Stories indexed under: College of Engineering

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• Transportation engineer named to World Road Association committee March 15, 2012 The World Road Association recently named University of Wisconsin-Madison professor Teresa M. Adams to its Freight Transport Committee.
• UW-Madison graduate programs ranked among best by U.S. News and World Report March 13, 2012 Several University of Wisconsin-Madison graduate programs are ranked among the nation's best in the 2013 edition of U.S. News and World Report's "Best Graduate Schools."
• UW-Madison graduate programs ranked among best by U.S. News and World Report March 12, 2012 Several UW-Madison graduate programs are ranked among the nation’s best in the 2013 edition of U.S. News and World Report’s “Best Graduate Schools.”
• For plastics knowledge, India looks to UW-Madison engineers Feb. 21, 2012 One of the oldest and most respected polymer engineering research and educational programs in the United States is contributing its expertise to a new plastics university in India.
• Cheap, printable prosthetic hand wins top prize at 2012 Innovation Days Feb. 10, 2012 A prosthetic hand that could be cheaply created on a 3-D printer for amputees in developing countries won the top prize and $10,000 in the Schoofs Prize for Creativity, one of a pair of competitions that make up Innovation Days. Held Feb. 9 and 10, the event rewards University of Wisconsin-Madison students for creative and marketable ideas.
• Peercy, longtime UW–Madison engineering dean, to retire Feb. 8, 2012 In 1999, first-year dean of the University of Wisconsin-Madison College of Engineering Paul Peercy looked around at the other new kids - the undergraduate students - and wondered why more than half of them were not persisting into their second year as engineering majors.
• Smallest tools could give biggest results in bone repair Feb. 6, 2012 When William Murphy works with some of the most powerful tools in biology, he thinks about making tools that can fit together. These constructions sound a bit like socket wrenches, which can be assembled to turn a half-inch nut in tight quarters, or to loosen a rusted-tight one-inch bolt using a very persuasive lever.
• Water filtration, smart phones, LED lights showcased in student invention competition Feb. 2, 2012 University of Wisconsin-Madison undergraduate innovators will present 14 inventions on Feb. 9-10 in Engineering Hall on the College of Engineering campus as part of the annual Innovation Days.
• Roundabouts emerging as the ideal intersection between driver safety and efficiency Feb. 1, 2012 They've become the subject of myriad YouTube "how-to" videos. Entire department of transportation websites explain how to navigate them. And, they elicit more than a little anxiety and confusion in the minds of drivers entering, circling and exiting them.
• UW-Madison engineer honored for contributions in South Korea Jan. 26, 2012 A University of Wisconsin-Madison engineering professor has received the Order of Service Merit (red stripes medal) from the president of South Korea for his contributions to the Four Major Rivers Restoration Project, a multi-billion-dollar river restoration project in that country.
• College of Engineering begins podcast series Jan. 26, 2012 The University of Wisconsin-Madison College of Engineering now has a podcast. Called the Badger Engineering Perspective, the podcast will feature faculty experts on a variety of topics, with a focus on how engineering expertise is helping people around the state.
• Crone named to graduate education post Jan. 26, 2012 Wendy Crone, a professor of engineering physics and interim associate dean of physical sciences in the UW-Madison Graduate School, has been named the school's associate dean for graduate education.
• With $3.5 million, UW-led consortium will address national freight issues Jan. 20, 2012 The U.S. Department of Transportation has awarded a $3.5 million grant to the National Center for Freight and Infrastructure Research and Education (CFIRE), a consortium led by the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
• Four receive honors from American Physical Society Dec. 27, 2011 Four University of Wisconsin–Madison researchers are among 240 newly named fellows of the American Physical Society, an honor bestowed upon no more than half of one percent of the professional society’s membership.
• Products for hockey, shelter win engineering design competition Dec. 20, 2011 Under the right circumstances, the undergraduate student teams that won a University of Wisconsin–Madison engineering design competition can either help protect a family from the elements or a hockey team from a scoring play.
• UW-Madison engineer receives Grand Challenges Point-of-Care Diagnostics Grant Dec. 19, 2011 A biomedical engineer at the University of Wisconsin-Madison will receive a $2.5 million Point-of-Care Diagnostics Grant through Grand Challenges in Global Health.
• Research may yield more compact antennas for military use Dec. 9, 2011 While tall, bulky antennas seem like relics in an era of sleek, modern smartphones, they're still an unfortunate necessity for American soldiers.
• From wind turbines to inflatable interim housing: Engineering undergrads display products Dec. 9, 2011 Deriving their inspiration from fields ranging from music and ice hockey to cross-country skiing and wind energy, eight University of Wisconsin–Madison undergraduate engineering student design teams will compete Wednesday, Dec. 14 for a top cash prize of $2,500.
• Helping computers make faster decisions Nov. 18, 2011 Industrial and systems engineering professor Jeff Linderoth is working on a way to help computers make yes/no decisions faster by enhancing the standard algorithm computers use to solve a class of problems called integer programs.
• New initiative encourages young alumni participation in giving Nov. 17, 2011 The University of Wisconsin–Madison College of Engineering has announced a new program that will provide a two-to-one match of any gift made by a student or recent graduate of the college.