Four researchers in the college recently have been awarded funding from the UWM Research Foundation to further projects that aim to better facilitate renewable energy sources, find circulating cancer cells, and provide robotic physical therapy to patients confined to a …
While Jacob Rammer was still a PhD student, he and his advisor built a human motion analysis lab on a shoestring budget – using off-the-shelf parts instead of expensive commercial systems. Their goal? To provide functional, affordable technology to hospitals …
As part of Navy Week in Milwaukee, U.S. Navy Rear Admiral Matthew Pottenburgh, made a stop on Wednesday to the college’s Center for Sustainable Electrical Energy Systems to highlight the Navy’s partnership with UWM on research to advance all-electric ships. The …
As electric vehicle (EV) batteries age out – typically after about 10 years – the world is bracing for a wave of expired lithium-ion batteries with no affordable way to recycle them. The problem is especially pressing with lithium iron …
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 …
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 …
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, …
