Manufacturing & Industry

Wisconsin continues to be one of the nation’s leading employers of manufacturing, fostering a commitment to industry advancement. The institutions of the UW System push the boundaries of possible by taking manufacturing seriously and repeatedly growing and developing to discover “What’s Next?”

  1. UW-Eau Claire, New Jersey college partner to study how to grow industry collaborations

    Photo of UW-Eau Claire campus entrance. UW-Eau Claire is partnering with The College of New Jersey to examine ways for higher education institutions around the country to develop more innovative collaborations with industries.

    November 16, 2023

    The University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire has more than 100 STEM-field research collaborations with regional and national industries that allow Blugolds to analyze real-world work problems and observe practical applications of their research, according to Dr. Michael Carney, UW-Eau Claire’s assistant chancellor for strategic partnerships and program development. “Many students are more energized and engaged in […]

  2. UW-Stout students’ roles in associations prepare them for careers in real estate, hospitality

    Photo of HRTM Program Director John Sobota, IREM co-presidents Glen Jakober and Charlie Casper, and REPM Program Director Fred Prassas / Charlie Casper

    October 26, 2023

    Three students in UW-Stout’s School of Management are gaining leadership skills and financial support through their awarded roles and scholarships from regional and national associations. The hotel, restaurant and tourism management and real estate and property management students and their recognitions are: Charlie Casper, REPM, St. Paul: Student leader in the Institute of Real Estate […]

  3. UW-Stout’s largest solar panel array to date installed, boosting campus sustainability

    Photo of an aerial view of south campus academic buildings, displaying the Jarvis Hall Tech Wing solar panel array, lower right / UW-Stout

    September 5, 2023

    Multibuilding energy conservation project also includes lighting and weatherization upgrades UW-Stout’s largest solar photovoltaic array to date has been installed at Jarvis Hall Technology Wing, part of a multibuilding solar and energy efficiency upgrades project. Contracted under Trane Inc., Eagle Point Solar of Dubuque, Iowa, recently installed 560 VSUN solar panels mounted on individually ballasted […]

  4. Meat-ing a need: UW-River Falls program trains animal processors

    Photo of Humane Handling Institute Program Manager Ashlynn Kirk listening to Brandon Clare, owner of JM Watkins meat processing plant in Plum City, as they discuss details of ensuring compliance with federal regulations. Kirk helped Clare individualize a humane handling plan for his plant. UWRF photo.

    August 1, 2023

    Students working in the University of Wisconsin-River Falls Meat Processing Plant had done everything they were supposed to do, had taken every step needed to ensure that animals awaiting processing were as calm as possible. Then the unexpected happened during the processing of beef cattle in the spring. A steer escaped its holding area after […]

  5. Sub-Zero Group, Inc. sponsors new instrumentation lab at UW-Platteville

    Photo of leaders from UW-Platteville and Sub-Zero Group, Inc.

    July 21, 2023

    Sub-Zero Group, Inc., manufacturer of leading luxury kitchen appliance brands Sub-Zero, Wolf, and Cove, continues to show its dedication to engineering at the University of Wisconsin-Platteville with a $100,000 gift to support the new Sub-Zero, Wolf, and Cove Engineering Instrumentation Lab in Sesquicentennial Hall. According to Jessica Fick, assistant dean of the College of Engineering, Mathematics and […]

  6. UW-Platteville robotics team first to win VEX U world championship in back-to-back years

    Photo of WiscoBots team members, pictured left to right: Agii Kerwin, Austin Attig, Max Van Rossum, John Bertello, Scott McDermott, Jimmy McGovern, Henry Hathaway and Nathan Sandvig. Photos courtesy of VEX and WiscoBots.

    June 13, 2023

    The University of Wisconsin-Platteville Robotics Club’s VEX U team, WiscoBots, traveled to Dallas, Texas, to compete in the VEX Robotics World Championship April 27-29, where they won the VEX U College and University Competition and became the first team in VEX U history to win the world championship in back-to-back years. “Being the first team […]

  7. UWM researcher works on replacing the most potent greenhouse gas of all

    Photo of Chanyeop Park showing the inductor in his lab. It’s part of a research project he and Georgia Tech are working on to create a high-voltage circuit breaker that uses a much greener alternative to the gas currently used in high voltage electrical equipment. (UWM Photo/Troye Fox)

    June 12, 2023

    The world’s most potent greenhouse gas – and one that most people have never heard of – is becoming a worrisome contributor to global warming because of an increasing demand for electricity and aging energy infrastructure. The gas, called sulfur hexafluoride (SF6), for decades has been used in high-voltage electrical distribution equipment as an insulator. […]

  8. Engineering new ways to teach: UWL preservice teachers collaborate on innovative STEM units

    Photo of Emma Kleindl, a middle childhood-early adolescence major, who used the lessons she learned at UWL to better engage with students while student teaching at Lincoln Middle School in La Crosse.

    June 9, 2023

    From preventing floods to making a hole in one, UW-La Crosse teacher candidates are finding innovative ways to teach elementary students about science and engineering. Heidi Masters, associate professor of educational studies, worked with three groups of preservice teachers to design and implement science and engineering units within two fourth-grade classrooms and one fifth-grade classroom at […]

  9. Fast Forward: UW-Stout to develop model cybersecurity internship program with $299,000 System, state grant

    Photo of Professor Holly Yuan, center, who is the cybersecurity center director at UW-Stout. / UW-Stout

    June 8, 2023

    University’s leadership in the field will help address a critical workforce need in Wisconsin A cybersecurity internship grant addressing the needs of the Wisconsin’s critical infrastructure utilities has been awarded to UW-Stout, a higher education leader in the field. The $298,771 Fast Forward grant from the state Department of Workforce Development and University of Wisconsin […]

  10. Accounting in the real world: UWL students gain hands-on experience through partnership with Mid-City Steel

    Photo of Paul Bagniefski, far left, president of Mid-City Steel, leading UW-La Crosse accountancy students on a tour of the company's manufacturing facilities. This spring, students are gaining real-world accounting experience through a partnership with Mid-City Steel — part of UWL's Community Engaged Learning program.

    May 31, 2023

    UW-La Crosse accounting students are gaining invaluable experience they could never obtain from a textbook.  Through UWL’s Community Engaged Learning program, Assistant Professor Mehtap Eklund’s cost accounting class (ACC 325) is offering financial guidance to Mid-City Steel, a La Crosse-based steel fabricator.  The partnership allows students to discover and address accounting challenges that often arise in the […]

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