Next-generation factory opens on UWM’s campus
The Connected Systems Institute has launched its first industry testbed and production line, which will allow researchers and students to test and refine solutions to common manufacturing challenges.
Research
Spraying away the COVID-19 virus
To combat the spread of COVID-19 on surfaces, UWM engineering professor Konstantin Sobolev is developing a long-lasting surface spray that repels and sterilizes droplets potentially carrying the virus.
Making a splash
UWM researchers are developing innovative ways to filter contaminants from water, including insidious “forever pollutants.”
A social approach to fighting COVID-19 misinformation
The Dear Pandemic initiative was launched by an all-female team of scientists, including UWM researcher Amanda Simanek, to provide accurate information about COVID-19.
The power of connecting through imagination
TimeSlips, a postcard project to ease the isolation of COVID-19 lockdowns for those in care homes, bloomed from Anne Basting’s research on dementia and art.
Flying under ominous economic skies
To predict how the COVID-19 pandemic may ultimately affect the airline industry’s bottom line, James Peoples studied how the 2013 SARS outbreak affected airlines in the Asia-Pacific region.
Starting down the path to discovery with undergraduate research
Five UWM undergrad research students share their work, from studying the effects of microplastics to examining fossil deposits on the shores of Lake Michigan.
Seeking antiviral drugs to fight COVID-19
Before the first COVID-19 cases appeared in the U.S., David Frick began researching the group of proteins that lets the COVID-19 virus multiply.
Improving connections for better online education
Simone Conceição’s online education research on how to keep students engaged in virtual learning has proven critically important during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Seeing a way toward better health decisions
COVID-19 communication in mass media often involves graphs. Min Sook Park’s research investigates how the public’s understanding of these graphs affects perceptions of the pandemic’s severity.