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Professor Xiaoping Qian holds the 3D-printed optimized heat exchanger
May 6, 2025

Tapping a new toolbox, engineers buck tradition in new high-performing heat exchanger

By combining topology optimization and additive manufacturing, a team of University of Wisconsin-Madison engineers created a twisty high-temperature heat exchanger that outperformed a traditional straight channel design in heat transfer,…

May 6, 2025

In an increasingly energy-hungry world, nuclear power is enticing.

Nuclear fission reactors generate reliable and robust energy, without producing greenhouse gas emissions. Nuclear fusion energy technology, while still in the development stage, promises near limitless power. In the University…

Spot, a dog-like robot created by Boston Dynamics
April 30, 2025

The race for animal-like endurance in mobile robots hinges on new energy storage technology

If we envision a future in which humanoid or animal-inspired robots work at construction sites or safeguard older adults, then we’ll need to develop energy storage systems that will allow…

Xiao Kuang
April 24, 2025

Charting a bright path for volumetric 3D printing

Over the past 40 years, additive manufacturing techniques have opened up new possibilities in manufacturing by enabling the fabrication of highly complex parts. An emerging technology called volumetric 3D printing…

Professor Jim Luedtke works with students in Advanced Optimization Modeling
April 24, 2025

New advanced optimization course provides industry preparation

Industrial engineering students at the University of Wisconsin-Madison who are interested in learning the basics of optimization—mathematical techniques that can solve problems such as choosing the quickest route from point…

Industrial steel pipes iStock
April 21, 2025

A faster, cheaper way to restore stainless steel’s corrosion resistance

Found in everything from kitchen appliances to sustainable energy infrastructure, stainless steels are used extensively due to their excellent corrosion (rusting) resistance. They’re important material in many industries, including manufacturing,…

Groundbreaking ceremony for the Phillip A. Levy Engineering Center
April 17, 2025

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…

Smoke stacks
April 14, 2025

Capturing attention

An ambitious startup company emerging from the college is poised to pull carbon out of the atmosphere while producing more sustainable cement. Bu Wang didn’t necessarily set out to launch…

April 14, 2025

From energy hogs to eco-havens

Today’s massive data centers have become a necessary evil in our information-driven lives. Here are a handful of ideas that can make them future-friendly. In September 2024, tech giant Microsoft…

April 14, 2025

A joyous homecoming

Bringing bold ideas, alum Devesh Ranjan to become college’s 10th dean On June 16, 2025—22 years, to the date, from when he first set foot on the College of Engineering…

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