Building a better way to supply energy
Microgrids developed by UWM engineer Adel Nasiri could make green energy more widely available and help prevent wide-spread power outages.
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JCI/UWM partnership fuels the future of energy storage
UWM is working with industry-leader Johnson Controls Inc. to develop batteries for next-generation vehicles.
UWM offered glimpses of wonder for Wisconsin Science Fest
UWM’s portion of the Wisconsin Science Festival last weekend included topics from Frank Lloyd Wright to Albert Einstein.
11 student and alumni businesses started with help from UWM
When it comes to starting your own business, UWM is the place to do it. Students and alumni have launched 20 companies with support from the university, and Milwaukee philanthropists Sheldon and Marianne Lubar recently gave $10 million to support UWM’s Ideas Challenge, a network of entrepreneurial activities involving students and researchers.
National I-Corps program in Milwaukee turns out first 10 teams; applications for next round due Sept. 25
MILWAUKEE _ The first cohort of 10 teams to complete entrepreneurial training in the national I-Corps program in Milwaukee are all moving forward, armed with product ideas from artificial red blood cells to a phone app that adds more security to transmitting photos. Comprised of faculty and students from five Milwaukee-area universities, the teams were […]
UWM lands share of $20 million NSF grant to help make safer nanoparticles
Freshwater Sciences Professor Rebecca Klaper and her colleagues at the Center for Sustainable Nanotechnology have received a $20 million National Science Foundation grant to help develop safer, more sustainable nanoparticles. The particles are already used in hundreds of products ranging from sunscreen to sporting goods.
UWM alum interns on the President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology
The position provides him in direct contact with CEOs of some of the nation’s largest tech companies, Cabinet-level officials and world-renowned scientists and engineers.
Snap-on rolls out industrial wrench developed at UWM
Nearly 30 percent of worker injuries in the gas utility industry come from changing meters. To reduce those injuries, engineers at UWM have partnered with Kenosha-based toolmaker Snap-on Inc. to develop an ergonomic wrench.
UWM provides a tasty treat for fish-eating zoo animals: live prey
Fish-eating animals at the Milwaukee County Zoo now get an occasional treat, compliments of researchers at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. The animals can hunt in their enclosures for live fish raised as part of aquaculture research at the School of Freshwater Sciences.
Five ways UWM is changing the way we eat
In an age where processed foods dominate our diets, UWM researchers are working to give us a fuller picture of why we consume certain foods – and how we can eat healthier.