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 …

Professor emerit Sherman passed away March 26

Donald Sherman, professor emerit, civil & environmental engineering, passed on March 26, 2025, at the age of 89. Sherman had a distinguished career at UWM just over 30 years and was a renowned structural engineering figure in the steel industry. …

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, …

Shi talks about driverless vehicles on TMJ4 news

It’s not just a computer that makes a vehicle autonomous. Tom Shi, assistant professor, civil & environmental engineering, told TJM4 reporter Charles Benson about the many devices involved in collecting the right information for AI decision making on a driverless …

Proving that green hydrogen can help increase competitiveness

When he began his graduate studies, Hamza Alnawafah joined UWM’s Industrial Assessment Center as an energy engineer. Through Wisconsin’s only U.S. Department of Energy funded center, teams of engineering students consult with industries to find ways to save companies money …