Two U.S. senators recently received an up-close look at the federally funded, collaborative research being done between UWM’s College of Engineering & Applied Science and Badger Technology Group. Sen. Tammy Baldwin of Wisconsin and Sen. Mark Kelly of Arizona …
In July, Chanyeop Park, assistant professor, electrical engineering, received a five-year, $762,000 grant from the Office of Naval Research. Park will research a solution to partial discharge in advanced power semiconductors, events that can harm insulating materials and lead to …
William Dussault, a teaching faculty member in electrical engineering and computer science, spoke with CBS58 for their Aug. 1 story “US bans incandescent light bulbs.” “Incandescent bulbs are only about five percent efficient, so 95 percent of the power that …
In June, Chanyeop Park, assistant professor, electrical engineering, was awarded an additional $125K for his research in a sub-contract from Mississippi State University. Park is researching a solution to mitigate partial discharge in power electronics in shipboard power systems for the Office of …
Eaton Corporation awarded Rob Cuzner, associate professor, electrical engineering and computer science, $50,000 in July for a one-year project on extreme power conversion. The purpose of the project is to apply model-based methods to the design of variable frequency motor drives …
Michael Nosonovsky was promoted to full professor in June. He is a faculty member in the Mechanical Engineering Department at UWM’s College of Engineering & Applied Science. Nosonovsky is a pioneer in the new area of triboinformatics, which combines the …
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), through Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), awarded UWM’s Deyang Qu $900,000 in April to develop high energy density, all solid-state lithium batteries, which are considered to be the next generation of energy storage. Qu …
Imagine never having to clean your glasses again. An inventor at UWM’s College of Engineering & Applied Science has developed a self-cleaning coating that could be applied to commercial products, including eyeglasses, building glass and car windshields. Junjie Niu, Richard …
Experimental green technologies took center stage at the 13th annual Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) Innovation Summit, held in March in Washington D.C. UWM was represented by Chanyeop Park, assistant professor of electrical engineering in the College of Engineering & …
In March, the U.S. Department of Energy (DoE) recognized nine of the nation’s leading student researchers for their outstanding accomplishments in researching and promoting practices, principles and procedures that increase an industry’s energy saving efficiency and manufacturing productivity. Of these …
