Dabagh discussed AI on Chancellor Mone’s WUWM radio program

Mahsa Dabagh, assistant professor, biomedical engineering, was a guest on UWM Chancellor Mark Mone’s WUWM radio program, “Chancellor’s Report,” in March. She joined a discussion on using artificial intelligence in both teaching and administration with other guests, associate professor of …

Doctoral student goes whole Hog on fluid dynamics with Harley-Davidson

When it comes to motorcycles, Areej Khalil points out that fluid dynamics figure in almost every aspect. In her current internship at Harley-Davidson, the mechanical engineering PhD student is performing computational fluid dynamics analysis of the engine’s internal cooling system. …

Beimborn Graduate Fellowship awarded

Congratulations to Joely Overstreet, a master’s student in civil engineering, who has been awarded the Beimborn Graduate Fellowship in Transportation for this academic year. Overstreet, who was awarded $7,500, is researching how to improve pedestrian visibility from tall vehicles with Professor …

Wang and Ma tackle a new PFAS study funded by Department of Defense grant

Yin Wang, associate professor, civil & environmental engineering, and Xiaoli Ma, associate professor, materials science & engineering, are investigators on a two-year grant from the U.S. Department of Defense to improve the efficiency and precision of removing PFAS compounds from …

Doctoral student awarded a Graduate Student Excellence Fellowship

Hiba Alsghaier, doctoral student in computer science, has been awarded a Graduate Student Excellence Fellowship by the UWM Graduate School. This prestigious fellowship honors her outstanding academic performance and exceptional potential for future achievements in her final years of graduate …

Slavens featured on Wisconsin Public Radio show

Brooke Slavens, professor, mechanical and biomedical engineering, was a guest on Wisconsin Public Radio’s show “Wisconsin Today,” on April 4 to talk about her studies with users of manual wheelchairs. More than 90% of wheelchair users opt for manual chairs, …

Kissinger makes the Business Journal’s list of ‘power players’

John Kissinger (’79 BS Engineering), CEO of Graef-USA Inc., is among those with ties to UWM who have been named to this year’s Milwaukee Business Journal Power Players list. The list recognizes 100 people in southeastern Wisconsin who get things done, …