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. …
Brooke Slavens, professor, mechanical and biomedical engineering, was a guest on Wisconsin Public Radio’s show “Wisconsin Today,” on April 4 to talk about her studies with users of manual wheelchairs. More than 90% of wheelchair users opt for manual chairs, …
Wick-based air fresheners and insect repellents are multi-billion-dollar markets, and yet the products could work better: Their effects often fade before the liquid within them is depleted. The problem, says mechanical engineering professor Krishna Pillai, is that heavier molecules clog …
When he began his graduate studies, Hamza Alnawafah joined UWM’s Industrial Assessment Center as an energy engineer. Through Wisconsin’s only U.S. Department of Energy funded center, teams of engineering students consult with industries to find ways to save companies money …
Colleagues: At the last faculty meeting, I updated everyone on the FY26 budget and the very near-term $3 million gap we face in the coming fiscal year. Of course, we either cut expenditures or increase revenues to close this gap. …
