By: Connor Welch The UW-Madison Laboratory for Optical and Computational Instrumentation (LOCI) is a computational imaging instrumentation development group based in the Center for Quantitative Cell Imaging (CQCI) in the Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research. Their mission is to “observe and study cells in a more natural environment to get a more accurate […]
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Levy Engineering Center Preview
By: Leo Mazzocco The Levy Engineering Center will soon impose its presence on the engineering campus. What can future Badgers expect? As classes start up this fall, the dusty construction zone outside Engineering Hall has beeped and clattered to make its presence known to all engineering students. This gaping chasm invites all who see it […]
By: Alec Schabowsky How Wearable Sensors are Reshaping Research and Health It all started with a step, a hop, then a skip and a jump, and finally a beat. This, however, is not dance class; it’s the world of wearable technology! Since their inception as step-trackers in the 1960s, wearable devices have expanded to track […]
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Dean Ranjan, Tear Down This Wall!
If you’ve walked into Engineering Hall lately, you’ve likely seen “the Wall”. Along the eastern side of the building, already strained by the construction nearby, a dirt shortcut once carried entire classes of engineers to their lectures, discussions, and labs. Then, one late-September morning, it happened. The shortcut was suddenly sealed off by an unsightly […]
By: Matthew Schmieding Metro Transit’s most recent project brings Madison a brand-new way to ride Madison’s Metro Transit coordinates an extensive network of buses, covering two dozen routes. Preceded by electric streetcars, modern buses have since run the streets for over a century. Metro Transit first studied the implementation of Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) in […]
By: Leo Mazzocco The Trump administration is pushing for a shift back to fossil fuels. What do the experts predict this means for the U.S.? This January, Donald Trump became the 47th President of the United States of America. Almost immediately, he released a wave of executive orders to enact his vision of the ideal […]
By: Shaunak Raikar For engineering students at UW-Madison, Jiu-Jitsu is more than just a sport. It’s a test of strategy, discipline, and resilience, while also helping develop life skills. For engineering students at UW-Madison, critical thinking is second nature. Students develop this skill through rigorous education which requires dedication, discipline, and adaptability. Some of these […]
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Rocketing Toward Success
By: Alexander Kiner How students of the Wisconsin Space Program work together across time and space to shoot for the stars With a second-place prize in Payload Design at last year’s Spaceport Cup, the Wisconsin Space Program quickly made a name for themselves on the international student rocketry stage. Composed entirely of undergraduate students advised […]
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Letter from the EIC
By: Isabelle Egizio To the readers of the Wisconsin Engineer Magazine – When I first joined the Wisconsin Engineer Magazine in Fall 2021, the future of the magazine was uncertain. Like many other student organizations, it was still reeling from the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic. Despite this challenge, I have seen the magazine and […]
By: Dominic Greco The final Beatles song, Now and Then, was awarded the Grammy for the Best Rock Performance in February 2025. What is its place within the Beatles canon and the zeitgeist of popular music? In 1994, the three remaining Beatles reunited to produce Anthology, a documentary about the band, which was promoted by […]