Welcome Sarah Blackowski; Expert in engineering education

UWM’s College of Engineering & Applied Science has hired its first designated expert in engineering education. Sarah Blackowski joined the college in August, bringing expertise in increasing student engagement in the classroom, preparing first-generation and minority students for engineering degrees, …

Welcome Hanaa Alqam; Mechanical Engineering lecturer

Hanaa Alqam (’19 PhD Mechanical Engineering) stepped into the role of Mechanical Engineering lecturer, starting this fall. Alqam, who has been an adjunct instructor with the college since 2019, will teach undergraduate and graduate courses in mechanical engineering. Alqam hopes …

Donor spotlight: Dr. Philip F. Judy

In May, Dr. Philip F. Judy made a blended gift consisting of a cash gift combined with an estate gift to establish the Philip F. Judy Biomedical Engineering Fund to support biomedical engineering research and fellowships at the UWM College …

UWM engineering students save Wisconsin steel company $43,000 a year

Based entirely on the work of four materials engineering students, a Saukville specialty steel manufacturer saved $43,095 last year. And those savings will continue into the future. Starting in spring 2021, Charter Steel fully implemented an idea proposed by the …

Two UWM teams flung their flying machines in Flugtag 2022

What a wondrous event to behold on a recent Saturday afternoon in July at Veterans Park along lovely Lake Michigan: the 50th running of Flugtag (“flying day”) brought for the first time to Milwaukee by organizers Red Bull. Thirty-four teams …

Chang, Rohatgi, Y. Wang receive UWM Research Foundation Awards

The UWM Research Foundation in June recognized UWM inventors—including three at the College of Engineering & Applied Science—who in the last year were issued patents or whose technologies were licensed to an outside company or to the inventor through a …

Bui, Pedley represent IME in IISE’s first undergraduate workshop

The IME Department nominated two students—Bao Bui and Kevin Pedley—to participate in the first undergraduate workshop offered during the annual conference of the Institute of Industrial & Systems Engineers (IISE). This year’s conference—held in Seattle, May 21-24—featured keynote speakers followed …