The American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering recognized Brian Pfleger for his pioneering contribution to the metabolic engineering of microorganisms for sustainable chemical production and outstanding leadership to the biotechnology community.

Fong Liew is a graduate student in Brian Fox’s biochemistry lab, where she works in collaboration with Tim Donohue’s bacteriology lab on converting lignin, one of the main components of plant cell walls, into valuable industrial chemicals.

Mike Wagner and Allison Mahvi, both assistant professors of mechanical engineering, will serve as co-directors of UW–Madison's Solar Energy Laboratory, which has been conducting research on solar energy since 1954.

Developed by a multi-institutional team led by University of Wisconsin-Madison engineers, a new methodology for evaluating diffusion welds offers a unique way for manufacturers, regulators and vendors to “view” the material bonds integral to the exchanger to ensure they are strong.

This May, WiscWind students will travel to California Polytechnic State University in hopes of bringing home another victory. Watch now to learn how these students are blowing away the competition.

Lithium-ion batteries enable cleaner energy and transportation systems, but their growing roles powering vehicles and balancing the grid presents a two-pronged problem: meeting the demand for critical minerals

Building on previous work using RCF to deconstruct poplar, Great Lakes Bioenergy Research scientists evaluated six solvents in pure form and in varying mixtures with water and used the results to develop a computational model for solvent selection. The results showed a 50/50 mixture of methanol and water performed the best because it reduces reactor pressure and doesn't interfere with the microbes and lowers the break-even cost of the product by 24%.