Congratulations to Flavio Toma, an undergraduate mechanical engineering student and research assistant at the UWM Foundry Lab for winning second place and a prize of $750 at a national competition showcasing original metalcasting research. The International Journal of Metalcasting’s Foundry …
Hats off to the nearly 100 students who put their research and experiential learning discoveries on display at the college’s Student Research Poster Competition & Experiential Learning Expo on April 25. Of the 96 poster entries, 65 were from graduate …
Abdallah Benelmadjat, PhD student in mechanical engineering, took the top prize in the “Three-Minute Thesis (3MT)” by explaining his research to a general audience in just three minutes and using only one static PowerPoint tile. 3MT, founded by the University …
There’s no drug that reliably helps fractured or damaged bones regenerate. And, for patients recovering from bone cancer, the environment inside the body is working against healing. Priya Premnath, assistant professor of biomedical engineering, has received the 2026 Shaw Early …
Researchers and students in the college’s Institute for Physical Infrastructure & Transportation (IPIT) presented more than a dozen papers at the 2026 TRB Annual Meeting in Washington DC in January. The Transportation Research Board, a program of the National Academies …
Four students and two faculty members from the materials science and engineering department attended the 2025 Foundry Educational Foundation College Industry Conference, held in Chicago in November. The annual conference is FEF’s flagship recruiting and networking event, bringing metal-casting companies …
Alex Yasha Yi, a professor of electrical engineering and Director of Research at UWM’s Connected Systems Institute, has been elected a Fellow of the National Academy of Inventors—one of the highest honors an academic inventor can receive. It’s a distinction …
With support from a grant from the U.S. Economic Development Administration, the college is now completing the installation of a unique, full-service Electromagnetic Interference (EMI) testing facility that will be used for research and also available to industry. Electronic equipment, …
For people who use manual wheelchairs, pushing the wheels is not just transportation – it’s independence and physical activity. But the repetitive force required can take a toll over time on the nerves in hands and wrists. Brooke Slavens, professor …
Rechargeable batteries power everything from electric vehicles to laptop computers. They are in-demand, but far from perfect. Improving them means finding the ideal mix of elements from the periodic table, each with unique properties alone and in combination. Like drug …
