Congratulations to UWM alumnus Christopher Genthe (MS ’09), who in October was awarded the 2020 Engineer of the Year by Rockwell Automation. This prestigious award honors outstanding engineers whose technical contributions, innovation and business impact exemplify the very best in… Read More

Student responses to the college’s two, new virtual career fairs were extremely positive, rating the overall benefit of participating as 4.18 on a 5-point scale. Seventy-five organizations participated in the fairs: an Oct. 2 event for students in all the… Read More

What would the world be like without water? Disastrous, because every living thing on the planet needs water to survive. At the UWM College of Engineering & Applied Science, our civil and environmental engineering faculty know this very well and… Read More

UWM’s Graduate School will host 57 program-specific, virtual Open House events in November for anyone considering an advanced degree. The UWM College of Engineering & Applied Science will host three of these sessions: Engineering: Nov. 6, 12:30-2 p.m. Biomedical and… Read More

Thanks to the enthusiastic support and generosity of UWM Panther alumni and friends from 50 states and seven countries, UWM shattered its all-time Panther Prowl fundraising record; $66,861 was raised to support UWM students in need! The Milwaukee Engineer team… Read More

Twelve doctoral students from the College of Engineering & Applied Science were awarded fellowships from the UWM Graduate School for the 2020-21 academic year. Many of the awards come with stipends of $15,500-$16,500 and include full tuition reimbursement and eligibility… Read More

The deadline for students and alumni to apply to the UWM Startup Challenge is September 30. Many College of Engineering & Applied Science students have benefitted from this co-curricular, entrepreneurial program that teaches them how to turn ideas into reality,… Read More

Congratulations to Brett Peters, dean, who received the Distinguished Educator Award from the IEOM Society International in recognition of his outstanding leadership and exceptional contributions in academia and service to the industrial engineering and operations management profession. The award was… Read More

Mohammad “Habib” Rahman, associate professor, mechanical and biomechanical engineering, at UWM’s College of Engineering & Applied Science, was awarded a three-year grant of $1.49 million in September from the National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation for research on… Read More

Congratulations to Yue (Troy) Liu, professor, civil & environmental engineering, who—on invitation from WisDOT’s Secretary Craig Thompson—accepted a two-year appointment to the newly formed Wisconsin Automated Vehicle External Advisory Committee (WAVE). WAVE was created in anticipation of the impact that… Read More