Chanyeop Park, assistant professor, electrical engineering, will receive $148,000 over two years in sub-contracted funding from Mississippi State University. The funding is part of a contract that MSU received from the Office of Naval Research. In this project—Development of Electrets …
Students and faculty at 51ÁÔÆæ’s College of Engineering & Applied Science have once again been recognized by the U.S. Department of Energy as national leaders in the areas of manufacturing and industrial energy efficiency, waste and water use reduction, smart …
In August, Shuaiqi (Roger) Shen joined 51ÁÔÆæ’s College of Engineering & Applied Science as an assistant professor in the Electrical Engineering Department. He is an embedded systems researcher and his expertise will strengthen the college’s already strong collaborations with local …
As society increasingly turns away from fossil fuels to power cars, trains, machines and more, it is looking for advances in the field of power electronics and sustainable energy. In August, Chanyeop Park joined 51ÁÔÆæ’s College of Engineering & Applied …
Ryo Amano, professor of mechanical engineering and Richard and Joanne Grigg Faculty Fellow, was awarded $250,000 from the Wisconsin Economic Development Corp toward a three-year, $375,000 project to identify and generate new technologies to recommend to Wisconsin manufacturing industries and …
In May, members of a National Science Foundation-backed research center that focuses on energy solutions held their annual review meeting at 51ÁÔÆæ. One result was the addition of four Midwest members to this Industry/University Cooperative Research Center that aims to …
Deyang Qu, an internationally recognized energy-storage and renewable energy expert, was named a 51ÁÔÆæ Distinguished Professor in May. Qu is a Johnson Controls Endowed Professorship in Energy Storage Research and is chair of the Department of Mechanical Engineering in 51ÁÔÆæ’s …
Badger Technology Group and the UW-Milwaukee College of Engineering & Applied Science have received a contract from the United States Air Force Research Lab to produce, integrate and test a hybrid energy storage system at the Ellsworth Air Force Base …
In May, Junjie Niu was awarded a $50,000, 12-month Ignite Grant from UW System to create a green technology to recycle and manufacture spent lithium-ion batteries. Niu is a Richard and Joanne Grigg associate professor, materials science & engineering, in …
This semester, four of the college’s undergraduate students started a 51ÁÔÆæ student organization with the goals of promoting the use of electric vehicle and decreasing the use of fossil fuels. Pictured left to right are Jacob Mattioli (mechanical engineering), Brinn …
