Students meet Microsoft’s Satya Nadella, UWM alum
Students from UWM’s computer science program recently met with Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella, who has a master’s degree in computer science from UWM.
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Beyond the Bell Milwaukee and UWM create app for teens
Teens now have more than 250 things to do at their fingertips, thanks to a new app UWM’s App Brewery developed for Beyond the Bell Milwaukee.
11 student and alumni businesses started with help from UWM
When it comes to starting your own business, UWM is the place to do it. Students and alumni have launched 20 companies with support from the university, and Milwaukee philanthropists Sheldon and Marianne Lubar recently gave $10 million to support UWM’s Ideas Challenge, a network of entrepreneurial activities involving students and researchers.
From dance to cycling, these UWM alums keep Milwaukee moving
Milwaukee is a city in motion. From physical therapists to gym teachers, bicycle manufacturers to dance instructors, meet seven UWM alumni who work hard to keep Milwaukee moving.
Snap-on rolls out industrial wrench developed at UWM
Nearly 30 percent of worker injuries in the gas utility industry come from changing meters. To reduce those injuries, engineers at UWM have partnered with Kenosha-based toolmaker Snap-on Inc. to develop an ergonomic wrench.
From Microsoft to MADtv, here are 11 UWM alums whose work you know
UWM alumni include many business executives and high-ranking public officials, such as the U.S. ambassador to Iceland, Luis Arreaga.
UWM engineer builds device to show how blood flows when we think
UWM engineer Ramin Pashaie’s device could help answer a particularly puzzling question – how blood is directed to the brain to power thinking.
UWM sensor could make detecting Ebola as easy as spitting
Junhong Chen, a UWM professor of mechanical and materials engineering, will use a sensor platform he created to detect water contamination to make the low-cost virus sensor.
Student entrepreneurs could change how athletes compete
The Student Startup Challenge provides funding and classroom support to help winners develop prototypes, mobile applications and business plans.
Dynamic Blade Technologies licenses UWM wind turbine energy-storage technology
Developed in the laboratory of Adel Nasiri, professor of electrical engineering, the patent-pending technology uses ultra-capacitors as an energy-storage element on the turbine.