Stories indexed under: College of Engineering

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  • Early career award funds study of messenger RNA stability May 8, 2013 In an effort to improve microorganisms that can sustainably produce fuels and chemicals, a University of Wisconsin-Madison engineer is using a U.S. Department of Energy award to study what - if anything - gets lost in the translation of genetic information.
  • Advanced manufacturing focus of June 10-14 conference May 7, 2013 Featuring a broad swath of leading-edge research from around the world, an advanced manufacturing research conference June 10-14, 2013, will draw nearly 500 academic, industrial and governmental participants to the Monona Terrace Community and Convention Center in Madison.
  • Military projects push boundaries of flexible electronics in imaging technologies Dec. 28, 2012 Aiming to address the strategic military need for accurate, high-resolution imaging, a University of Wisconsin-Madison electrical and computer engineer working with the U.S. Air Force Office of Scientific Research and the U.S. Department of Defense has a simple goal: to make night vision more accurate and easier for soldiers and pilots to use.
  • New UW–Madison engineering dean named Dec. 4, 2012 Ian Robertson, Donald B. Willett professor of engineering at the University of Illinois and director of the National Science Foundation’s Division of Materials Research, has been selected as the new dean of the College of Engineering at the University of Wisconsin–Madison.
  • Recent Sightings: Late autumn warmth Oct. 25, 2012 People enjoy an unseasonably mild autumn afternoon sitting near the Maquina water fountain on Engineering Mall on Wednesday, Oct. 24.
  • UW-Madison to honor seven outstanding engineering alumni Oct. 23, 2012 The Disney-Pixar movie "Toy Story" is part of Patrick Hanrahan's life story.
  • Perkins Coie offers $10,000 prize to UW student innovators Oct. 9, 2012 Perkins Coie LLP has announced a new Innovative Minds competition, offering a $10,000 prize to a University of Wisconsin-Madison student team that produces the year's most market-ready innovation.
  • Researchers develop efficient, scalable process for making renewable liquid fuels Oct. 3, 2012 Using simple technology developed primarily for producing electricity from hydrogen, a team of researchers from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, University of Massachusetts-Amherst and Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology of South Korea has developed what could be a commercially viable, continuous process for converting biomass and electricity into renewable liquid transportation fuels.
  • Collide and conquer: How blood cells sort themselves out Sept. 10, 2012 In human blood, red blood cells barrel through the center of the blood vessels, while in a phenomenon known as margination, platelets and white blood cells hug the vessel walls, ready to emerge into the body to fight an injury or infection.
  • Fast, flexible electronics for the next generation of gadgetry Sept. 5, 2012 This year's thin, powerful smartphone quickly becomes yesterday's underperforming battery hog in today's consumer electronics market.
  • Researchers explore a sustainable bio-based chemical economy Aug. 23, 2012 With cyanobacteria, carbon dioxide and sunlight, a team of University of Wisconsin-Madison engineers aims to create a sustainable alternative source of commodity chemicals currently derived from an ever-decreasing supply of fossil fuels.
  • Sunflowers inspire more efficient solar power system Aug. 15, 2012 A field of young sunflowers will slowly rotate from east to west during the course of a sunny day, each leaf seeking out as much sunlight as possible as the sun moves across the sky through an adaptation called heliotropism.
  • Million-dollar Keck Foundation grant funds UW-Madison genome research Aug. 8, 2012 An interdisciplinary team of scientists and engineers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison has received a $1 million grant from the W.M. Keck Foundation to fund research into creating synthetic genome "foundries."
  • High-tech silver dressings ward off infection in wounds July 31, 2012 Applied onto the business end of artificial skin, nanofilms that release antibacterial silver over time can eradicate bacteria in full-thickness skin wounds in mice.
  • Thomson lab lands $2.2 million NIH grant July 24, 2012 With a $2.2 million grant from the National Institutes of Health, stem cell pioneer Dr. James Thomson, University of Wisconsin–Madison associate professor of biomedical engineering William Murphy and School of Medicine and Public Health medical informatics professor David Page will lead a team to derive and assemble the distinct cell types found in the human cerebral cortex.
  • Printed photonic crystal mirrors shrink on-chip lasers down to size July 22, 2012 Electrical engineers at The University of Texas at Arlington and at the University of Wisconsin-Madison have devised a new laser for on-chip optical connections that could give computers a huge boost in speed and energy efficiency.
  • Corporate open house: For industry, UW-Madison is 'one-stop shopping' July 19, 2012 On July 12, representatives from more than 40 companies in industries ranging from manufacturing and biotech to construction and food production attended the first-annual UW-Madison corporate open house.
  • Lake algae: What you don’t see can really hurt you July 17, 2012 The strikingly blue algae that afflicted the Madison lakes last week hardly needs a danger sign to warn of its toxicity.
  • Sustainability engineers fill key industry needs July 16, 2012 Patrick Eagan likes to look at sustainability as an opportunity for engineers to become leaders in green development. Today, sustainability is no longer just a concept but a global imperative —and as human impact on the earth increases, changes are needed to keep the planet healthy. To address demand, Eagan, a UW-Madison professor of engineering professional development, worked on a team of professionals who created the new online master of engineering in sustainable systems engineering (SSE) degree at UW-Madison.
  • With help from Milwaukee company, two engineers graduate with a head start July 13, 2012 Two University if Wisconsin-Madison engineering graduates had a head start on promising careers even as they crossed the stage in the May commencement ceremony. Now they will join the ranks of engineers at Rockwell Automation.