The Milwaukee community celebrated the grand opening of the Microsoft AI Co-Innovation Lab, housed within the UWM Connected Systems Institute, on June 25. The lab is Microsoft’s first AI Co-Innovation Lab with a dedicated focus on helping manufacturing advance their …
The College of Engineering & Applied Science at UWM has launched a new program that will offer students a more interdisciplinary path to an engineering bachelor’s degree. Now enrolling for Fall 2025, the program is the first-of-its-kind in Wisconsin. Students …
UWM’s College of Engineering & Applied Science is currently enrolling for a Master of Science in Engineering degree in artificial intelligence and machine learning (AI/ML) for Fall 2025. The new flexible master’s degree concentration, which is unique in Wisconsin, is …
Joel Roberts really hates sitting at red lights – especially the ones that hold you hostage while not a single car passes in the cross-direction. “Sitting in traffic bothers me,” said Roberts, a PhD student in civil engineering. “So, getting …
Richard Northouse, both an alumnus and a former faculty member in the early years of the college, passed away on May 19 at his home in Mequon at the age of 87. Northouse earned his master’s degree from UWM in …
It’s not unusual for our graduates to have job offers by graduation. According to the campus Center for Student Experience and Talent, 98% of graduates from the college were working in the field or continuing their education within six months of …
Traffic & Parking Control Company, LLC (TAPCO), a Wisconsin-based leader in traffic safety and parking solutions, has made a generous donation of advanced traffic equipment to the college’s Institute for Physical Infrastructure and Transportation (IPIT). The equipment will be used …
Professor Junjie Niu, materials science & engineering, has been awarded a $50,000 IGNITE Grant for Applied Research from WiSys and the Universities of Wisconsin. The grant funds a one-year project aimed at developing more efficient lithium-ion battery technology using an …
The adoption of artificial intelligence is transforming the workplace, but it’s also raising challenges such as job-skill mismatches and uneven adoption rates. Where are vulnerabilities in Wisconsin’s workforce when it comes to AI? Rina Ghose, professor, industrial & manufacturing engineering, …
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, …
