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UWM staffer joins ocean exploration with man who discovered the Titanic

By Laura L OttoNovember 1, 2018Science & TechnologyWater & Environment
A woman stands aboard a ship on Lake Michigan with the Milwaukee skyline behind her.

Liz Sutton, outreach manager at UWM’s School of Freshwater Sciences, is joining one of the world’s great explorers on a mission to map the bottom of the Pacific Ocean. Her job: To perform a digital show-and-tell with the underwater images.

Two UWM Freshwater students win Evinrude fellowships

By UWM NewsOctober 8, 2018Science & TechnologyWater & Environment
Two people pose for a photo on a boat.

Emily Lou LaMartina and Erik Carlson are the two recipients of the 2018 Evinrude Water Research Excellence Fellowships.

Freshwater Sciences fellow earns national recognition for Great Lakes coverage

By July 27, 2018Science & TechnologyWater & Environment

Dan Egan, a research fellow in UWM’s School of Freshwater Sciences, has been honored with the Outstanding Journalism on the Value of Water award by the U.S. Water Alliance.

UWM scholars will discuss Great Lakes issues on public radio

By Laura L OttoMay 4, 2018Water & Environment

Two UWM scholars will discuss how to best manage the Great Lakes on “To the Best of Our Knowledge,” a show airing 1 p.m. Sunday, May 6, statewide on Wisconsin Public Radio.

Kinnickinnic River corridor revitalized with UWM help

By March 27, 2018Science & TechnologyWater & Environment
Two people stand along the edge of the concrete channel lining the Kinnickinnic River.

A project led by graduate students in UWM’s School of Architecture and Urban Planning is bringing together residents and other stakeholders along the Kinnickinnic River to improve the area while a longer term project revitalizes the river corridor.

Environmental economist named director of the UWM Center for Water Policy

By Laura L OttoMarch 19, 2018Science & TechnologyWater & Environment
Tracy Boyer poses for a photo with the Kinnickinnic River in the background.

Tracy Boyer has been named the new Lynde B. Uihlein Endowed Chair in Water Policy at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee.

Korean documentary shows off UWM sensors

By Laura L OttoMarch 7, 2018Science & TechnologyWater & Environment
Woo-Jin Chang is puts a water sensor into a sample of water.

A film crew from the Korean Broadcasting System recently completed a documentary about fostering new water technology – and devoted 10 minutes of its show to activities in Milwaukee, including the water sensors developed by UWM engineer Woo-Jin Chang.

Entrepreneur and UWM researcher invent a virus ‘super-sensor’

By Laura L OttoJanuary 24, 2018Science & TechnologyWater & Environment
David Rice and Marcia Silva sit in a lab looking at a water sensor.

A water sensor developed by an entrepreneur and the manager UWM’s Water Technology Accelerator is a finalist in a NASA competition that seeks to spur creation of new technology. The sensors could have application in space as well as on Earth.

Peters accompanies governor to Israel to explore water research partnership

By UWM NewsDecember 1, 2017Science & TechnologyWater & Environment
Three men pose for a photo.

UWM Engineering & Applied Science Dean Brett Peters accompanied Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker on a trade mission to Israel last month, and they returned home with a signed letter of intent to collaborate on developing new water technology. Under the agreement, the Water Equipment and Policy Center and the Zuckerberg Institute for Water Research at […]

UWM’s Junhong Chen named one of the world’s most impactful researchers

By Laura L OttoNovember 17, 2017Science & TechnologyEngineering
Junghon Chen stands in his lab.

Chen, a distinguished professor of mechanical engineering at UWM, is among 3,300 researchers from 900 institutions who have produced a high number of papers that rank in the top 1 percent most-cited in a field over an 11-year period.

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