Congratulations to Priya Premnath, assistant professor, biomedical engineering, who was named STEM Forward’s “Young Engineer of the Year” at a celebration on Feb. 11 at The Wisconsin Club in downtown Milwaukee. STEM Forward is a Milwaukee-based non-profit organization that inspires …
Spectrum News Milwaukee featured a story about the bacterial decontamination research of Troy Skwor, associate professor of biomedical sciences, and Qingsu Cheng, assistant professor, biomedical engineering. Cheng, who leads a USDA grant that includes Skwor, is quoted in the segment. …
Most of us never think about what happens after water spirals down a drain. But for the people who run wastewater treatment plants, keeping the promise of clean water is a race against time – and data. Treatment plant operators …
What happens when artists create with artificial intelligence while also interrogating it? A new Milwaukee exhibit explores that question through sculptures, prints, interactive pieces and poetry, all born from creative collaboration with AI. Nathaniel Stern teamed up with Sasha Stiles, …
Researchers and students in the college’s Institute for Physical Infrastructure & Transportation (IPIT) presented more than a dozen papers at the 2026 TRB Annual Meeting in Washington DC in January. The Transportation Research Board, a program of the National Academies …
Junjie Niu, professor, industrial & manufacturing engineering, recently showed Spectrum News Milwaukee how elements from the periodic table are combined to improve the performance of rechargeable batteries. Each element has different properties alone — and when combined — leading to …
Rockwell Automation is renewing its founding partnership with UWM’s Connected Systems Institute (CSI) with a new $1 million, five-year commitment, bringing its total investment to $5 million since 2017. CSI connects engineering, business and industry partners around the industrial internet …
Two faculty members in the college were recently featured in the media, speaking on what a wider use of autonomous, or “self-driving” vehicles, in Wisconsin would look like. On Jan. 8, Xiao Qin, professor, civil & environmental engineering, commented in …
Kudos to Wilkistar Otieno, associate professor, industrial & manufacturing engineering, who was recognized as one of Wisconsin’s 32 most influential Black leaders of 2025 by Madison 365.com. Madison365, a nonprofit online news publication, has published annual power lists recognizing Wisconsin …
Four students and two faculty members from the materials science and engineering department attended the 2025 Foundry Educational Foundation College Industry Conference, held in Chicago in November. The annual conference is FEF’s flagship recruiting and networking event, bringing metal-casting companies …
