MADISON, Wis.—Heather Smith has joined UW-Madison Engineering Professional Development (EPD) as the new program director for EPD’s online Master of Engineering Management (MEM) program. Heather also teaches leadership and project management courses. Heather’s Background and …
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New White Paper Details Benefits of Performance-Based Landfill Liner Design
MADISON, Wis.—Composite liner systems in landfills effectively limit groundwater contamination from leachate that contains compounds such as heavy metals and volatile organic compounds. Drawing on a 50-year history of evolving and improving performance in liner …
Commissioning Courses: How Can They Help You?
MADISON, Wis.—Commissioning training can provide technical professionals with the skills and credentials they need for increased job opportunities and recognition in the industry. UW-Madison recently interviewed students who completed commissioning courses, receiving the QxCP designation. …
EPD’s Doug Reindl, COE’s Greg Nellis and former UW-Madison PhD student Amy Van Asselt winners of the Crosby Field Award
MADISON, Wis.—UW-EPD’s Professor Doug Reindl and his co-authors Professor Greg Nellis of the UW-Madison College of Engineering and Assistant Professor Amy Van Asselt of Lafayette College are the winners of the American Society of Heating, …
Sarlioglu Receives Nagamori Award
MADISON, Wis.—Congratulations to Bulent Sarlioglu, UW-Madison associate professor, who has been named a recipient of the Nagamori Award. Sarlioglu is recognized by his “Pioneering research and development on high-efficiency and high-power density new and classical electric motors with …
5 Questions With Brad Markert, CMRP
MADISON, Wis.—Brad Markert, maintenance planner for Bemis in Appleton, Wis., recently took some time to chat with UW-Madison about what he learned in the Maintenance Management Certificate (MMC) program. Markert is a Certified Maintenance and …
Tinjum Returns From #BikeTheSun
For some Wisconsinites, Puerto Rico is closer than others. When Hurricane Maria hit Puerto Rico in September 2017, UW-Madison engineering professor James Tinjum was particularly affected, with relatives currently living on the island and his …
UW-Madison E-book shares cutting-edge project management tools with online graduate students
During more than a decade of teaching technical project management to graduate engineering students at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, professors Jeffrey Russell, Wayne Pferdehirt, and John Nelson found themselves circling around a new approach to …