Learning how UWM collaborates with WisDOT By Erin Puro, UWMRF Technology Commercialization Manager On October 6th, I attended the 2023 Southeast Wisconsin Transportation Symposium. This event is co-hosted by UW-Milwaukee’s Institute for Physical Infrastructure and Transportation and the Wisconsin Department of Transportation (WisDOT). The event showcased university...
Are We Ready to Partner? By Brian Walsh, UWMRF Senior Technology Commercialization Manager Despite growing campus research activity, the proportion of projects sponsored by industry accounted for less than five percent of UWM research over the past five years. We can do better. In an effort to bring more...
Advancements in electric vehicle battery packs, cancer treatment, antibody purification, and lithium extraction methods were all among the projects funded through this year’s UWM Research Foundation Catalyst Grant program. A total of $180,000 is being awarded thanks to the support of the Lynde and Harry Bradley...
RoddyMedical, Inc. announced the closing of its $600,000 series seed investment round and partnership with the Winnebago Seed Fund, and the Winnow Fund, two of Wisconsin’s Badger Fund of Fund venture capital firms. The seed round will finance the manufacturing and product launch of the...
An engineering professor wanted to test out his design for a better concrete fastener. An entrepreneur had an idea for a new product that she wanted to present to investors. A team came up with a concept for a device that would make the use of a router — a tool used for carving grooves in wood — cleaner and more efficient.
Ilya Avdeev has been named director of innovation at the new Lubar Entrepreneurship Center. In this role, Avdeev — an associate professor of mechanical engineering who has been instrumental in fostering entrepreneurship at UWM — will lead program development and partnership cultivation.
Urban populations and mega-cities are on the rise and so is the amount of wastewater pouring into treatment facilities that cannot adequately handle the load.
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While many large corporations have launched internal programs to enhance their energy efficiencies and environmental sustainability, most smaller companies do not have the same internal resources and often miss out on the revenue-saving opportunities sustainability can provide.
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.