Senior Nick Birschbach knew he wanted to study engineering and computing, but like many undergraduates, he wasn’t sure which of the many options to choose. To figure it out, he resolved to try as many experiences as possible in his …
Alums Dennis and Susan Webb (’71 BS Materials Engineering and ’74 BA Art History, respectively) have made a generous gift that will provide financial support to graduate students enrolled in the College, with a preference for those pursuing a degree …
Two media outlets featured comments from Habib Tabatabai, professor in civil and environmental engineering, in their reporting of the collapse of the Baltimore bridge on March 26. Wisconsin ranks 23rd in the U.S. in a state’s percentage of bridges classified …
Students participating in the College’s Engineers Week, held Feb. 19-28, came together to celebrate innovation and socialize. They built marble runs with plastic tubing, used frosting and graham crackers to build an edible structure, browsed the numerous student organizations, and …
The research and intellectual property of several faculty members from the College were among those highlighted in the UWM Research Foundation 2023 Annual Report, which came out Feb. 29. These projects represent faculty who received funding or filed new patents …
Six graduate students in the College were offered Graduate School fellowships for the 2024-25 academic year. The fellowships are offered through a highly selective process. The Distinguished Graduate Student Fellowship provides a stipend of $15,500 in addition to full tuition …
UWM’s Length of Service Ceremony will be held on Tuesday, March 12, in the UWM Union Wisconsin Room. The lively ceremony honors employees reaching work milestones in 2024, including Chancellor Mark Mone who is marking his 35th year at UWM. …
Congratulations to doctoral student Swaroop Kumar Behera who received the George J. Barker Memorial Scholarship at the annual American Foundry Society, Wisconsin Chapter Regional Conference, on Feb 8. in Milwaukee. The scholarship, awarded annually, supports graduate-level education beneficial to the …
Ryo Amano, professor, mechanical engineering, and his lab members, Saif Al Hamad and Omar Shaker, recently showed a reporter how they use the wind tunnel at the USR building to conduct research into wind energy efficiency. Wind energy is one of …
Biomedical natural language processing (NLP) aims to make it easier to extract important information from unstructured texts like electronic health records, biomedical journal articles and regulatory documents, and to use this information to improve our lives. Tim Miller will describe …
