RESEARCH
TO IMPACT.
UWM TRANSLATE is a university-wide initiative to strengthen how research moves from discovery toward real-world use. We are testing and building better pathways that connect researchers with external needs, develop translational skills, advance promising projects, and improve the institutional systems that support research translation.
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Three integrated thrusts
TRANSLATE treats research translation as an institutional capability—not simply a collection of individual commercialization projects.
Industry Pull
Bring external problems, users, industry perspectives, and partnerships into research earlier.
System + Culture Change
Strengthen skills, incentives, policies, roles, and institutional practices that enable translation.
STRP Pipeline
Advance selected Seed Translational Research Projects through milestone-driven development toward adoption.
Three projects. Real-world pathways.
The initial STRP portfolio provides a practical testbed for improving UWM’s translation system across very different technology domains.
Wheelchair-Mounted Assistive Robot
Advance an assistive robotic system designed to support powered-wheelchair users with upper-limb limitations, with emphasis on prototype maturation, usability, and deployment pathways.
Real-Time Phosphate Sensor
Advance continuous, in-situ phosphate monitoring technology for applications such as water utilities, watersheds, wastewater systems, and agriculture.
AI-Assisted Threat Modeling
Develop and evaluate a multi-agent artificial intelligence approach that helps product-security teams conduct more scalable and consistent threat modeling.
Explore the living UWM TRANSLATE portal.
Programs, projects, tools, practices, and the Research Translation Operating System. Learn more about the initiative →