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Mikhail Kats

Mikhail Kats wins prestigious Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers

Mikhail Kats, the Jack St. Clair Kilby and Antoine-Bascom Professor in electrical and computer engineering at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, has received a 2025 Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and…

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Professor Kenneth Lee and the 'Cyst Blaster' team
June 19, 2025

Biomedical engineering students help solve clinical radiology challenges

Each semester, undergraduate students in the Department of Biomedical Engineering’s design program take on projects from clients that include community members, companies and UW-Madison researchers. Clinicians and faculty members in…

Adam Vareberg
June 16, 2025

Vareberg earns Grainger Wisconsin Distinguished Graduate Fellowship

Adam Vareberg, a PhD student in biomedical engineering, has received a 2025-26 Grainger Wisconsin Distinguished Graduate Fellowship, a prestigious honor for doctoral students in the University of Wisconsin-Madison College of…

Aarushi Bhargava
June 16, 2025

Faculty Spotlight: Aarushi Bhargava

Assistant Professor Aarushi Bhargava joined the department in the fall of 2024. Read on to learn more about her research. What is your research focus?My research explores the application of…

William A. Sethares
June 6, 2025

ECE Professor William Sethares retires

After nearly four decades of shaping minds and advancing knowledge, Professor William Sethares is retiring from the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. Sethares…

Eduardo Arvelo
June 6, 2025

ECE’s Arvelo selected for Underkofler Excellence in Teaching Award

Eduardo Romero Arvelo, assistant teaching professor with the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE), has been chosen to receive the prestigious 2025 Alliant Energy James R. Underkofler Excellence in…

Steve Loheide
June 4, 2025

Loheide Named NGWA 2026 Darcy Distinguished Lecturer

The National Ground Water Association and Groundwater Foundation has selected Steven Loheide as the 2026 Darcy Distinguished Lecturer. Loheide, a professor of civil and environmental engineering at the University of…

June 4, 2025

ECE students shine in N+1 Institute’s reverse pitch competitions

In April, 2024, the Department of Computer Sciences in the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s School of Computer, Data & Information Sciences, launched the N+1 Institute, a new model of tech education…

Dr. Mohammad Amer Allaf
June 3, 2025

Postdoctoral researcher awarded for exceptional mentorship

Dr. Mohammad Amer Allaf was recognized for his outstanding mentorship as a postdoctoral fellow in the Nuclear Engineering and Engineering Physics Department.

Professors Oghuzan Alagoz, Jim Luedtke, Robert Radwin and Shiyu Zhou
June 3, 2025

Four ISyE faculty earn IISE honors

Four faculty members from the University of Wisconsin-Madison Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering brought home individual awards from the annual conference of the Institute of Industrial and Systems Engineers…

Mikhail Kats
June 2, 2025

Mikhail Kats wins ACS Photonics Young Investigator Lectureship Award

Mikhail Kats, the Jack St. Clair Kilby and Antoine-Bascom Professor in electrical and computer engineering at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, is the recipient of the prestigious 2026 ACS Photonics Young…