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Q&A with Prof. Steffi Diem, a UW–Madison fusion scientist and 2024 U.S. Science Envoy
Diem, a fusion energy expert, specializes in heating the ultra-hot fuel for fusion and confining it within efficient and compact magnetic bottles. Her selection as one of four new U.S. Science Envoys highlights growing recognition of fusion's role in building a clean and renewable energy future.
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UW–Madison part of effort to advance fusion energy with machine learning
The new collaboration is built on open-science principles and will use machine learning to advance our knowledge of promising sources of magnetic fusion energy.
UW’s 5 hottest majors: Student demand, workforce trends drive enrollment gains
UW–Madison is constantly evolving to make sure higher education captures student interest and meets the needs of employers here in Wisconsin and around the world.
UW’s Marcel Schreier wins Packard Fellowship for sustainable chemical engineering research
Research into sustainable pathways for chemical and fuel manufacturing won Marcel Schreier a 2022 Packard Fellowship for Science and Engineering.
‘Were U Wondering’ … how math can tame traffic?
Laura Albert, professor of industrial and systems engineering, uses math and science to explain traffic congestion — and what can be done to alleviate it.
A penetrating gaze: System allows world’s first X-ray look at electron-beam 3D-printing process
A team of UW–Madison mechanical engineers have pioneered the integration of several imaging technologies into a system that can study the fundamental mechanics of electron beam powder bed fusion in real time.
Meet some of the exceptional graduates of winter 2021
This year’s winter graduates are an accomplished bunch — they’ve created new student organizations, toured the world on music stages, undertaken important research, and won major awards
Concrete canoe co-presidents discuss construction and community
Who knew that designing and constructing a canoe made out of concrete could create such a sense of community?
Nuclear engineering research and education pioneer Max Carbon dies at 99
As founding chair of the Department of Nuclear Engineering, Carbon authored "Nuclear Power: Villain or Victim? Our Most Misunderstood Source of Electricity."
WiscWind makes sixth appearance in Collegiate Wind Competition
The teams had to design, fabricate, and test a wind turbine, and create a plan for siting a 100-megawatt wind farm in western South Dakota.
UW–Madison senior wins prestigious Knight-Hennessy Scholarship
Cheryl Mulor plans to pursue a master’s degree in civil and environmental engineering at Stanford University with a focus in sustainable design and construction. She hopes to one day return to Kenya and own her own company.
Science Expeditions, Engineering Expo offer virtual events statewide April 9–11
Both open houses will provide greater access than ever to UW–Madison research labs, at-home experiments and live science demonstrations.
Mission to Mars will memorialize exceptional UW engineering alum
Jim Willmore’s name, along with those of his team members, is inscribed on a small helicopter called Ingenuity being sent to Mars as part of NASA’s Mars 2020 Mission.
COVID questions: Mask filters, workplace air quality, flu shot
Are masks more effective with filters? How can we best maintain my workplace's indoor air quality? If I recently had COVID can I still get a flu shot?
Badger Talks: Staying safe from COVID while indoors
In this Badger Talks video, Tim Bertram, a University of Wisconsin–Madison professor of chemistry and an expert on air quality, discusses what we can do to minimize risk indoors.
New method measures temperature within 3D objects
The method may be useful in applications where traditional temperature probes won’t work, like monitoring semiconductor performance or next-generation nuclear reactors.
Wisconsin’s COVID-19 stay-at-home order drove changes in state’s traffic volume
Interstate travel in Wisconsin bottomed out the week of March 25 at a 40% reduction for weekday traffic and a 60% reduction on weekends — knowledge that could help with future highway planning and construction.
Understanding ceramic ‘mortar’ of materials may reveal ways to improve them
Findings in a new study could aid in fine-tuning a new generation of ceramic materials, from silicon solar panels to superconductors and biomedical implants.
Virtual symposium addresses key resource during pandemic: clean water
COVID-19 may have forced the event to go virtual, but it also brought the importance of its topic into sharp focus. “You can’t wash your hands if you don’t have water,” says Water@UW–Madison's Matt Ginder-Vogel.