No images? Click here Engineering SolutionsPhoto by Jeff Miller / UW–Madison From developing technology for smart farms of the future to creating new materials for safer helmets and protective gear, UW–Madison engineering faculty, students and graduates play a critical role in solving everyday challenges. They’re also vital to the state’s economic development. The university, in partnership with business leaders and allies across Wisconsin, is urging legislators to advance a new College of Engineering building in a new campaign. The building will boost engineering enrollment, which is essential for addressing Wisconsin’s critical workforce needs, and expand UW–Madison's ability to focus on what it does best: making Wisconsin—and the world—a better place. UW for YouTurning paper mill waste to plant-based plastics The smell of success Keeping cows cool Were U Wondering? How the "Seed by Seed" banners hanging on Bascom Hall came to be? Video by Stephen Hilyard In celebration of the University of Wisconsin's 175th anniversary, banners created by Molli Pauliot, Marianne Fairbanks and Stephen Hilyard were hung on Bascom this month. Pauliot, Fairbanks and Hilyard merged traditional Ho-Chunk handcrafts with cutting edge animation software to create a design that honors Ho-Chunk heritage and the technical skill of the handmade. Can't Stop a BadgerProfessor of Political Science Kathy Cramer is exploring how to make an American economy that works for the people. Using a stunningly detailed 3D blueprint of RNA virus components, a UW–Madison research team is uncovering information that might serve as the basis for developing more powerful, broad-spectrum antiviral strategies. A new system developed by a UW–Madison engineer could help in a centuries-long effort to bring order to the works of a Renaissance genius. The Cheat SheetBabcock Dairy creates s'more anniversary flavor. ● Researchers tweak antifungal drug to turn “Ampho-terrible” into “Ampho-terrific.” ● Atmospheric scientist uses supercomputing to simulate tornadoes. ● Engineers create eye-inspired sensor to boost autonomous vehicle reaction time. ● A math professor teaches students how to make words count. ● Powering the computers of the future. ● Making gooey cheese products. ● Microorganisms turn the useless into useful. ● Engineers design bendy technology to revolutionize human health. Coming UpDistinguished Entrepreneurs Lunch: Toni Sikes, Co-Founder and CEO, CODAworx MadPrompts Generative AI Battle Picture This Visitors got to tour art studios, meet student artists and get a behind-the-scenes look at how art is created during UW–Madison’s annual Open Studio Day on Nov. 4. In this photo, Lucas Fitzpatrick, a student in the UW–Madison Glass Department, demonstrates the glassblowing process. Photo by MK Denton / UW–Madison. |