Chanyeop Park, assistant professor, electrical engineering, is working with researchers at Georgia Institute of Technology to develop and test an environmentally neutral alternative to the substance currently used in high-voltage electrical distribution equipment. As infrastructure ages, the substance—sulfur hexafluoride—is becoming …
In their senior year, all students at UWM’s College of Engineering & Applied Science team up and partner with industry representatives to solve real-world problems. These problems aren’t easy to solve, but UWM students have knocked it out of the …
UWM will award about 3,400 degrees at its 128th commencement on Sunday, May 21, at the UW-Milwaukee Panther Arena, 400 W. Kilbourn Ave. Congratulations to the 293 College of Engineering & Computer Science students who will be awarded bachelor’s, master’s …
UWM’s annual Student Excellence Awards—held this year on May 1—formally recognize students who have exhibited leadership and exceptional contributions to life at UWM. Congratulations to the five student officers—Chandler Baures, Ashley Drzewiecki, Julie Gunkel, Joe Kraimer and Cayla Robinson—who led …
Congratulations to Bill Paczkowski (’22 Electrical Engineering), who won second prize and $5,000 in the La Macchia New Venture Business Plan Competition at UWM’s Lubar College of Business. Paczkowski presented his plan for Smart Count, a high-tech solutions platform that …
UWM mechanical engineering junior Jenna Van Hoogstraten took home first prize at a national competition showcasing original casting research. The competition—the International Journal of Metalcasting’s-Foundry Education Foundation Student Research Competition—was part of the American Foundry Society’s Metalcasting Congress, held April …
Over 250 UWM undergraduates presented the outcomes from their research collaborations with faculty and staff mentors via poster and oral presentations on April 28. Awards were given for Outstanding Presentations and UWM Undergraduate Research Mentor of the Year. Two students …
Congratulations to the winners–and their faculty advisors—of the 2023 Student Research Poster Competition. This year’s competition drew 65 graduate and undergraduate poster submissions from students who worked with 34 different research advisors across all seven departments of UWM’s College of …
Nathan Salowitz, associate professor, mechanical engineering, was a guest on a TMJ4 segment on April 25, where he discussed how the late NASCAR Hall of Fame member Alan Kulwicki (’77 Mechanical Engineering) used his UWM degree to change the game …
In April, Brooke Slavens, associate professor, mechanical engineering, hosted 29 MPS students—from Golda Meir—in her Mobility Lab, where she introduced them to the scientific field of biomechanics. The students were on a STEM-related field trip spurred by National Biomechanics Day, a …
