Science & Technology
UWM Research Foundation licenses educational technology to Science Kinetics
Ohio-based Science Kinetics recently licensed computational fluid dynamics software developed by UWM doctoral candidate Tom Hansen.
Ourmazd to join advisory committee of the U.S. Department of Energy
Abbas Ourmazd, a UWM distinguished professor of physics, has been appointed to serve on the Basic Energy Sciences Advisory Committee (BESAC) of the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE).
Mathematicians help Rust-Oleum with paint problem
When Rust-Oleum needed some answers, UWM researchers did a different type of paint-by-numbers work.
UWM grad helps bring fresh water to impoverished villages
Clean drinking water is something we might take for granted, but for people in impoverished areas of the world, it’s a necessity that takes time and energy every day to acquire. Recent UWM grad Cassandra Bence is helping do something about it.
Fellowships allow Freshwater students to wade into policy
Danielle Cloutier and Shelby LaBuhn, both doctoral students in the School of Freshwater Sciences, will soon head to Washington, D.C., to see how the research they do translates into law.
UWM scores a rare trifecta of grants
UWM has received three highly competitive awards from the National Science Foundation to fund research instrumentation. “It is quite unusual for an institution to receive multiple MRI awards in a single year, and it’s certainly unprecedented at UWM,” said Mark Harris, interim vice provost for research.
How does Thanksgiving affect rivers? Sampling project aims to find out
UWM researchers will analyze samples taken from Milwaukee rivers before and after Thanksgiving. They suspect they’ll find evidence of human behavior over the holiday – such as acetaminophen, caffeine, cinnamon and nutmeg.
Physics students head to Australia for the sake of science
UWM physics students got the chance to combine science with an adventure when they ventured to the Australian Outback recently. They helped build a radio telescope array that’s part of an international hunt for pulsars.
New remedial math approach shows dramatic improvement
A revamped remedial math program that emphasizes active participation is helping remove a big stumbling block for student success. The percentage of students going from remedial to for-credit math courses in a year zoomed from 38 percent to 67 percent.
UWM geoscientist drills deep to find Lake Michigan’s origins
Great glacial forces shaped Lake Michigan and the Milwaukee area thousands of years ago. UWM researcher Mark Borucki is drilling into the bluffs along the lake to figure out just what happened and how.