Research and Education at the University of Wisconsin-Madison
By Charlie Chermak Have you ever been curious how asthma medication travels throughout your body or how blood flow is affected by plaque buildup in your arteries? New research in the field of fluid mechanics is bringing fresh insights to these not-so-simple phenomena that occur within our bodies. On November 15, 2019 at the University …
By Hayley Raj It may be hard to imagine that the microscopic cells in our blood follow specific patterns of flow, and that this may have important physiological consequences, but Professor Mike Graham is focusing his research on this very concept. Graham, a professor in the Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering at the University …
By Stephan Blanz The future is here, but if you don’t look closely, you might miss it. Dr. Igor Bargatin, Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Applied Mechanics at the University of Pennsylvania is creating metamaterials – materials so thin they can elude the eye. Their unique properties allow them to levitate on their own, harness …
On March 9-10, 2019, Professors Notbohm, Thevamaran and Christian Franck co-hosted the 2019 Midwest SEM Student Symposium at the UW–Madison College of Engineering with Dr. John Considine from the U.S. Forest Products Laboratory in Madison. The symposium drew students from eight universities across the Midwest. Through 23 student presentations and two faculty keynote presentations, it …
By Madeleine Girard Would you be surprised to learn that some of the floors you have walked on may contain several large plastic “air bubbles” made from recycled materials? Would you be more surprised to learn this type of floor system is the best on the market? In his talk on March 1, 2019, Professor …