News from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella, a UW-Milwaukee alumus, has been named CEO of the Year in what a Forbes columnist calls “the cloud wars.” Nadella earned his master’s degree in computer science from UWM in 1990.
Representatives from Microsoft presented the first program of UWM’s Connected Systems Institute, demonstrating software designed to harness data from the “industrial internet of things,” or IIoT, to boost productivity of companies.
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.
“Tribology and Applications of Self-Lubricating Materials” – written by Omrani and co-authored by Pradeep Rohatgi, UWM distinguished professor, and Pradeep L. Menezes – was published last month by CRC Press.
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 […]
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.
A National Science Foundation grant is helping UWM’s College of Engineering & Applied Science work with other disciplines on campus to bring more women and underrepresented groups into innovation. In January, UWM became one of eight National Science Foundation I-Corps sites to receive $30,000 to promote inclusion of underrepresented populations in the National Innovation Network. […]
UW-Milwaukee alum Sumit Agarwal is a professor of economics and finance at Georgetown University. Being in the heart of American policy is perfect for his research and his passion — a passion that bloomed at UWM.
Chancellor Mark Mone and Provost Johannes Britz took advantage of a beautiful fall day to play a little hacky sack with engineering students on Oct. 17.
The University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee is participating in an initiative next week that aims to harness the power of conversation.
