UWM’s College of Engineering and Applied Science opened its facilities on Saturday and Sunday for the annual Doors Open Milwaukee project and drew nearly 1,000 visitors.
The visitors – which included high school students and UWM alumni – also had a chance to talk with the volunteer instructors and students, said Lisa McGovern, the college’s marketing and communications manager.
It was the first time the UWM college had participated in Doors Open Milwaukee, an annual project developed by Historic Milwaukee Inc. The college opened three buildings: Engineering and Mathematical Sciences building, University Services and Research building and Innovation Campus in Wauwatosa.
Visitors to the research building toured the Energy Research and Spine Biomechanics labs. At the engineering building they saw the structures lab in which researchers test structural components, the foundry and the Johnson Controls laboratories.
Brian Walsh of Wales, Wis., watched a demonstration at Innovation Campus of a sensor in the biosensor lab used to detect diseases.
“It’s a beautiful building,” Walsh said. “I have a background in science so it’s very interesting to me.” Walsh said he owns a small business that manufactures scientific equipment for DNA and protein research.
