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Join us today and unlock your full potential for success in the rapidly changing world of engineering and technology. UW-Madison’s College of Engineering (COE) is a leading professional development organization dedicated to empowering engineers and technical professionals with the skills and knowledge necessary to thrive in their fields. We offer a wide range of cutting-edge courses designed to enhance professional growth and provide opportunities for career advancement. Our expert instructors, both faculty and industry veterans, deliver engaging and practical training sessions that bridge the gap between theory and real-world applications. Whether you are looking to deepen your expertise in a specific technical area, stay abreast of the latest industry trends, or broaden your skill set to adapt to evolving challenges, UW-Madison’s College of Engineering is your trusted partner in engineering professional development.

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Data Analytics for Technical Leaders

Upcoming Dates
  • Feb. 17-20, 2025 (D477)
    Live Online
    $1,495
Data analytics and data visualization are key techniques to drive more effective leadership decisions.   In this course you will learn the fundamental topics of descriptive, causal, predictive, and prescriptive analytics.  With hands-on exercises, you will learn the basics of data optimization and communicating with data.
Customizable
RA01793

Critical Conversations Results-based Communication

Upcoming Dates
  • Feb. 17-20, 2025 (D356)
    Live Online
    $1,695
  • Oct. 1-2, 2025 (D360)
    Madison, WI or Live Online
    $1,695
To achieve good outcomes in the workplace, we need all stakeholders to have open, clear and honest conversations with their team, bosses, peers and customers. Often conversations go wrong through misunderstandings and perceptions of ulterior motives. People are often aware that their conversations are not achieving the results they want but do not have any specific tools to improve them.
RA01567

Understanding Medium-Voltage Switchgear

Upcoming Dates
  • Feb. 18-21, 2025 (D626)
    Live Online
    $1,395
Proper switchgear design and operation is fundamental to safe and reliable medium-voltage (MV) electrical distribution systems. This class is designed to give medium-voltage engineers, designers, specifiers, owners, and operators the tools they need to better understand these valuable system assets. Through a combination of lectures and practical exercises, you'll increase your awareness of switchgear types, applications, layouts, ratings, and protection and control systems.
Customizable
Discipline: Electrical
RA01628

QRM Business Process Optimization Improving Support Operations with Advanced Cell Design

Upcoming Dates
  • Feb. 18-19, 2025 (D665)
    Live Online
    $1,325
  • Aug. 12-13, 2025 (D680)
    Face-to-Face Madison, WI
    $1,325
Focusing on business processes outside traditional manufacturing, this course targets support operations such as quoting, design, and order processing. It teaches how to implement office cells and optimize workflows to significantly reduce lead times and improve overall business performance. Course duration: Two days (In-person or Virtual).
Customizable
RA00058

Effectively Managing Technical Teams

Upcoming Dates
  • Feb. 24-28, 2025 (D357)
    Live Online
    $1,995
  • Oct. 6-8, 2025 (D361)
    Madison, WI or Live Online
    $1,995
Technical teams present many challenges for engineering managers. Team leaders must often give up some of their technical authority to focus on strategic management, operational planning and human resource management. They also need solid communications skills and know how to represent the team across the organization and at a high level. In this hands-on course, you will learn strategic and operational planning tools to set goals, establish objectives and build defensible budgets from an instructor who has actually “walked the talk” of this course with his own experiences.
Customizable
RA01092

Permanent Magnet Machines and Drives Principles, Design and Applications

Upcoming Dates
  • Feb. 25-28, 2025 (D603)
    Live Online
    $1,775
Learn about the current applications and future trends of permanent magnet AC machines, review the principles of permanent magnet ac machines, and examine key techniques and tools for designing permanent magnet ac machines. This course will provide you with the skills to control PM machines, including the principles of field orientation, direct torque control, current regulators, and flux weakening. Study the performance of self-sensing control methods for permanent magnet AC machines and learn about the fault modes as well as the proper techniques for minimizing their impact on drive performance.
Discipline: Electrical
RA01084

Leadership Beyond Your Team Managing Up and Across

Upcoming Dates
  • Mar. 3-6, 2025 (D358)
    Live Online
    $1,695
  • Sep. 29-30, 2025 (D359)
    Madison, WI or Live Online
    $1,695
Many management courses, including our own course: Managing Technical Teams, teach you how to deal with direct and indirect reports. To be successful, however, you also need to manage (or strongly influence) the behavior of those who are at your level or higher. But they may not understand your needs or may be indifferent to them. In this course, you will learn how to make yourself heard when you do not have direct authority, and how to change others’ behavior to make them reliable partners in your programs and projects.
Customizable
RA01406
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