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Mechanical Engineering Associate Professors Corinne Henak and Melih Eritan developed a portable device patented by WARF that tests the failure threshold of soft materials, helps design medical devices, and diagnoses tissue damage. Sound moves through the air as undulating waves of pressure, which sensory receptors on the tiny stereocilia hairs in our ear convert into […]
As the ubiquity of AI seems increasingly certain, we must ask ourselves if it’s being implemented in the right way. This summer marked the return of the NCAA Football Video Game series with the release of College Football 25, or CFB25. Within weeks, the video game exploded in popularity, quickly becoming the highest selling video […]
Madison is committed to eliminating serious injuries and fatalities due to traffic accidents. In 1975, Oslo, Norway had 41 fatalities due to traffic accidents. Forty-four years later, the city lost zero pedestrians and cyclists and had only one total fatality due to traffic accidents. How did Oslo fall from 41 deaths to one? The answer […]
The College of Engineering’s most decorated alum…a fashion designer? Before his passing in 2021, Virgil Abloh achieved global fame and recognition from around the world. Abloh founded the world-renowned clothing brand Off-White, which he headed as CEO. He was the first African American artist director at luxury fashion house Louis Vuitton, and he worked as […]
Materials Science and Engineering Professor Xudong Wang is improving the electrical efficiency and biocompatibility of batteries and implantable electrostimulation devices for tissue repair. When light hits the nacre of an oyster’s inner shell, variations in thickness create shimmering interference patterns, resulting in the lustrous glow of mother-of-pearl. Nacre is composed of thin, microscopic layers of […]
The Máquina fountain has been a popular topic among Wisconsin Engineer writers, but its recent demolition closes an important chapter for the College of Engineering. “That’s supposed to be a fountain?” “Does it actually work?” “I heard that if you turn it on, Agricultural Hall will fall down.” These rumors, exchanged amongst UW–Madison’s student population, […]