Six new winners of the Student Research Scholars Program, funded by the Northwestern Mutual Data Science Institute, were announced to collaborate with faculty on applying data science in research this summer. Engineering students being supported during the summer, their projects, …
Avi Shaked (’80 Electrical Engineering) and spouse Babs Waldman, MD, met with about 30 students at a reception on April 29 celebrating both scholarship donors and recipients for the 2024-25 academic year. The couple established the Avi Shaked & Babs …
A spray-on coating developed by Professor Junjie Niu, materials science & engineering, and his research team has improved the energy density of lithium-metal batteries by 20 to 30 percent –while also reducing the fire risk that has long limited their …
A record 33 students from the college won ribbons for “Outstanding Presentation” in the campuswide 2025 Undergraduate Research Symposium hosted by the UWM Office of Undergraduate Research held April 25. Congratulations to all listed below, including the 19 faculty and …
Congratulations to the winners of the 2025 Student Research Poster Competition & Experiential Learning Expo and their advisors! With 68 judges, including 18 faculty members, the activity was fast and furious! This year the event featured a “competition with the …
Abul Borkot Md Rafiqul Hasan, a PhD student in the Department of Mechanical Engineering, took the top prize in the “Three-Minute Thesis,” by explaining his research to a general audience in just three minutes and using only one static Powerpoint …
When it comes to motorcycles, Areej Khalil points out that fluid dynamics figure in almost every aspect. In her current internship at Harley-Davidson, the mechanical engineering PhD student is performing computational fluid dynamics analysis of the engine’s internal cooling system. …
Why does breast cancer sometimes come back, even after what seems like successful treatment and periods of being cancer-free? A researcher at UW-Milwaukee is investigating the fact that some cancer cells go dormant to hide from radiation treatment – only …
Yin Wang, associate professor, civil & environmental engineering, and Xiaoli Ma, associate professor, materials science & engineering, are investigators on a two-year grant from the U.S. Department of Defense to improve the efficiency and precision of removing PFAS compounds from …
Donald Sherman, professor emerit, civil & environmental engineering, passed on March 26, 2025, at the age of 89. Sherman had a distinguished career at UWM just over 30 years and was a renowned structural engineering figure in the steel industry. …
