Tag Engineering
Fish-eyed lens cuts through the dark
The artificial eyes created by UW–Madison engineers could help search-and-rescue robots or surgical scopes make dim surroundings seem bright as day.
UW-Madison traffic lab assisting city in competition for $50 million
The award will go to one mid-sized American city to fund the creation of an integrated transportation system for the future, including driverless "smart" transit.
UW-Madison spinoff receives construction permit for medical isotope plant in Janesville
This is the first time since 1961 that the NRC has issued a permit for a facility to make the life-saving isotopes.
UW–Madison engineers create custom tuning knobs to turn off any gene
An advance by UW–Madison engineers allows scientists to fine-tune biological functions in their bacterial 'employees.'
Professor, alumni named to National Academy of Engineering
A University of Wisconsin–Madison chemical and biological engineering professor, a chemical engineering alumnus and an engineering mechanics alumnus have been elected to the National Academy of Engineering.
Power walk: Footsteps could charge mobile electronics
When you’re on the go and your smartphone battery is low, in the not-so-distant future you could charge it simply by plugging it into your shoe.
UW-Madison places among top teams in SpaceX Hyperloop competition
A team of engineering students won 3rd place overall in a worldwide competition to design a pod for shuttling people on the futuristic high-speed transportation system known.
Nanosheet growth technique could revolutionize nanomaterial production
Tiny sheets of the semiconductor zinc oxide could have huge implications for the future of a host of electronic and biomedical devices.
Tunable materials clear the way for advanced optics
In books and movies, wizards use magic spells to make the visible see-through. In reality, materials with properties called phase transitions can pull off a similar trick.
Internet of Things Lab fosters student innovation, adds industrial partners
Will Caldwell was riding his bike and didn’t see the car coming. But the lasers in his prototype "Safe Cycle" warning system did, and the handlebars vibrated in warning.
Minuscule, flexible compound lenses magnify large fields of view
Drawing inspiration from an insect's multi-faceted eye, University of Wisconsin–Madison engineers have created miniature lenses with vast range of vision.
UW–Madison engineers reveal record-setting flexible phototransistor
Inspired by mammals' eyes, University of Wisconsin–Madison electrical engineers have created the fastest, most responsive flexible silicon phototransistor ever made.
Wisconsin concrete innovation makes Seattle skyscraper stable
A University of Wisconsin–Madison engineer's solution for streamlining the construction of skyscrapers is having a skyscraper moment in one of the most seismically active regions of the country.
$20 million grant powers game-changing Internet access effort
A global effort to create a new computer ecosystem that is easily accessible to people with disabilities, senior citizens and others with special needs is set to become reality through a $20 million federal grant to the University of Wisconsin–Madison.
UW-Madison spinoff on track to build medical isotope source in Janesville
Shine Medical Technologies of Madison is moving ahead with an effort to make a vital medical isotope at a new plant in Janesville.
Designed defects in liquid crystals can guide construction of nanomaterials
Imperfections running through liquid crystals can be used as miniscule tubing, channeling molecules into specific positions to form new materials and nanoscale structures, according to engineers at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. The discovery could have applications in fields as diverse as electronics and medicine.
Software piggybacks on electronic medical records, saves clinician time
Many people assume that electronic medical records would simplify doctoring, helping medical staff retrieve symptoms, diagnoses and prescriptions at computer speed. But Jonathan Baran, a Madison entrepreneur who began developing medical automation software while a graduate student at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, says providers often don't see the promised efficiencies.
Major commitment to elevate UW–Madison undergraduate engineering education
A $22 million commitment over four years from The Grainger Foundation of Lake Forest, Illinois, will establish the Grainger Fund for Undergraduate Education in the College of Engineering, providing undergraduate students an unparalleled environment that will position them for success, not only academically, but in their future careers.
Souped-up software reduces guesswork, tedium in computer-aided engineering
A team of University of Wisconsin–Madison engineers recently released a new computer-aided engineering software program, and its users are already calling it a "gift from heaven."
Innovative cancer treatment machine: Still made in Wisconsin
Innovator-entrepreneur Thomas “Rock” Mackie’s TomoTherapy, launched in 1997, remains one of the universities’ most successful spinoff companies.