Alumna Lei Schlitz named president of Global Products at Johnson Controls

Johnson Controls announced in November that they had named Lei Schlitz (’98 PhD Mechanical Engineering) president of Global Products. A researcher focused on heat transfer, Schlitz began her career at Eaton Corporation’s Innovation Center before taking positions at GE Global …

UWM honors David Yu for lasting contributions to university

David Yu, professor emerit of electrical engineering and computer science, was awarded an Ernest Spaights Plaza award during the annual UWM Fall Awards presentation Oct. 19. The award is named in honor of the late Professor Ernest Spaights and is …

Milwaukee Tool joins college to offer heavy-duty recruitment day at UWM

Twelve Milwaukee Tool employees—all CEAS alumni—and a human resource rep—an alumna from Lubar School of Business—were on the EMS plaza Sept. 21 to help engineering and computer science students learn the wide variety of employment opportunities available at Milwaukee Tool. …

NSF awards D’Souza $1.1M through its Smart and Connected Health Program

The National Science Foundation awarded Roshan D’Souza, associate professor of mechanical engineering and Alan D. Kulwicki ’77 faculty fellow, a $1.1 million grant to research the hemodynamics from subtraction-computed tomography angiography (SCTA). The four-year grant comes through NSF’s Smart and …