Tag Engineering
Engineers Without Borders
Watch a WISC-TV For the Record episode that features UW–Madison’s Engineers Without Borders program. Read More
Zero-gravity team finds spray cooling works in space
For the 10th consecutive year, University of Wisconsin–Madison students have found themselves floating upside down over the Gulf of Mexico. Read More
Green snowmobile logs first month at Arctic research station
An electric snowmobile built by student members of the University of Wisconsin–Madison College of Engineering Clean Snowmobile Team is now in Greenland, on loan to the National Science Foundation (NSF) for the summer to support climate research projects at the Greenland Environmental Observatory (GEO Summit Camp). Read More
UW-Madison students design ‘disaster’ for Wisconsin rescue training facility
When University of Wisconsin–Madison civil and environmental engineering students Dan Zignego, Jake Varnes, Bill Schmitz and Nick Bobinski began a design project meant to be the crowning glory of their educational careers, they never thought it would turn into such a disaster. Read More
Green highways: Research targets environmentally friendly asphalts
For those hoping to create a greener world, our country's millions of miles of asphalt roads may seem like an odd place to seek solutions. Yet, it's precisely because asphalt is so common that we have much to gain from making it more eco-friendly, says University of Wisconsin–Madison civil engineering professor Hussain Bahia. Read More
Notable graduates: David Blodgett — Concrete accomplishments on the water
When competitors from other schools hear about David Blodgett of UW–Madison's Concrete Canoe team, they generally have the response: "That's not fair." Read More
Mechanical Engineering Building project wins preservation award
The addition to the 78-year-old Mechanical Engineering Building at the University of Wisconsin–Madison won an award from the Madison Trust for Historic Preservation at its annual awards ceremony this week. Read More
A weekend of success for UW–Madison engineering teams
The University of Wisconsin–Madison formula car, concrete canoe and steel bridge teams excelled in competitions the weekend of April 25-27. Read More
Recent sightings: Human Powered Vehicle Challenge
Photos: Jeff Miller UW–Madison’s human powered vehicle team competed against teams from around the country at Sauk Prairie Airport… Read More
UW-Madison will host human-powered vehicle challenge
The University of Wisconsin–Madison this weekend will host the 25th annual American Society of Mechanical Engineers Human Powered Vehicle Challenge. Read More
UW-Madison part of DOE-funded ‘microgrid’ collaboration
University of Wisconsin–Madison engineers will collaborate with industrial and government partners on a $14 million project to implement a microgrid power backup system at the nation's fifth-largest incarceration facility-the Santa Rita Jail. Read More
Engineering class infuses green ideas into local building projects
Earth Day is celebrated once a year, but University of Wisconsin–Madison civil and environmental engineering students are working to create plans that offer sustainable benefits for years to come. Read More
WAGE awards three research collaborative grants related to globalization
The University of Wisconsin–Madison Center for World Affairs and the Global Economy (WAGE) announces the three winners of its research collaborative competition, each receiving $100,000 during a three-year period. Read More
Money doesn’t grow on trees, but gasoline might
In 2003, University of Wisconsin–Madison graduate student George Huber and colleagues made hydrogen from plant sugars using nickel-tin alloy catalysts in the lab of Chemical and Biological Engineering Professor James Dumesic. Read More
New nanoparticle catalyst brings fuel-cell cars closer to showroom
A University of Wisconsin–Madison and University of Maryland (UM) team has developed a new nanotechnology-driven chemical catalyst that paves the way for more efficient hydrogen fuel-cell vehicles. Read More
Fund for late professor lifts Engineers Without Borders into the black
Katie Simon had a lot to be nervous about in March 2007 when she became the president of the University of Wisconsin–Madison chapter of Engineers Without Borders (EWB), an organization that applies the knowledge of engineers to improving the quality of life for developing communities. Read More
UW students help El Salvadoran towns build wastewater system
New Year's Eve in Nejapa, El Salvador, looks a lot like the Fourth of July. At Griselda Guzman's house, homemade fireworks lighted the front yard, where the guests dancing outside her pale yellow home included 11 University of Wisconsin–Madison engineering students and three advisers. Read More
Can RFID technology promote a safer blood supply?
Radio frequency identification technology, or RFID, has inspired many novel applications of late, including efforts to study magazine reader patterns, access restricted areas, locate stolen vehicles and track luggage at major airports. Read More
Hot subjects—Civil and Environmental Engineering 679: Travel Behavior Analysis
From the moment people step outside their homes to the moment they return, civil and environmental engineering professor Jessica Guo is… Read More