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The $1 Water Sensor

by Francesca
Engineering, Nanotechnology, News, Sensors, Water
01/08/2018
Dr. Woo Jin Chang, Associate Professor, Mechanical Engineering, has developed a menu of miniature electrochemical sensors that can detect—at low-cost and instantaneously—heavy metals, water acidity, and nutrients in drinking water and other fluids. Three Wisconsin companies have licensed the sensor and now Chang and his co-inventor are collaborating with a California-based company to commercialize it.
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Engineering, nursing ‘hackathon’ explores solutions to health care issues

by Francesca
Engineering, Healthcare, News, NSF I-Corps Program
11/03/2017
A National Science Foundation grant is helping UWM’s College of Engineering & Applied Science work with other disciplines on campus to bring more women and underrepresented groups into innovation. In January, UWM became one of eight National Science Foundation I-Corps sites to receive $30,000 to promote inclusion of underrepresented populations in the National Innovation Network.
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How High-Tech Entrepreneurs Are Energizing Milwaukee

by Francesca
Engineering, Lubar Entrepreneurship Center, News, NSF I-Corps Program, Partnerships
10/31/2017
If you sense that something is stirring or hear a buzz, it might just be the sound of Milwaukee’s high-tech community building the foundation for a new entrepreneurial economy. In the past several years, an outcropping of high-tech entrepreneurs has emerged here, universities have gone all out to teach entrepreneurial skills, and established companies are on board to support this emerging startup ecosystem. But perceptions change slowly, as the underlying reality shifts.
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UWM-developed app helps protect patients’ brains during surgery

by Francesca
Engineering, Healthcare, Lubar Entrepreneurship Center, News, Partnerships
10/05/2017
The work of some UWM students is literally helping make people’s lives better. The students in UWM’s App Brewery worked with doctors at the Medical College of Wisconsin to develop an app that helps guide doctors during the delicate process of brain surgery. Incredibly, patients are awake during the surgery. The app, called NeuroMapper, is a tablet-based tool that aids surgeons who are removing a tumor or tissue by helping them test whether they are encroaching on tissue that would impair functions if removed.
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Grant funds UWM research to mass-produce water sensors

by Francesca
Engineering, Nanotechnology, News, NSF I-Corps Program, Sensors, Water
09/05/2017
A graphene-based water sensor developed at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee outperforms current technologies for sensing speed, accuracy and sensitivity – exactly what’s needed to continuously monitor drinking water for miniscule traces of contaminants like lead. But the cost of mass-producing these tiny sensors using traditional methods is high.
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UWM Names First Two Kellner Fellows in Entrepreneurship

by Francesca
Engineering, Kellner Fellowship, Lubar Entrepreneurship Center, News, Social Innovation
05/18/2017

The fellows, Ilya Avdeev, an associate professor of mechanical engineering, and Anne Basting, a professor of theater, are supported by the Mary and Ted Kellner Fund for Entrepreneurship, which was established in 2016 through a gift from the Kelben Foundation to fund faculty and staff at the Lubar Entrepreneurship Center at UWM. The work of the fellows aims to bolster the regional economy by creating new enterprises and helping improve the success of UWM graduates by teaching them skills through hands-on entrepreneurial experiences.

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Wisconsin State Budget Analysis: Impact on UW-Milwaukee and Biohealth Industry – BioForward Speaker Series Recap

by Francesca
Catalyst Grant Program, Engineering, Healthcare, Lubar Entrepreneurship Center, News, NSF I-Corps Program, Partnerships
04/27/2017
After a successful first event from UW-Madison and Accuray, BioForward’s speaker series on the importance of public university research visited the UWM Innovation Accelerator last Thursday for the second event, featuring the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. Lisa Johnson, CEO of BioForward, kicked off the event with BioForward updates including highlighting Wisconsin’s strengths as a state, beginning BioForward’s new membership year, and protecting research in the state through advocacy efforts.
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