Two local media outlets recently interviewed Professor Deyang Qu and scientist Xiaoxiao Zhang, mechanical engineering, for stories about research in extracting material from retired rechargeable batteries to use in making lower-cost, high-demand fertilizer in the U.S. “Fertilizer is a very …
When Richard Schreiner (MS ’82, computer science) thinks about what helps engineering and computer science students succeed, he remembers how tough those first semesters can be. That’s why, in 2021, he helped establish a fund that supports a Student Success …
With support from a grant from the U.S. Economic Development Administration, the college is now completing the installation of a unique, full-service Electromagnetic Interference (EMI) testing facility that will be used for research and also available to industry. Electronic equipment, …
In November, 19 students in the college traveled to the Grace Hopper Celebration, accompanied by faculty member Sadia Nowrin. While at the conference, students attended technical talks and workshops and connected with other women in computing from across the country …
Eighteen researchers from the College of Engineering & Applied Science have made the latest list of the top 2% of researchers in the world, The list is compiled by Stanford-Elsevier, which ranks researchers by how often their work is cited in …
Monika Gawande, PhD student, electrical engineering, researches edge computing, a framework to reduce energy use by processing data locally. Inspired by growing up in India with unreliable electricity, she chose UWM for its strong energy research and access to advanced …
Representatives from four companies – Komatsu, Milwaukee Tool, Rockwell Automation and GE HealthCare – hosted events in September, giving students the chance to meet and ask questions of those who had finished their degrees and were now in the working …
For people who use manual wheelchairs, pushing the wheels is not just transportation – it’s independence and physical activity. But the repetitive force required can take a toll over time on the nerves in hands and wrists. Brooke Slavens, professor …
When you think of a microscope or a medical scan, you probably imagine peering into a hidden world — structures too small to see with the naked eye. But for Yongjin Sung, those tools are just the beginning. He’s building …
Originally designed for video games, graphics processing units (GPUs) now power much of today’s AI – from voice assistants to self-driving cars. Unlike regular computer chips, GPUs have thousands of small cores that handle many simple tasks at once. GPUs …
