University of Wisconsin–Madison

Category: Media

New first-year course in Aerospace Engineering

Prof. Franck launches a first-year engineering course for EMA/Aerospace students in Fall 2024, also see article in the Wisconsin State Journal.

Prof. Franck is promoted to Associate Professor with Tenure!

NSF CAREER award on marine energy oscillating foils

A wonderful overview of our new NSF CAREER award, focused on advancing oscillating foils for marine energy harvesting (April ’24)

CFPM Video from UW-Madison Mechanical Engineering

Can we harness the power of the oceans?

Check out our lab’s educational video on marine energy and our work on oscillating marine energy turbines aimed at high school students, created by Futurum Careers (Dec ’22)

How do airplanes fly?

Check out the latest video in the series ‘Were U Wondering?’

Bernardo receives Grainger Distinguished Graduate Fellowship

Congrats to Bernardo on receiving the prestigious Grainger Fellowship through the College of Engineering! (Nov 22)

Grad students volunteer at KidWind Challenge

Lab members assisted in the Wisconsin KidWind Challenge, in which  middle and high school teams tested out their wind turbines in a visit to UW. Thanks to the Wisconsin Energy Institute for hosting and including us in a successful event (Feb 2022).

Grad student earns Department of Defense SMART scholarship

Press release on Trevor’s SMART scholarship! (Oct 2021)

How seal whiskers can help engineers design innovative technology

UW article on the group’s recent NSF award and on-going research of flow around seal whisker geometries (July 2021).