Stories indexed under: College of Engineering

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• Engineering students compete with unique inventions Dec. 13, 2010 A pedal-powered riding lawn mower, a green garbage disposal, an attachment for wheelchairs that increases traction in slick conditions: These, and others, are the designs that circulate inside engineering students' minds.
• Gabe Carimi applies the team concept to engineering success Dec. 10, 2010 Wisconsin Badgers left tackle Gabe Carimi is experiencing nothing short of a dream senior year. Consider this stellar resume:
• Warning system shows potential for alleviating crashes at dangerous rural intersections Dec. 1, 2010 University of Wisconsin-Madison transportation-safety engineers are testing a system on a northern Wisconsin highway that could help reduce crashes at rural intersections across the country.
• Suri named to IndustryWeek "dream team" Nov. 30, 2010
• Engineers receive U.S. Air Force early career support Nov. 23, 2010 Three University of Wisconsin-Madison engineers are among 43 researchers to receive prestigious Air Force Young Investigator Research Program funding through the Air Force Office of Scientific Research (AFOSR).
• New simulator puts UW-Madison on the map for driving research Nov. 11, 2010 There's only one place in Wisconsin where a driver can send text messages, speed or engage in other risky behaviors with no risk of an accident: the new University of Wisconsin-Madison Driving Simulation Laboratory.
• UW-Madison research informs upcoming EPA coal-combustion ruling Nov. 9, 2010 To some people, coal-combustion products such as fly ash and bottom ash are hazardous waste, fit only for sophisticated disposal. Others, particularly in the electric power industry, benefit from selling them as key additives in sustainable construction materials such as concrete.
• Engineers team up with Trek for cycling research Nov. 8, 2010 During a long bike ride, it's not unusual for cyclists to experience hand or finger numbness, a very common condition known as cyclist's palsy. The condition ranges from mild tingling to, sometimes, long-term nerve damage and hand muscle atrophy over time.
• Friction stir welding fuses engineering research and Wisconsin industry Nov. 5, 2010 U.S. naval ships usually conjure images of aircraft carriers or other large vessels far out to sea. The USS Freedom (LCS 1), however, is able to enter water as shallow as 14 feet. This gives sailors an unprecedented level of access to regions where the U.S. military is present, such as the Persian Gulf.
• Mississippi Valley Freight Coalition now the Mid-America Freight Coalition Nov. 4, 2010 An organization that focuses on planning, operating, preserving and improving freight transportation infrastructure and networks throughout the Midwest has a new name, although its mission remains the same.
• UW-Madison students make “genetic machines” for international competition Nov. 2, 2010 As yogurt and other products are marketed as a method for improving health, young biologists at University of Wisconsin-Madison are trying to do something similar by engineering delivery of biological molecules to the intestine.
• New technique shows 50-year history of toxic algae in Lake Wingra Oct. 28, 2010 As public health officials worry about rising concentrations of cyanobacteria - often called blue-green algae - in lakes, scientists are concerned that a warming climate will stimulate the growth of cyanobacteria.
• Entrepreneur translates research into health solutions Oct. 21, 2010
• New nano techniques integrate electron gas-producing oxides with silicon Oct. 19, 2010 In cold weather, many children can't resist breathing onto a window and writing in the condensation. Now imagine the window as an electronic device platform, the condensation as a special conductive gas, and the letters as lines of nanowires.
• Hybrid Vehicle Team offers tire pressure checks Sept. 24, 2010
• UW-Madison receives grant for superconducting electron gun Sept. 24, 2010 The University of Wisconsin-Madison has received a $4.5 million grant from the United States Department of Energy Basic Energy Sciences office. The award will fund a research and development project focusing on the fabrication and testing of what is called an electron gun for a free electron laser (FEL) - a several-football-fields-long light source, an immense instrument whose light would be used by researchers across a range of disciplines for their experiments.
• Google executive to address Wisconsin industry at e-business conference Sept. 24, 2010 Record attendance is expected at the 12th annual Business Best Practices and Emerging Technologies Conference, which will be hosted Thursday, Sept. 30, by the University of Wisconsin-Madison E-Business Consortium.
• Researchers discover less-expensive low-temperature catalyst for hydrogen purification Sept. 23, 2010 Engineering researchers from Tufts University, the University of Wisconsin-Madison and Harvard University have demonstrated the low-temperature efficacy of an atomically dispersed platinum catalyst, which could be suitable for on-board hydrogen production in fuel-cell-powered vehicles of the future.
• UW-Madison undergrads to design a room that’s literally out of this world Sept. 15, 2010 Think of it as a high-tech screened porch for astronauts.
• Computers — and people — work in parallel at new center Sept. 13, 2010 A trio of University of Wisconsin-Madison engineering professors has launched a new high-performance computing center.