MADISON — University of Wisconsin-Madison engineers are working with Madison-area manufacturers, the design consulting firm Delve, and campus colleagues on a product to help meet urgent and growing demand for medical face shields — key …
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Focus on new faculty: Lianyi Chen, taking metal additive manufacturing to the next level
When it comes to producing metal parts with very complex geometries, additive manufacturing (also known as 3D printing) beats conventional manufacturing methodshands down. And additive manufacturing offers the potential to create metallic parts with desirable …
From Molecules to Systems: A New Era of Multidimensional 3D Printing
This project will revolutionize 3D printing by establishing an era of multidimensional synthesis that enables a broad spectrum of disparate, yet cooperative materials to be brought together into single, multifunctional parts. With this capability, scientists, …
Cheap, Fast 3D Printing is the Goal of Factory Envisioned by Madison Engineers
“There are lots of companies out there that aren’t able to easily prototype, before they get an idea of whether they’ll be able to make a lot of money in the market,” said Evan Wolfenden, …
UW-Madison Doctors 3D Print Nose for Foster Dog
Gemma is undergoing extensive treatment and is set to have bone, skin and fur replacement. Help will come from the University of Wisconsin – Madison Veterinary Care hospital, along with a fur donation from a …
Light provides control for 3D printing with multiple materials
UW-Madison researchers realized that a one-vat, multiple-component approach — similar to a chemist’s one-pot approach when synthesizing molecules — would be more practical than multiple reservoirs with different materials in 3D printing. Read the full …
UW-Madison Students Design New Legs for Disabled Cat
A young cat gets a second chance, thanks to a group of UW-Madison engineering students. Read the full story HERE.
Advancing additive manufacturing by slashing support
With 3D printing, also known as additive manufacturing, a machine creates a part by adding material in layers, building the object from the ground up. Because each new layer needs to be supported by the …
WKOW: Groundbreaking UW-Madison research helping babies with heart defects
WKOW 27 reports on groundbreaking research from UW-Madison Department of Mechanical Engineering Assistant Professor Alejandro Roldán-Alzate’s lab that is enabling better treatments for babies with congenital heart defects. In a collaboration with the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine …
Accelerating materials development to advance clean energy production
A group of University of Wisconsin-Madison researchers has received a $1.8 million grant to develop new materials for multiple uses, including the ability to withstand the corrosive environment within a molten salt nuclear reactor. The …