The Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) at the University of Wisconsin-Madison is growing its faculty in the area of energy systems and is seeking candidates for a tenure-track position in the broad discipline …
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October Newsletter
The beginning of Fall term on campus is a time to cherish the arrival of new students and the return of current students after their summer internships and travels. It is a time when we …
Hackathon Helps Incoming Freshmen Apply ECE Skills for a Great Cause
Electrical and Computer Engineering Professor Giri Venkataramanan decided to have his students shadow teams participating in the Solympics hackathon, an event held July 22-24, 2021, at the college’s makerspace. The event focused on simple solar-powered solutions for charging devices such as phones or tablets.
WEMPEC Co-Director Prof. Jahns Announces Retirement
Prof. Tom Jahns has announced that he will retire from his active faculty position at UW-Madison on June 30, 2021. Prof. Jahns joined the UW-Madison faculty in 1998 as the Grainger Professor of Power Electronics and Electric Machines.
Sarlioglu receives IEEE PES Electromechanical Energy Conversion Award
Bulent Sarlioglu, the Jean van Bladel Associate Professor in electrical and computer engineering at the University of Wisconsin-Madison is the recipient of the 2021 Cyril Veinott Electromechanical Energy Conversion Award from the IEEE Power & Energy Society.
Join 2021 WEMPEC Annual Review!
Join us for technical presentations presented by our faculty and students followed by our “open lab” research project discussion session. All sponsoring companies are invited to attend. Registered attendees can login to the virtual event webpage to …
Madison’s tech sector booms, driven by UW innovation
In 2020, the country’s biggest tech migration increase took place in Madison, according to LinkedIn data published by Big Technology on December 17, 2020. The boom is fueled in part by UW–Madison, which provides cutting-edge research, entrepreneurial graduates and researchers, and a well-educated local workforce that motivates some employers to open offices in Madison.
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Professor Emeritus Featured in “On Wisconsin”
Former students create a fund to carry on the work of electrical engineering professor Thomas Lipo PhD’68.
Plans for 2021 WEMPEC Annual Review Meeting, May 11-12
We are writing again, as promised, to discuss plans for our upcoming 2021 WEMPEC Annual Review Meeting scheduled for Tuesday and Wednesday, May 11-12. After careful deliberations involving all of the WEMPEC faculty…