The Engineering Summer Program invites high school students to spend their summers in the UW-Madison College of Engineering with the focus of building a community of students with common goals and interests. It is 5:30 a.m. on July 28, 2018, as 28 bleary-eyed teenagers huddle on the cold stone benches at the very tip of […]
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Written Across the Stars
Explore Christopher Nolan’s reimagined galaxy through the lens of time Released in 2014, Christopher Nolan’s movie Interstellar was nominated for various Academy and BAFTA awards for the categories of Best Score, Best Cinematography, and Best Visual Effects. Though falling short of achieving the esteemed Best Picture nomination at the Oscars, this film portrays a thrilling […]
A UW-Madison professor developed a way to more easily distinguish between different substances. Now, she’s been given a $480,135 grant by the National Eye Institute to study how her technique can be used in the detection of eye diseases. Have you ever started with an idea that at first seemed inconsequential, but over time it […]
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People of College of Engineering
A look into the everyday lives of engineering students at UW-Madison. Engineering Hall is a bustling environment filled with all kinds of students—some studying with friends, some killing time before their next class, others stressfully cramming for exams. Overall, these students have one thing in common: striving for academic success. Students from all over the […]
Emily Hahn recalls in her memoir No Hurry to Get Home the act of rebellion that made a place for all women in the College of Engineering at UW-Madison. Though nearly fifty years had passed since women received full coeducational status at UW-Madison in 1875, an unspoken ceiling remained over the College of Engineering until […]
Tasked with investigating the intentions of rival engineers, UW-Madison civil engineering alumnus John Lane (J. L.) Van Ornum set off on a clandestine reconnaissance mission for the chief engineer of a Virginia railroad, posing as a bird hunter. He describes his escapade in a roman à clef titled “A Hot Trail” for the very first […]
Choosing to study abroad, especially for UW-Madison engineering students who are already pursuing challenging degrees, can be a difficult choice to make. Now that I’ve taken the leap, here’s why I think that you should, too. Studying abroad had been an idea floating in the back of my mind for much of my career as […]
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Drive to Survive: Fact or Fiction?
The newest season of Netflix’s acclaimed docuseries Drive to Survive tells a story of drama and rivalries between the twenty drivers and ten teams in Formula One, but does it accurately portray the hidden world of this competitive sport? The first season of Drive to Survive debuted on Netflix in 2019, and now that the […]
Dr. Christopher Luzzio, neurologist and associate professor of mechanical engineering, brings challenges from the clinic into the classroom in BME 601: Design for Rehabilitation. Many engineering courses teach students how to design, but few classes show students how to put their designs into practice and improve the lives of others. Taught by Dr. Christopher Luzzio, […]
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What’s in a Name?
UW-Madison holds a rich history and has been home to many influential figures since its founding. Many of these figures have been memorialized on campus, allowing their legacies to still be appreciated today. In the May 1974 issue of Wisconsin Engineer, then student Judy Endejan writes of an important new fixture soon to be built […]