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Roundabouts emerging as the ideal intersection between driver safety and efficiency

February 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

January 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

January 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

January 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

January 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.

Award supports study of internal-combustion diagnostic tool

January 10, 2012

For the past several decades, engineers have been investigating low-temperature combustion as a means of creating engines with diesel-like efficiency and no pollutant emissions. A UW–Madison mechanical engineering assistant professor has received a grant to study the process.

Four receive honors from American Physical Society

December 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

December 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

December 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

December 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

December 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

November 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

November 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.

Microfabrication breakthrough could set piezoelectric material applications in motion

November 17, 2011

Integrating a complex, single-crystal material with "giant" piezoelectric properties onto silicon, University of Wisconsin–Madison engineers and physicists can fabricate low-voltage, near-nanoscale electromechanical devices that could lead to improvements in high-resolution 3-D imaging, signal processing, communications, energy harvesting, sensing, and actuators for nanopositioning devices, among others.

Tag College of Engineering

Roundabouts emerging as the ideal intersection between driver safety and efficiency

UW-Madison engineer honored for contributions in South Korea

College of Engineering begins podcast series

Crone named to graduate education post

With $3.5 million, UW-led consortium will address national freight issues

Award supports study of internal-combustion diagnostic tool

Four receive honors from American Physical Society

Products for hockey, shelter win engineering design competition

UW-Madison engineer receives Grand Challenges Point-of-Care Diagnostics Grant

Research may yield more compact antennas for military use

From wind turbines to inflatable interim housing: Engineering undergrads display products

Helping computers make faster decisions

New initiative encourages young alumni participation in giving

Microfabrication breakthrough could set piezoelectric material applications in motion

Microscope will give UW researchers powerful view of molecular structures

UW–Madison engineering alumni receive top college honor

American Chemical Society honors UW–Madison professors

University, private-sector collaboration brings Bucky Wagon back for Homecoming

Electricity from the nose: Engineers make power from human respiration

Eleven professors appointed to named professorships