Prasenjit Guptasarma, the college’s associate dean for Academic Affairs, will deliver a narrative to open the Present Music concerts at the Jan Serr studio in the UWM Kenilworth building on Friday and Saturday, March 20 and March 21. The Present …
Mohamed Maache, PhD student, and Mona Said, master’s student, both mechanical engineering, are guest speakers for the UWM Planetarium’s show, “Arabian Nights,” held Friday nights at 7 p.m., April 3, 10, 17, and 24. Maache and Said will give personal …
Professor Habib Rahman, mechanical and biomedical engineering, and members of his lab demonstrated two of the assistive robotic arms for a segment on TMJ4-TV news recently. One of the arms the lab built mounts to a wheelchair, allowing the user …
Two mud-splattered, roll-caged vehicles sit in a campus shop, looking equal parts go-kart and homemade tank. Built low and rugged, with exposed suspension and knobby tires, these Baja cars are designed for surviving hours of punishment. They’re also why a record number of students in the College …
UWM’s Lubar Entrepreneurship Center, led by Ilya Avdeev, professor of mechanical engineering, and the UWM Research Foundation have received $100,000 to represent UWM on a new state-funded initiative to support high-growth startups. The two organizations will join others in a …
Professor Brooke Slavens, mechanical engineering, was featured in March on CTSI Discovery Radio, a podcast that airs on 91.7 WMSE-FM in Milwaukee. In episode 142 called, “Shouldering the Load,” Slavens describes a study from her lab aimed at preserving arm …
Most bridge failures in the U.S. are related to water. In a process called “scour,” rushing rivers during storm events wash away the soil around bridge piers and abutments, weakening the structures from below. Engineers use national formulas to estimate …
From Feb. 23–26, Engineers Week (E-Week) brought students, faculty and staff together for a welcome mid-semester break packed with food, games and Panther pride. Hundreds of engineering and computer science students stopped by at least one event, and plenty of …
A delegation consisting of Dean Brett Peters, UWM’s Chief Government Relations Officer Keri Duce, UW-Madison Engineering Dean Devesh Ranjan and UW-Platteville Engineering Dean Philip Parker met with Wisconsin Congressional members in February. The group promoted the universities’ educational programs, discussed …
Congratulations to John Kissinger (’79 BS Civil Engineering), who was honored with the Exemplary Alumni Service Award by the UWM Alumni Association. The award was presented at an event Feb. 27. Kissinger joined the engineering firm Graef-USA Inc., in 1984 …
