Mark Gottlieb, associate director of the Institute for Physical Infrastructure and Transportation, will assist the Wisconsin Policy Forum (WPF)—a nonpartisan, independent statewide policy research organization— on a $31,000, six-month project to examine the allocation methods of the state’s General Transportation …
In July, the National Science Foundation awarded Konstantin Sobolev, professor, civil & environmental engineering, a $20,000 planning grant to map the creation of the UWM-led Concrete Advancement Network (CAN). When completely funded, this nationwide Industry-University Cooperative Research Center would provide …
Before we humans can build structures on the moon that use concrete, we’ll need a recipe—one that accounts for materials available on site (from lunar rock) and notes precisely what must be added to this mineralogical mix. To that end, …
Modern Casting Magazine published an article in April written by three CEAS students and Pradeep Rohatgi, UWM distinguished professor, materials science & engineering. The article – Cast Magnesium Foam for Energy Absorption for Bone Regrowth—summarizes the results of the group’s study …
Xiao Qin, professor, civil & environmental engineering and director of UWM’s Institute for Physical Infrastructure and Transportation, along with team members from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and Vanasse Hangen Brustlin, Inc., were awarded $600,000 from the …
Xiao Qin, professor, civil & environmental engineering and director of UWM’s Institute for Physical Infrastructure and Transportation, has co-authored a new textbook that addresses the key elements of effective transportation engineering and policy decisions based on highway crash data analysis. …
Congratulations to Habib Tabatabai, who in January was promoted to full professor, civil & environmental engineering. Tabatabai’s expertise spans a wide range of bridge engineering and assessment issues—most notably the long-term durability and reliability of bridge structures. His many accomplishments …
Xiao Qin, a professor in civil & environmental engineering at UWM, has been named director of UWM’s Institute for Physical Infrastructure & Transportation (IPIT). Qin is a transportation engineer and a nationally renowned expert in transportation data analytics and highway …
The UWM Research Foundation awarded five new Catalyst Grants recently; four faculty members of the College of Engineering & Applied Science are PIs or co-PIs on these projects. The Catalyst Grant Program focuses on areas in which the university has …
The National Science Foundation awarded Jian Zhao, associate professor, civil & environmental engineering and director of the college’s Virtual Reality Infrastructure Laboratory, with a $135,000 grant for his project “CLC interlocking masonry.” In this small business technology transfer project, Zhao — who …
