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UW-River Falls students learn teamwork, research skills to make older combines more efficient and profitable for small farms
March 31, 2022
University of Wisconsin-River Falls agricultural engineering and agricultural engineering technology students are researching ways to make older combines more efficient and improve profitability for smaller farmers. The research is part of a $150,000 United […]
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Student researches virtual, augmented reality in construction, helps implement in curricula
March 24, 2022
University of Wisconsin-Platteville senior Allison Stencil’s research project has her viewing construction sites through a new lens. The construction management and construction safety management double major is researching the use […]
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UW-Platteville students explore new methods of energy harvesting
March 19, 2022
A group of mechanical engineering majors at the University of Wisconsin-Platteville are researching new ways to harvest energy and will present their findings to legislators, state leaders and the public […]
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UW-Madison: New lightweight super material could battle bullets, deflect space debris
March 18, 2022
University of Wisconsin–Madison engineers have created a nanofiber material that outperforms its widely used counterparts — including steel plates and Kevlar fabric — in protecting against high-speed projectile impacts. Basically, […]
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Making self-driving cars smarter: UW-Whitewater professor wins $200,000 NSF grant to enhance driving technology
March 11, 2022
Haijian Sun, an assistant professor of computer science at the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater, has received a $200,000 grant from the National Science Foundation to build advanced communication systems for self-driving vehicles. “In […]
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UW-Madison: Ultraprecise atomic clock poised for new physics discoveries
March 8, 2022
University of Wisconsin–Madison physicists have made one of the highest performance atomic clocks ever, they announced Feb. 16 in the journal Nature. Their instrument, known as an optical lattice atomic […]
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UW-Platteville students bring new ideas to popular household appliances
January 12, 2022
University of Wisconsin-Platteville engineering students have had a hand in some of the new or redesigned household appliances recently hitting the market and industry trade shows, thanks to a partnership […]
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UW-Stout lab renovations include new maker space for fashion, engineering students
January 6, 2022
At University of Wisconsin-Stout, Wisconsin’s Polytechnic University, all of the academic programs have an experiential learning component. For students from seven of those programs, the applied learning and collaborative experiences […]
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“The implications are enormous”: UW-Madison graduate student’s innovative climate research could change building design
December 14, 2021
When she was young, Gesangyangji would stare at the peaks on the mountains surrounding Lhasa, her birthplace in the Tibetan Plateau. They were covered in snow. But as she grew […]
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UW-Madison: Real-time video of scenes hidden around corners is now possible
November 29, 2021
As Ji Hyun Nam slowly tosses a stuffed cat toy into the air, a real-time video captures the playful scene at a 20th century webcam clip — a mere five […]