Over a hundred years ago, the English economist William Stanley Jevons keenly observed that technological advances that increase energy efficiency leads to further increased energy consumption and not the other way around. In this talk, Prof. Giri reviews Jevons’ observations and links it to present ones. The talk was given in September 2023 as part of the Wisconsin Energy Institute’s Sustainable Energy series.
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Wave energy harvesting project among first round winners of DOE InDEEP prize
WEMPEC PhD student David Skrovanek, Professor Dan Ludois, and Professor Ted Brekken of Oregon State University are among the first stage winners on the DOE’s InDEEP prize supporting research in the area of ocean wave energy technology.
Giri Venkataramanan named an IEEE Fellow
Giri Venkataramanan, the Keith and Jane Morgan Nosbusch Engineering Education Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, has been named a fellow of the IEEE for his contributions to the control of energy resources in microgrids.
Riccardo Breda receives IEEE PELS Fellowships
Riccardo is a visiting student from the University of Udine in Italy, advised by Prof. Bulent Sarlioglu.
High expectations for single-wire power exchange
Professor Daniel Ludois and PhD student Shiying Wang received the award for Best Oral Presentation Paper in Emerging Technology for IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition (ECCE) 2023. The award was announced at the IEEE ECCE in Nashville, TN in November.
Three UW-Madison COE Alumni on Forbes 30 Under 30 List
H3X co-founders and UW Madison College of Engineering Alumni, are moving the world one step closer to electrifying the skies with new lightweight, power-dense electric motors.
ASPE awards for Prof. Lei Zhou and two of her PhD students
Prof. Lei Zhou and her PhD students Laura Homiller and Jinjie Wu were honored with an Early Career Award and Student Scholarship awards ant the 38th American Society for Precision Engineering annual meeting in November. Read more about these recognitions and the awardees here.
Justin Reed: 2023 Early Career Award Recipient
Read the interview with the 2023 Early Career Award recipient, WEMPEC Ph.D. alumnus, Justin Reed, President and CTO, C-Motive Technologies Inc. Each year, the College of Engineering honors outstanding members of our alumni community who have made remarkable contributions to their fields.
Maitreyee Marathe Receives Research Award at Energy Data Analytics Symposium
WEMPEC student Maitreyee Marathe was recognized for excellence in research communication at the intersection of data science and energy applications at the 2023 Energy Data Analytics Symposium at Duke University.
New NSF robotics and manufacturing awards for Lei Zhou
Congratulations to Professor Lei Zhou on her two new grants from NSF!
– Next-Generation Safe and Dexterous Robot Hands using High-Torque Direct-Drive Actuation
– Wafer-Scale Ultrathin Layered Device Array Assembly through a Precision Soft-Robotic Stamp Transfer Process