-ion batteries with no affordable way to recycle them. The problem is especially pressing with lithium iron …
