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

By Carolyn BuciorAugust 8, 2022Science & TechnologyEngineering

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

By Carolyn BuciorAugust 8, 2022Science & TechnologyEngineering

Charter Steel implemented an idea proposed by a UWM student team that figured out a way for the company to reduce the cost of a heat-treatment cycle used to produce a particular steel.

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Deyang Qu awarded $1.25 million for lithium-ion battery research

By Laura Otto and Carolyn BuciorOctober 11, 2019Science & TechnologyEngineering

Renewable energy expert Deyang Qu was recently awarded a $1.25 million grant from the U.S. Department of Energy to fund research on high-energy, solid-state battery systems for electric vehicles.

Prototyping Center helps turn ideas into reality

By Kathy QuirkSeptember 10, 2018Science & TechnologyEngineering
A piece of metal is carved with the initials UWM.

It’s hard to sell a great idea without something concrete to show. That’s where UWM’s Prototyping Center comes in.

Researchers explore how diversity in engineering workforce fosters innovation

By Laura OttoMay 29, 2018Science & TechnologyEngineering

Three researchers at UWM have a nearly half-million-dollar grant from the National Science Foundation to dive deeper into exactly how member diversity fosters innovation within engineering teams.

At 59, engineering grad ready to begin a new career

By Carolyn BuciorMay 1, 2018Science & TechnologyEngineering
A man stands in a graduation gown and cap in front of a boat.

At an age when many people are thinking about retirement, Gonzalo Couto-Lain is thinking about a new career. He receives his UWM degree in May, then plans to work while pursuing a master’s degree. “If you start a career at 60, you have 15, 20 years left,” he says. “That’s not bad.”

UWM research could help electric cars beat the cold

By Laura OttoFebruary 6, 2018Science & TechnologyEngineering
A man inserts a battery into a testing device.

Electric cars are wonders of whiz-bang technology, but they have an Achilles heel – their lithium-ion batteries are less efficient in cold weather. Researchers at UWM have come up with a solution.

Engineering alum pays it forward with donations, urges others to do the same

By Kathy QuirkJanuary 16, 2018Science & TechnologyEngineering
Avi Shaked and Babs Waldman stand on either side of Jessica Hufford.

As a student at UWM, Avi Shaked benefited from a scholarship that enabled him to focus on his studies. That’s why he feels so strongly about giving back. Donations from him and his wife, Dr. Babs Waldman, have helped lift UWM’s engineering program.

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

By Laura 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.

UWM scientists developing wind turbine blades that heal themselves

By Laura OttoSeptember 14, 2017Science & TechnologyEngineering
A wind turbine blade glows purple under ultraviolet light.

Technology being developed by Ryoichi Amano could automatically repair cracks in wind turbine blades, making this important source of green energy safer and more efficient.

UWM study looks at women in engineering – and why they leave

By Kathy QuirkMay 30, 2017Science & TechnologyEngineering
Nadya Fouad (left) and Romila Singh

The field of engineering has a hard time attracting and retaining women. Two UWM faculty members just published research looking at the reasons why in the May issue of Frontiers of Psychology.

UWM joins research center aimed at producing safer, more sustainable energy

By Laura OttoMay 25, 2017Science & TechnologyEngineering
Adel Nasiri stands at a podium and speaks.

UWM will bring its expertise in microgrid technology to the industry-academic effort “to make the U.S. electrical grid more reliable, greener and less expensive,” according to Adel Nasiri.

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