Improving off-road vehicle efficiency
Using developments in power electronic devices and intelligent controls, scientists are creating new, compact hydraulic systems for applications in off-road vehicles commonly used in construction and agriculture. These new motors will improve efficiency and affordability, ultimately providing better options for society’s transportation needs.
Principal investigator: Eric Severson, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Transforming energy technology with new materials
Researchers are developing new materials to enable safer and cleaner nuclear energy production. By leveraging the latest technology in 3D printing and machine learning, scientists can rapidly create, identify and test new materials faster than ever before. And, this work holds promising advances for solar power and thermal storage capabilities.
Principal investigator: Adrien Couet, Department of Engineering Physics
Expanding renewable energy options
New research allows scientists at UW-Madison to use recycled, affordable materials to convert footsteps to usable energy. This new technology replaces costly nonrenewable materials commonly used in existing energy harvesting technology, promising economic and environmental savings for future energy production and storage.
Principal investigator: Xudong Wang, Department of Materials Science and Engineering
Consortia
Midwest Energy Research Consortium
M-WERC provides a new framework for public-private partnerships that strives to connect faculty with industry partners for collaborative, innovative research in three areas: advanced manufacturing and material sciences, extreme power conversion, and systems intelligence. By engaging with groups across the midwest, M-WERC aims to foster industrial collaboration and quickly transition technology innovation into economic growth and job creation.
People
Robert Farrell
Accelerated Materials Discovery
Assistant Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering
Sangkee Min
Grainger Institute for Engineering Assistant Professor, Advanced Manufacturing
Assistant Professor, Mechanical Engineering
608-262-1993
Line Roald
Energy and Sustainability
Assistant Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering
608-265-7815
Eric Severson
Energy and Sustainability
Assistant Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering
608-890-1301
Bu Wang
Grainger Institute for Engineering Assistant Professor, Energy and Sustainability
Assistant Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering
608-262-8698
Xin Wang
Advanced Manufacturing
Assistant Professor, Industrial and Systems Engineering
608-890-3913
Xudong Wang
Energy and Sustainability Lead
Professor, Materials Science and Engineering
608-890-2667
News
Electric tech could help reverse baldness
Xudong Wang, GIE Lead for Energy and Sustainability, leverages his wearable energy-harvesting technology for reversing hair loss. The small nanogenerators have a variety of exciting applications.
September 13, 2019
Modern medicine: Electrical bandage zaps wounds
We have electric cars, razors and now an electric bandage? Researchers at the University of Wisconsin have developed an electrode-dressed bandage to help the body heal itself. Electrical currents are created when the body moves. …
September 12, 2019
From the big red to the big apple: Line Roald lights the way toward reliable renewable power
Blackouts can trigger additional chaos—for example, in both New York and Madison, people were trapped in elevators for hours and traffic lights went dark across each city. That’s one reason Line Roald, GIE Fellow and Assistant …
September 6, 2019
Min earns NSF CAREER Award: Cutting ceramics loose from their difficult reputation
GIE Fellow, Sangkee Min was awarded a prestigious NSF CAREER grant for his work investigating properties of ceramics. Min’s research will help expand ceramic applications to new fields like biomedical, manufacturing, and even smartphones!
August 7, 2019
UW Madison Researchers Win Presidential Award
Four promising young University of Wisconsin–Madison researchers have been named winners of the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers, including GIE’s lead of energy and sustainability research efforts, Xudong Wang. Xudong’s groundbreaking work …
July 18, 2019- More News