Faculty in the college have received new funding from the Water Equipment and Policy Center (WEP) for 2025. The center awarded a total of $333,000 to five UWM research projects, in addition to three projects from Marquette University. WEP is …
The famed Arecibo Telescope in Puerto Rico collapsed on Dec. 1, 2020, when the 900-ton equipment platform suspended above the 1,000-foot diameter telescope dish crashed through the dish. The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine formed a committee to …
Two engineering alums have received Bridge Grant funding from the UWM Research Foundation to support the early stages of their startups and attract further investment. The Bridge Grant Program invests in new companies of UWM faculty, staff and students who …
In the latest ranking by Stanford University and Elsevier 19 faculty members from the UWM College of Engineering & Applied Science fell into the top 2% of scientists in their field globally. Pradeep Rohatgi, Distinguished Professor, materials science & engineering, …
One-fifth of traffic deaths in the U.S. involve pedestrians and bicyclists, a rising trend that UWM’s Robert Schneider (urban planning) and Xiao Qin (civil engineering) are examining in detail. Schneider presented the research he and Qin are working on at …
Mohammad Habib Rahman’s pioneering research in assistive and rehabilitation robotics has been recognized with an Office of Research/UWM Foundation Award. Rahman, Richard and Joanne Grigg Professor of mechanical engineering, is an expert in rehabilitation robotics, assistive robotics, mobile robots, control …
Woo-Jin Chang, associate professor, mechanical engineering, has secured a patent for a graphene-based sensor developed in his lab specifically for detecting phosphates in water. Co-inventors and UWM graduates Misong Ryu and Mohammad Rizwen Ur Rahman are also on the patent, …
The U.S. Navy wants to move to all-electric ships because they are more efficient and require less maintenance than traditional fuel-propelled ships. They also reduce pollution and greenhouse gas emissions. Producing smaller, more agile ships that have increased electrical capacity …
Most of the scientists attending the workshop “Sustainable Computing for Sustainability,” hosted by the National Science Foundation last spring, were computer scientists developing algorithms for more nuanced sustainability and climate-change models. Rina Ghose, professor, industrial engineering, was one of the …
John R. (’88 BS & ‘89 MS Computer Science) and Kathryn A. (‘96 MBA) Morency have pledged a $10,000 gift to fund an undergraduate scholarship for UWM students pursuing a degree in computer science or computer engineering. Eligible students must …
