Entrepreneur Jesse DePinto (’13 BS Mechanical Engineering) co-founded Frontdesk in 2017, a privately held company that rents short-term accommodations to travelers in 34 U.S. cities. In August, he assumed the role of CEO. The company’s recent headlines include being listed …
Congratulations to College of Engineering & Applied Science alumni Ben Caya and Dennis Webb. The two are among the 13 individuals and organizations chosen by the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Alumni Association to receive awards in recognition of their outstanding contributions …
Marissa Jablonski (‘15 PhD Civil & Environmental Engineering, ’09 MS Civil & Environmental Engineering) discussed the impact of buying used clothes, with TMJ-4. Jablonski is executive director of the Freshwater Collaborative of Wisconsin. “When you think about the production of …
UWM engineering graduate students Asif Al Zubayer Swapnil (left, mechanical engineering) and Shamar Rhadre Webster (right, computer science) staffed UWM’s Connected Systems Institute (CSI) booth at the 31st annual Rockwell Automation Fair in Chicago Nov. 16-17, an event that showcased …
In November, Google’s North American Developer Communities team flew Pranay Mandadapu, a UWM computer science master’s degree student, to their California headquarters to take part in North America Connect. The three-day event featured talks by Google computer scientists involved in …
Johnson Controls announced in November that they had named Lei Schlitz (’98 PhD Mechanical Engineering) president of Global Products. A researcher focused on heat transfer, Schlitz began her career at Eaton Corporation’s Innovation Center before taking positions at GE Global …
On Nov. 10, UW System presented Wilkistar Otieno, associate professor and department chair, industrial & manufacturing engineering, with a 2022 Outstanding Women of Color in Education Award. Now in its 27th year, this high honor his been given to more …
Four CEAS faculty members and one graduate student were among those honored Nov. 16 at the Center for International Education’s first International Advocate Recognition Ceremony. The event recognized people who have made a difference in the lives of UWM international …
In December, the Biomedical and Health Informatics PhD program will honor its 28th graduate – Xiaoyu Liu. The interdisciplinary program—now in its 16th year—remains the only such PhD program in Wisconsin and graduates two or three students annually who are …
UWM electrical engineering undergraduate and Navy veteran Pat Hollenbach, who is preparing to graduate in December, spoke to WTMJ-TV about the key role that the Warrior-Scholar Project (WSP) played in his academic success. WSP is a non-profit organization whose offerings …
