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UW-Madison in drivers’ seat of national transportation center

August 9, 2005

With $16 million in funding over five years from the U.S. Department of Transportation, UW–Madison transportation engineers will drive their research, education and technology-transfer efforts to the national level. President Bush will sign the "Safe, Accountable, Flexible and Efficient Transportation Act: A Legacy for Users" Wednesday in Aurora, Ill. The bill designates UW–Madison as one of 10 National University Transportation Centers charged with advancing research on critical national transportation issues and expanding the workforce of transportation professionals.

Center for Integrated Ag Systems Selected as a Pesticide Reduction Champion

August 4, 2005

The UW–Madison Center for Integrated Agricultural Systems has been selected by the EPA as a Pesticide Environmental Stewardship Program Champion for 2005. This designation honors CIAS for its efforts to reduce pesticide risk through sustainable agricultural practices such as Integrated Pest Management and organic farming. CIAS also received this national honor in 2003.

South African telescope poses opportunities for U.S. businesses

August 3, 2005

Thanks to its geography and its clear skies, South Africa has long been a prime location for astronomy. Which is why UW–Madison – plus a dozen other international organizations - signed on a little more than five years ago to help build and fund SALT, the Southern African Large Telescope. Faculty and administrators will travel to this emerging economic powerhouse on the African continent’s southern tip in November when SALT – the largest telescope in the hemisphere - captures its first light. They also hope to open doors to Wisconsin business leaders accompanying them on the trip, nurturing what they foresee as a two-way commercial exchange that will benefit both the Badger State and South Africa.

Engineers chart semiconductors on the scale of atoms

August 1, 2005

Spanning fewer than a thousand atoms, the electronic devices on semiconductor chips have become so miniscule they defy most efforts to characterize them. Now for the first time, engineers have demonstrated a way to image these vanishingly small devices by mapping them atom by atom.

First Business Financial Services elects Bugher to board of directors

July 25, 2005

First Business Financial Services, Inc., located at 401 Charmany Dr. in Madison, announced July 22, 2005 that Mark D. Bugher has been elected to…

Students grab top honors in food competition

July 19, 2005

It looks like odd years are a lucky charm for the UW–Madison Product Development Team. The group of food science students captured first place this year in a national product development contest sponsored by the Institute of Food Technologists for "Healthy sTarts," a granola cup coated with strawberry-flavored yogurt and topped with strawberries and blueberries.

Diamonds are a scientist’s best friend

July 14, 2005

Do diamonds really last forever? That's the hope of UW–Madison researchers who are trying to solve the problems associated with building extremely small machines and having them withstand the test of time, wear and tear.

Students’ granola-yogurt fruit cup may scoop up national honors

July 14, 2005

A group of UW–Madison food science students have spent the past year developing what may be the next big thing to hit grocery shelves.

Engineer creates tool for keeping computers cool

July 11, 2005

Anyone who has listened to the constant whir of a computer's fan or held a laptop for too long knows how blazing hot computers can get. UW–Madison engineers have created a spray cooling method that early tests show can remove heat at rates up to three times faster than other spray techniques.

Forestry project will map likely habitat of endangered butterfly

July 7, 2005

A grant from the University of Wisconsin–Madison Graduate School's Technology Transfer Program will fund a project that uses computer mapping and statistical modeling to identify likely habitat of the endangered Karner blue butterfly. The project could help Wisconsin land managers save thousands of dollars on field surveys required to protect the rare insect.

UW-Madison scientists receive $20 million award for protein study

July 6, 2005

Researchers at the Center for Eukaryotic Structural Genomics, based at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, have received a $20 million award to fund Phase II of the Protein Structure Initiative over the next five years.

New business startup program message sent to UW–Madison faculty and staff

July 1, 2005

New Business Start-Up Program Message Sent to UW–Madison Faculty and Staff

Pros visit UW–Madison for sweet truth about candy

June 20, 2005

The 43rd annual Resident Course in Confectionary Technology for professionals run through June 24 on the UW–Madison campus.

Two Wisconsin veterinary students win national awards

June 17, 2005

Two of five national awards given by the American Association of Bovine Practitioners (AABP) recognizing academic achievement went to students at the School of Veterinary Medicine.

UW-Madison accounting professor among most influential in finance

June 16, 2005

An accounting professor at the School of Business has been named one of the nation’s 100 most influential people in finance.

Technique provides path to manufacturing complex nano-electronic devices

June 9, 2005

In the time it takes to read this sentence, your fingernail will have grown one nanometer. That's one-billionth of a meter and it represents the scale at which electronics must be built if the march toward miniaturization is to continue. Reporting in the June 3 issue of the journal Science, an international team of researchers shows how control over materials on this tiny scale can be extended to create complex patterns important in the production of nano-electronics.

Making a better cheddar

June 9, 2005

Whether it's a stretchy mozzarella or an easy-to-slice Swiss, cheesemakers aim to provide consumers with high quality, consistent products. To this end, they often try to improve texture and flavor by controlling for factors like acidity and the breakdown of milk proteins by enzymes. However, the key to better Cheddar may lie in undissolved calcium salts, according to a report by UW–Madison cheese scientists published recently in the International Dairy Journal.

Green diesel: New process makes fuel from plants

June 2, 2005

College of Engineering researchers have discovered a new way to make a diesel-like liquid fuel from carbohydrates commonly found in plants. "It's a very efficient process," says researcher George Huber. "The fuel produced contains 90 percent of the energy found in the carbohydrate and hydrogen feed. If you look at a carbohydrate source such as corn, our new process has the potential to create twice the energy as is created in using corn to make ethanol."

Competition unleashes student creativity on silk tie designs

May 23, 2005

Silk ties, especially upscale ones that cost up to $120, are unlikely to make their way into many undergraduate student fashion statements. But as far as classroom projects go, ties proved to be a perfect fit. A Department of Environment, Textiles and Design course at UW–Madison, led by professor Jennifer Angus, spent the spring 2005 semester designing a new line of retro-conversational ties for the Chippewa Falls fashion company XMI.

Entrepreneurship center honors professor and benefactor

May 18, 2005

Jim Weinert, a prominent entrepreneur and philanthropist, and Bob Pricer, a longtime teacher of entrepreneurship, were honored at the eighth annual celebration of the Weinert Center for Entrepreneurship at the UW–Madison School of Business.