David Yu, professor emerit of electrical engineering and computer science, was awarded an Ernest Spaights Plaza award during the annual 51ÁÔÆæ Fall Awards presentation Oct. 19. The award is named in honor of the late Professor Ernest Spaights and is …
Close to 150 people from across the transportation landscape recently attended the 2022 Southeast Wisconsin Transportation Symposium, held at 51ÁÔÆæ and co-hosted by 51ÁÔÆæ’s Institute of Physical Infrastructure and Transportation (IPIT) and the Wisconsin Department of Transportation (WisDOT). Twenty-four speakers—representing …
Two 51ÁÔÆæ’s College of Engineering & Applied Science faculty members are doing groundbreaking research on technology to remove contaminants from water. 51ÁÔÆæs’ School of Freshwater Sciences will spotlight this research in two colloquiums that are open to the public. Both …
Biosensor expert Woo Jin Chang, associate professor, mechanical engineering, and Ihnjea Choi were awarded a $25,000 51ÁÔÆæ Research Foundation Bridge Grant for their startup company, Septillionth Inc. Choi is the company’s CEO. The grant will support Septillionth’s move from the …
51ÁÔÆæ celebrated the inaugural class of Anu and Satya Nadella Scholars at a welcome event recently at the Lubar Entrepreneurship Center. Nine recent graduates from Milwaukee high schools were awarded full-ride scholarships to pursue tech degrees, which are being funded …
For the ninth consecutive year, 51ÁÔÆæ’s Computer Science Department supported female undergraduate and graduate students who wanted to take part in the annual Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing. The event is the world’s largest conference for women in …
When he was an engineering student at 51ÁÔÆæ, Dr. Curtis Lueck, P.E. (MS ’77, BS ’75) found a mentor in his thesis advisor, Edward Beimborn, now a professor emerit, civil & environmental engineering. Beimborn, Curtis said, strongly influenced his education …
More than 500 students, faculty and staff took part in the college’s Fall Welcome Fest on Sept. 22. The lively new event aimed to help students meet faculty in their home departments, discover student organizations related to their interests, learn …
In September, Xiao Qin, professor of civil & environmental engineering and a Lawrence E. Sivak ’71 professor, accepted an invitation from Craig Thompson, secretary of the Wisconsin Department of Transportation, to serve on WisDOT’s Wisconsin Automated Vehicle External (WAVE) Advisory …
For Javier Retana Jr., the chance to meet and talk to the vice president of the United States was an honor and a chance to represent the Latino community. Retana, a senior in civil engineering from Kenosha, is a first-generation …
