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More than 700 people attended the Wisconsin Drives Manufacturing Summit held in the atrium at Lambeau Field in Green Bay, coming together with the goal of propelling Wisconsin to lead the nation in manufacturing.

Spearheaded by the UW-Madison College of Engineering and co-created with more than 100 partners, the summit was about bringing the state’s strengths, resources and people into alignment so that all partners can work together to tackle today’s challenges and respond nimbly to future opportunities.

Throughout the summit on June 1 and 2, 2026, speakers and attendees—among them, manufacturing leaders, educators, researchers, policymakers, government officials, advocates and innovators—underscored the importance of a strong ecosystem in Wisconsin’s overall success in manufacturing.

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A state rooted in manufacturing is coming together to lead what's next - College of Engineering - University of Wisconsin-Madison Filling a space shaped by history and shared pride, more than 700 people gathered in the soaring, light-drenched atrium at Lambeau Field in Green Bay. With banners of legendary Green Bay Packers as the backdrop,...

📸 Scenes from Day 1 of the inaugural Wisconsin Drives Manufacturing Summit, which brings together industry leaders, elected officials, researchers, educators and more! The action continues today at Lambeau Field.

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A quest to understand 3D photonic nanocrystals, tiny structures that manipulate visible light, has guided Chemical and Biological Engineering, UW-Madison Assistant Professor Rose Cersonsky's career. It remains a beacon for her future.

Advances in designing various types of 3D nanocrystals on demand could improve quantum computing and sensing, heat management and solar power and enable new types of energy harvesting and non-degrading color, among many other applications.

A quest to understand materials that manipulate light has guided Rose Cersonsky's career. It remains a beacon for her future. - College of Engineering - University of Wisconsin-Madison When Rose Cersonsky, the Conway Assistant Professor in chemical and biological engineering at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, was a graduate student at the University of Michigan, she had a “Eureka!” moment that would define the...

Congratulations to Chemical and Biological Engineering, UW-Madison Assistant Professor Styliana Avraamidou on earning a National Science Foundation (NSF) CAREER Award!

She will apply her expertise in process systems engineering to develop tools that allow farmers, food processors and distributors to work around unexpected disruptions in the perishable supply chain.

Avraamidou will use the Wisconsin dairy industry as her primary case study and plans to collaborate with the UW-Madison Division of Extension Dairy Program to help ground the framework in real-world scenarios.

"We hope to capture what’s currently happening in Wisconsin and then see if we can redesign the supply chains of perishable products to make them more resilient to different types of disruptions," she says.

With NSF CAREER award, Avraamidou is building a tool to help the Wisconsin dairy industry run smooth as butter - College of Engineering - University of Wisconsin-Madison The modern food distribution system is a wonder of logistics and engineering, with ingredients moving seamlessly from farms and fields to processors, manufacturers, distribution hubs, and, eventually, grocery store shelves. That system is even more...

UW-Madison Industrial and Systems Engineering Department Assistant Professor Yonatan Mintz, researcher Katherine Adams (PhDISyE ’24), and their collaborators have developed a novel framework for generating deployment plans for community health workers treating diabetes in under-resourced areas.

Data science guides diabetes treatment planning - College of Engineering - University of Wisconsin-Madison Not only do the majority of people with diabetes live in low- and middle-income countries, per the World Health Organization, but treatment also lags in those under-resourced locales, more often leading to death or disability....

Congratulations to the University of Wisconsin-Madison WiscWind team on winning second place in the 2026 Collegiate Wind Competition and taking first place in the project development contest!

Students on the team presented development plans to panels of industry judges and tested their turbine in a wind tunnel last week during a three-day regional competition at Cal Poly Maritime Academy in Vallejo, California.

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WiscWind team places second in Collegiate Wind Competition - College of Engineering - University of Wisconsin-Madison A team of students from the University of Wisconsin–Madison won second place in the 2026 Collegiate Wind Competition and took first in the project development contest. Students on the WiscWind...

Ramanathan named ECE Interim Chair - College of Engineering - University of Wisconsin-Madison The Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Wisconsin–Madison welcomes a familiar and accomplished leader to serve as interim department chair. Effective May 25, 2026, Vilas Distinguished...

UW-Madison Department of Mechanical Engineering researchers have discovered why defects form in 3D-printed metal parts created with electron beam melting.

Their findings could enable defect-free, high-end parts for aerospace or future fusion energy power plants.

The team, led by Associate Professor Lianyi Chen, used a bespoke synchrotron X-ray imaging system to make the discovery. The advance was recently published in Nature Communications.

Not sorry to burst this bubble: How X-ray imaging revealed the source of defects in premium 3D-printed parts - College of Engineering - University of Wisconsin-Madison University of Wisconsin-Madison engineers have discovered why defects form in 3D-printed high-end metal parts like titanium aluminide jet engine turbine blades. They used a bespoke synchrotron X-ray imaging system to identify the phenomenon, which occurs...

A team of optimization researchers from the UW-Madison Industrial and Systems Engineering Department and FAMU-FSU College of Engineering, led by PhD student Monica Rico, examined ways to more strategically locate prescription drug collection boxes and improve access.

Mathematical modeling maps out solutions for placing drug collection boxes - College of Engineering - University of Wisconsin-Madison A plastic bottle of prescribed painkillers—extras from a surgical recuperation—lurks in the back of your medicine cabinet. If you’re like most Americans, you’ll either let the pills linger, flush them down the toilet or toss...

We recognized 25 faculty, postdocs and graduate student mentors in the College of Engineering at the second annual Graduate Student Mentoring Awards reception on May 14, 2026.

Congratulations to these exceptional faculty, postdocs and graduate students who make outstanding contributions to mentoring students or peers and cultivate a sense of belonging in and outside of the lab!

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College recognizes graduate mentoring excellence - College of Engineering - University of Wisconsin-Madison The College of Engineering recognized 25 faculty, postdocs and graduate student mentors at the second annual Graduate Student Mentoring Awards reception on May 14, 2026. The awards recognize faculty, postdocs...