The college welcomes Sadia Nowrin, Teaching Faculty II in the Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Department. Most recently, Nowrin was a doctoral research assistant at Michigan Technological University. Her research focuses on human-computer interaction, user accessibility, and natural language processing. But …
Associate Professor Wilkistar Otieno is beginning her 2023-24 fellowship in ELATES at Drexel®, a national executive leadership development program. ELATES at Drexel® is designed to transform women senior faculty, and faculty allies of all genders, into effective leaders within their universities, dedicated to increasing the …
Junjie Niu, Richard & Joanne Grigg associate professor of materials science and engineering, was named the 2023 STEM Forward Engineer of the Year. The award recognizes outstanding contributors to the engineering profession from the greater Milwaukee area. STEM Forward is …
In a year fueled by artificial intelligence, CNN Business chose Microsoft’s Satya Nadella (’90 MS Computer Science) as its CEO of the Year for 2023, beating out Chase CEO Jamie Dimon, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang. After making a multi-billion-dollar investment …
Computer science alumnus Ahmad Tafti (’16 PhD; advisor: Zeyun Yu), who is now assistant professor of health informatics in the University of Pittsburgh, has received an Oracle Excellence Award for Research, one of several awards the company bestows on researchers …
Eleven UWM students from the Materials Science & Engineering Department were recently awarded scholarships from the Foundry Educational Foundation (FEF). One of the recipients, doctoral student Omid Ghaderi, was recognized with the organization’s competitive Thomas Begel Memorial Scholarship, given to …
Five of the six research projects awarded funding from the Water Equipment and Policy Center (WEP) for 2024 are led by researchers at the College, says center director Qian Liao, professor of civil and environmental engineering. WEP is a university-industry …
In November, Dean Brett Peters was named as an International Director of the Society of Manufacturing Engineers. SME is dedicated to developing the partnerships and solutions that work to ensure North American manufacturing competitiveness, security and superiority on the global …
Industrial and manufacturing associate professor Matthew Petering uses his computer coding skills to solve complicated problems. Now, Petering has used that expertise to devise an algorithm he believes would take human bias out of the legislative redistricting process. Read more
