Woo-Jin Chang, associate professor, mechanical engineering, has secured a patent for a graphene-based sensor developed in his lab specifically for detecting phosphates in water. Co-inventors and UWM graduates Misong Ryu and Mohammad Rizwen Ur Rahman are also on the patent, …
You say there’s no such thing as a free lunch? Not true! Engineering and computer science students got their free lunches and more at the annual Fall Welcome Fest held on the EMS plaza Sept. 19. Thank you to all …
The U.S. Navy wants to move to all-electric ships because they are more efficient and require less maintenance than traditional fuel-propelled ships. They also reduce pollution and greenhouse gas emissions. Producing smaller, more agile ships that have increased electrical capacity …
Most of the scientists attending the workshop “Sustainable Computing for Sustainability,” hosted by the National Science Foundation last spring, were computer scientists developing algorithms for more nuanced sustainability and climate-change models. Rina Ghose, professor, industrial engineering, was one of the …
Congratulations to the following 10 faculty members, each of whom was honored with a named professorship or named fellowship, backed by three donor funds: Richard and Joanne Grigg, Lawrence E. Sivak and Alan D. Kulwicki. Through these gifts, the college …
Welcome Ashwin Kumar Narasimhan, a new visiting assistant professor in biomedical engineering. Narasimhan comes to UWM from Toronto Metropolitan University, Canada, where he was a visiting assistant professor in the Department of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering. Narasimhan holds a Ph.D. …
Identifying proteins for new drugs to treat triple-negative breast cancer. Creating a threat-modeling system to enhance cybersecurity in manufacturing. Developing an improved material for solar cells. These are among the projects from the College of Engineering & Applied Science funded …
At UWM’s Connected Systems Institute a steady stream of vials filled with colored water zip around a “testbed” production line. It’s a mini-factory floor for researching automated manufacturing technologies and developing a workforce that can use those innovations. But just …
On Aug. 26, the College welcomed 24 new students who are participating in an academic exchange program between UWM engineering and Chung Yuan Christian University (CYCU) in Taiwan. The college and CYCU have operated a dual master’s degree program since …
Md Tanzil Shahria, a doctoral student, computer science, has been awarded a $2,500 stipend to support his research in designing robotic devices to assist mobility-challenged people. Shahria is designing a vision-based assistive robot control system that allows users with disabilities …
