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Creating Greener Asphalt

Recycled asphalt provides a platform for a sustainable future within civil infrastructure. The demand for an improved quality of civil infrastructure, particularly concerning cross-country roads and parkways, is encouraging global research of novel engineering solutions for a sustainable paving material. The sheer quantity of asphalt production required to maintain optimal road conditions invites an environmental […]

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article Fall 2019

Getting to the Heart of Predicting Cardiac Failure

Dr. Witzenburg designs models of the heart that predict how the heart will grow and change in response to cardiac heart diseases such as hypoplastic left heart syndrome (HLHS) to improve medical decision-making for clinicians. When it comes to cardiac surgery, clinicians are under pressure to make timely and logical clinical decisions. Without any formal […]

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article Fall 2016

The Wisconsin Badgers, Then and Now

By Stephen Schwartz As a founding member of the Big Ten Conference, the Wisconsin Badgers athletic teams have a long and rich history dating back more than century. Proudly donning the iconic cardinal and white throughout the years, both men and women student athletes competing in a variety of different sports have historically earned national […]

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article Fall 2016

Tackling Sustainability Issues

By Matt Stout As issues around climate change have intensified, the City of Madison has grown particularly interested in increasing its sustainability, especially in the 21st century. In 2004, the mayor proclaimed a city-wide emphasis on solar energy. Since then, Epic Systems, a local healthcare software company, has created two major solar fields with a combined […]

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article Fall 2016

From Start to Finish Line: Evolution of the Internal Combustion Engine

By Nick Moulton Cars have always been an icon in American culture. An aura of freedom and independence is associated with automobile ownership. Track races like the Indy 500 have highlighted the confidence and courage of champion drivers. The internal combustion engine is an invention that has distinctly changed everything from a worldwide perspective. All of […]

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article Fall 2016

Vision 2017

By Madison Knobloch Walking through the upper levels of Engineering Hall, the classrooms are still full of rickety desks with names carved in the wood. The hallways are lined with pale sea-foam green doorframes and with greenish-blue terrazzo flooring to complete the ensemble. You almost feel like you forgot to shine your shoes or wear […]

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article Fall 2016

Making a Magazine, Preserving History

By Emily Morzewski For 120 years, the Wisconsin Engineer Magazine has been a magazine with a mission to document engineering topics that are relevant to the students and alumni of UW-Madison. The Magazine published its first issue in June 1896 with the purpose of establishing a journal to share the knowledge and experiences of the […]

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article Fall 2016

The Path of Human Evolution

By Ben Zastrow From ancient history to the distant future, from The Flintstones to Star Wars, we have always been a species fascinated with both how we got here and where we will be years from today. It is a topic with a constantly expanding base of knowledge, which covers a wide variety of disciplines […]

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article Fall 2016

Physical Instruments in a Digital Age of Music

By Brandon Grill Music has changed drastically throughout the decades, perhaps more in the past century than in any other time in history. While genres and styles have been in constant development and evolution prior to the widespread use of electricity, the instruments being used by composers and performers were largely the same ones that had […]

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article Fall 2016

Astronomical Advances

By Chris Hanko Astronomy is a place where curious minds thrive, and are often rewarded with amazing, seemingly improbable discoveries. While we have come so far in terms of knowledge and technology, there is still so much for us to learn about our surroundings and even our very existence. In this article, I will guide […]