A metal bridge, automotive, or airplane component may look perfectly smooth and solid on the outside. But zoom way in. Metal is made up of countless tiny crystals, called grains, packed together like a three-dimensional jigsaw puzzle. Each grain is …
Congratulations to eight engineering & computer science students who were awarded $2,500 each in research funding this semester from the Northwestern Mutual Data Science Institute (NMDSI). A partnership among UWM, Marquette University and Northwestern Mutual, NMDSI aims to establish Wisconsin …
Grab a cup and scoop up water from Lake Michigan or one of the rivers that feed it. Then hold the water sample up and you’ll see tiny bits of floating particles, including bits of clay, algae and other organic …
The college’s EnQuest Program, a summer camp for high school students, was featured in a story in the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel recently. EnQuest offers two camp experiences for high school students with the goal of stimulating interest in engineering and …
Rob Cuzner, professor, electrical engineering, spoke on the “Lee Rayburn Show” on Wisconsin Public Radio Rising about meeting the rising demand in Wisconsin for electricity and the future of the energy grid in the age of data centers. The discussion …
The UWM Research Foundation has awarded $250,000 in new Catalyst Grant funding to five research teams in or affiliated with the college that are advancing technologies in artificial intelligence, energy systems, cybersecurity, and advanced materials. Catalyst Grants provide critical support …
What happens when everyone has an opinion about whom they’d like to be paired with? Whether matching students to schools, residents to hospitals or roommates to one another, accommodating everyone’s preferences is a surprisingly difficult mathematical problem. That challenge is …
Professor Qian Liao was quoted in an article about the college’s Water Equipment and Policy Center (WEP), which he directs.The center was launched with funding from the National Science Foundation to encourage industry-university partnership on water-related research. WEP has become …
The Metropolitan Milwaukee Association of Commerce featured the college’s Industrial Training and Assessment Center (ITAC) in its current issue. UWM’s ITAC is one of 37 nationwide and the only one in Wisconsin. ITACs were established to support small and medium-sized …
What do artificial intelligence, smartphone apps, GPS directions and online shopping recommendations all have in common? Algorithms. Recently, NPR’s “Word of the Week” feature explored the fascinating origin of the word “algorithm” in a story, “How ‘algorithm’ got its name …
