Stories indexed under: College of Engineering

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• Self-assembling polymer arrays improve data storage potential Aug. 14, 2008 A new manufacturing approach holds the potential to overcome the technological limitations currently facing the microelectronics and data-storage industries, paving the way to smaller electronic devices and higher-capacity hard drives.
• UW-Madison students improve Ecuador water quality Aug. 7, 2008 Civil and environmental engineering students used their senior design capstone project as an opportunity to fix a water pipeline serving five communities in Ecuador.
• NASA co-op pushes student to new frontier of vehicle design July 22, 2008 A UW-Madison mechanical engineering student is helping to develop the robotic equipment needed to clear lunar dust.
• College of Engineering will sign transfer agreement with MATC July 21, 2008 A new door is opening for students seeking entrance to the College of Engineering.
• Transportation researchers evaluate Madison Metro service July 21, 2008 University of Wisconsin-Madison College of Engineering transportation researchers are compiling the results of ridership surveys conducted in March and April on board Madison Metro buses.
• Doctoral student shares experiences from Nobel laureates meeting July 16, 2008 From June 29-July 4, University of Wisconsin-Madison nuclear engineering doctoral student Rachel Slaybaugh was among nearly 500 young researchers from around the world to attend the Lindau Meeting, a unique event in Lindau, Germany, that draws 25 Nobel laureates for lectures, panel and roundtable discussions, and social and networking events.
• Associate dean advises NASA on human challenges in space programs July 15, 2008 A UW-Madison associate dean is part of a committee advising NASA on issues related to a new space program that will send human astronauts to Mars.
• Synchronized swimming: Collections of microorganisms make their own waves June 25, 2008 Some microorganisms prefer the breaststroke while swimming. Others move along by essentially twisting their tail. How populations of bacteria and other microorganisms swim is more than just a matter of style, according to Mike Graham, University of Wisconsin-Madison Harvey D. Spangler Professor of Chemical and Biological Engineering.
• College of Engineering proposes differential tuition for undergraduates May 28, 2008 The University of Wisconsin-Madison College of Engineering is proposing to phase in a $700-per-semester tuition differential to address the rising cost of engineering education and to remain competitive with other colleges of engineering. The University of Wisconsin Board of Regents will consider the proposal at its June 5-6 meeting.
• Alumni ‘fired up’ about latest innovation May 8, 2008 After selling the first company he founded for more than $1 million, University of Wisconsin-Madison engineering alum Chad Sorenson wasn't sure what to do next.
• Wisconsin biomedical engineering students design meaningful medical solutions April 30, 2008 When University of Wisconsin-Madison junior Claire Flanagan graduates in May 2009 with bachelor's degrees in biomedical engineering (BME) and biochemistry, she might display her diploma next to an equally prestigious document: a patent from the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.
• Pi Mile Run benefits well water project in El Salvador April 10, 2008 As 255 University of Wisconsin-Madison students and community members thundered down the Lakeshore Path on the first warm Saturday morning in April, they dodged muddy puddles and happy pedestrians out for a weekend walk along Lake Mendota.
• UW-Madison graduate programs fare well in annual U.S. News rankings April 2, 2008 A number of graduate programs and specialties at UW-Madison scored high marks in the 2009 "Best Graduate Schools" edition of U.S. News and World Report.
• Technology to predict strain gets a perfect model: Michelangelo’s ‘David’ March 19, 2008 For statues, stress injuries come from standing in place for hundreds of years. Using a novel technique, researchers have now developed a way to predict such fracturing, applying the procedure to Michelangelo's famous statue "David" in an analysis that proved simpler, faster and more accurate than previous methods.
• UW-Madison team ‘zaps’ competition with electric snowmobile March 18, 2008 The University of Wisconsin-Madison Clean Snowmobile team blew the competition out of the snow at the Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) Clean Snowmobile Challenge (CSC) in Houghton, Mich., March 10-15.
• Professor named first scientific director of national nuclear research facility Feb. 28, 2008 Idaho National Laboratory has selected University of Wisconsin-Madison nuclear fuels and materials expert Todd Allen to lead its newly created Advanced Test Reactor (ATR) National Scientific User Facility.
• Off the hook: Stronger soft-plastic fishing lure reels in raves Feb. 21, 2008 Working with University of Wisconsin-Madison engineering and business school faculty and students, a Wisconsin entrepreneur has perfected a fiber-reinforced fishing lure that may prevent millions of pounds of toxic plastics from polluting waters nationwide.
• Two UW-Madison engineers elected to national academy Feb. 18, 2008 Two University of Wisconsin-Madison College of Engineering faculty members are among the 65 engineers and nine foreign associates elected to the National Academy of Engineering (NAE) in 2008.
• Undergraduate inventors to compete Feb. 11 and 12 Feb. 5, 2008 Coming soon to the University of Wisconsin-Madison: new solutions for ice fishermen, potato farmers, tailgaters, laptop junkies and airlines - all invented by undergraduates.
• Students take leadership venture to South Africa Jan. 7, 2008 After more than 40 hours of traveling, 30 University of Wisconsin-Madison students arrived last week in Cape Town, South Africa to start a two-week adventure in South Africa's capital city that will include a leadership seminar and service projects.