The National Academy of Inventors (NAI) has included Prof. Daniel Ludois in its 2025 class of fellows—the highest distinction designed to recognize academic inventors’ accomplishments in patents, licensing and commercialization.
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Badger Tech Foundry, first “spoke” in the Wisconsin Entrepreneurship Hub, focused on helping early-career researchers become serial entrepreneurs
The Wisconsin Entrepreneurship Hub, a chancellor’s initiative started earlier in 2025, is working to help translate ideas into opportunities for entrepreneurial students, staff and faculty by creating a founder-first ecosystem at UW-Madison that develops talent and helps launch entrepreneurial careers.
With NSF CAREER Award, Zhou aims to develop mechatronic systems that increase productivity in computer chip manufacturing
There’s a booming industry demand for microchips. But meeting that demand is challenging for chipmakers, because current mechatronic systems have reached the limit for how fast they can produce them. With a National Science Foundation CAREER Award, Prof. Lei Zhou aims to push mechatronic systems past that limit.
With NSF CAREER Award, Chirag Gupta is using next-gen materials to engineer high performance power semiconductor transistors
Prof. Chirag Gupta is using a five-year National Science Foundation CAREER award to study transistors made from ultra-wide bandgap semiconductors.
Breaking ground on Phillip A. Levy Engineering Center, UW-Madison College of Engineering begins new era of growth and impact
On April 17, 2025, a crowd of several hundred students, staff, faculty, university leaders, alumni and dignitaries kicked off construction of the University of Wisconsin-Madison College of Engineering’s new building at a ceremonial groundbreaking event.
Devesh Ranjan named dean of UW College of Engineering
Devesh Ranjan, a mechanical engineer and a leader at one of the country’s largest and highest-ranked engineering programs, will be the tenth dean of the College of Engineering at the University of Wisconsin–Madison.
2024-25 Three Minute Thesis winners announced
Eight students competed in UW–Madison’s 2024-25 Three Minute Thesis final competition on February 14. The judges selected three winners based on the content, comprehension, and audience engagement they demonstrated through their research talks. Audience members …
New mechatronics course prepares students for high-demand engineering jobs
Mechatronics—integrating mechanical systems with electronics and software—is essential to a growing number of products and systems, including cellphones, vehicles and robots. “There is a significant demand for engineers with mechatronics training and experience in embedded …
2024 WARF Innovation Award Nominee: Converter Improves Performance, Stability of Renewables
Electrical & computer engineers developed converters that improve the performance & stability of renewables. A finalist for WARF’s top disclosure.
An ocean of possibilities: Electrostatic machines could make wave energy a reality
Wind, solar and hydropower are a good start when it comes to renewable energy, but the real prize is lurking just off the coast: There’s enough energy produced by ocean waves and tides around the world to exceed all human energy needs—if we can unlock it.
A unique type of electric machine might hold the key.