Science & Technology
Task force works to prepare and guide AI tools across campus
Artificial intelligence tools have quickly insinuated themselves in virtually every field, including higher education. A group of 50 stakeholders has been examining what AI means to UWM and how to best use and control it.
Collaboration creates undergraduate PFAS research experience
The joint effort among UWM, the Freshwater Collaborative of Wisconsin and UW-Stevens Point involves students in research efforts to reduce the harmful “forever chemicals” in water.
Engineering alum talks about making vehicles autonomous
Daniel Spiewak chose UWM over UW-Madison for college. Now he’s a distinguished engineer at NVIDIA, one of the world’s most valuable companies and a leader in artificial intelligence.
UWM assisting with Milwaukee’s Net-Zero Energy Homes $3.4 million project
UWM’s School of Architecture and Urban Planning is a key partner in a project that will develop 25 all-electric, Net-Zero Energy Homes on vacant lots in three disadvantaged communities.
Conference, papers focus on schoolchildren’s access to green spaces
Children from marginalized communities are less likely to have access to green spaces at their schools, but school leaders and students can make a difference in changing that dynamic.
Amano awarded $5.7 million from DOE to lead consortium for green jobs in manufacturing
The grant will boost the number of Industrial Training Assessment Centers, which provide workers with skills in energy assessment, allowing the manufacturing sector to step up its use of technologies to reduce energy consumption.
New master’s degree in Connected Systems Engineering prepares students to ‘future proof’ their careers
UWM is now enrolling students for the fall launch of a first-of-its-kind program in Wisconsin that combines engineering, business and data science with real-world applications in advanced manufacturing.
Northwestern Mutual Data Science Institute: The promise of corporate-academic partnerships
In 2018, three influential local organizations – Northwestern Mutual, Marquette and UWM – united to form NMDSI with a shared focus on the ever-evolving and dynamic domains of data science and AI.
The bridge collapse that inspired a civil engineering career for UWM’s Habib Tabatabai
When a cargo ship struck the Francis Scott Key bridge in Baltimore in March, causing it to collapse, it was a case of déjà vu for Habib Tabatabai, faculty member in the UWM’s College of Engineering & Applied Science.
UWM leads new NSF-funded consortium to research greener, high-performance concrete
A grant from the National Science Foundation will establish a center to help create new technologies to improve concrete’s sustainability, durability and labor efficiency, while also bringing down its cost.