Yue “Troy” Liu, professor, civil & environmental engineering, was one of two panelists at a sold-out event on smart cities, hosted by Wisconsin Technology Council. The event, How ‘smart’ is your city?, was held March 7, at the UWM Innovation Accelerator. The 60… Read More

Using machine learning to address medical imaging problems Jun Zhang enjoys explaining his research to non-scientists. In a nutshell, it’s related to artificial intelligence (AI), something most people have heard about—even kids. “If I’m talking to kids who like video games,… Read More

Congratulations to Ali Bakhshinejad (‘18 PhD Mechanical Engineering) who is one of 50 Wisconsin entrepreneurs to make the final round of the 2019 Wisconsin Governor’s Business Plan Contest, which supports early-stage entrepreneurship. Ultimately, after judging, the top dozen finalists will present at the… Read More

Four UWM entries, including three from the College of Engineering & Applied Science, are among the 30 projects that have advanced to the final round of the “Smart Cities-Smart Futures” competition, sponsored by Foxconn. Congratulations to the following team leaders, team members and… Read More

More than 140 engineers and other scientists from academia, industry and government–including 63 UWM faculty members and students –gathered on campus Feb. 28 and March 1 for technical discussions central to the future of connected engineering at the third annual… Read More

Measuring turbulence to keep Lake Michigan healthy Like many other ecosystems, Lake Michigan has been infested by invasive species. To evaluate their impact, Qian Liao builds computer models that simulate the lake’s complex interplay of physical and biogeochemical processes, including its turbulence:… Read More

  Zeyun Yu, associate professor of computer science and biomedical engineering, was recently invited by Mayo Clinic’s Department of Health Sciences Research to present a scientific talk for the Clinical Informatics Grand Rounds on Feb. 11 in Rochester, MN. Yu’s… Read More

Jaejin Jang, associate professor of Industrial engineering, used to work on scheduling: the allocation of resources and tasks in an industrial production process to maximize its efficiency. But environmental concerns have shifted his research interest toward the food, water and… Read More

Representing the commitment by the College of Engineering & Applied Science to expand the boundaries of its engineering and computer science students, 12 undergraduates began a semester-long international co-op program in Taiwan with Chung Yuan Christian University and Foxconn Technology… Read More

Doctoral students are invited to compete for $3,000 in prize money at UWM’s second annual Three Minute Thesis (3MT) Competition, sponsored by the UWM Graduate School, Office of Research and UWM Research Foundation. Registration deadline is March 1. In the… Read More