Tag Manufacturing
Engineers’ projects in focus as campus makerspace holds first “reverse career fair”
“It’s a great way for students who have been making a wide range of projects and prototypes to show them off," says the event coordinator. Read More
Smartphone technology could combat workplace injuries
Researchers may be able to harness relatively simple technological tools to create a solution that is easy, efficient and economically viable. Read More
Unique UW–Madison group is a route to good jobs, economic progress in power electronics
The Wisconsin Electric Machine and Power Electronics Consortium, a UW–Madison research group, is known and respected for power engineering and electrical machines and generators. It provides a big assist to that industry in Wisconsin. Read More
UW-Madison program conveys progress to Oconto manufacturer
Conveyor maker Nercon's leaders learned new productivity techniques from UW–Madison's Engineering Professional Development department. Read More
Advanced nano-cutter boosts emerging materials research at UW–Madison
The unique machine, the first of its kind in North America, is capable of milling in three dimensions with nanometer precision. Read More
Biological supplier prospers with aid of UW manufacturing expertise
A Madison lab is using the university's quick response manufacturing techniques to bring products to market more quickly and improve profits. Read More
Chancellor visits Oshkosh Corporation, site of UW-industry collaboration
After seeing firsthand the technologies that Oshkosh Corporation is building in Wisconsin and sending around the world, UW–Madison Chancellor Rebecca Blank stressed the value of collaboration between premier public research institutions and companies such as Oshkosh, which employs nearly 100 UW–Madison alumni. Read More
Collaboration with Wisconsin plastics manufacturer yields industry and research advances
For University of Wisconsin–Madison plastics engineer Tim Osswald, the Wisconsin Idea is about taking the extra step: taking research out of the lab. Read More
Rudolph honored as Outstanding Young Manufacturing Engineer
A University of Wisconsin–Madison polymer engineer has received the 2015 Outstanding Young Manufacturing Engineer Award from the Society of Manufacturing Engineers. Natalie Rudolph, an assistant professor of mechanical engineering, is among 11 recipients who will receive the award in 2015. Read More
New institute to be catalyst for redefining UW engineering research enterprise
A new trans-disciplinary research institute in the University of Wisconsin–Madison College of Engineering is being created to drive technological advances that will enhance the success of U.S. industries and drive economic growth in the nation. Read More
Informatics of ‘making’ aims to unite computing, materials and manufacturing advances
Materials science, computing and manufacturing have all evolved into formidable forces on their own in recent years. Support for materials innovation is surging; computing and information are taking on an ever more powerful role in research; and American manufacturing faces a transformation at the hands of the “maker” movement and of major government and industry initiatives. Read More
Innovation institute to broaden U.S. palette of advanced materials
Sporting sleek cases, sensitive touch screens, and an ever-increasing array of features, today's smartphones and tablets provide consumers unparalleled mobile computing capability. Read More
Advanced manufacturing focus of June 10-14 conference
Featuring a broad swath of leading-edge research from around the world, an advanced manufacturing research conference June 10-14, 2013, will draw nearly 500 academic, industrial and governmental participants to the Monona Terrace Community and Convention Center in Madison. Read More
With new high-tech materials, UW–Madison researchers aim to catalyze U.S. manufacturing future
Drawing on methods similar to those used to sequence the human genome, a multi-university team of researchers aims to discover and create revolutionary advanced materials that could help solve grand challenges in such areas as energy, national security and human health. Read More