10.28.2009
by Rebecca Day
You wouldn’t fly on a commercial jet plane unless you were confident that the pilot had logged some serious time in a flight simulator, preparing for every eventuality. Someday it may be just as inconceivable to undergo delicate surgery without assurances that your doctor has taken a few practice runs on a three-dimensional, [...]

In the Da Vinci Code, Robert Langdon, the professor of iconology and symbology at Harvard University, deciphered the secret hidden in the works of Leonardo Da Vinci to find the holy grail. In reality, Maurizio Seracini is on a quest to find one of the holy grails in art history - Da Vinci’s lost painting [...]

Gianluca Mantovano’s favorite part of the tours he gives prospective students is what he calls the “grand finale.” It’s a look at the Myers Student Automotive Center in the Engineering Centers Building—home to the six University of Wisconsin-Madison vehicle teams and a major part of Mantovano’s daily life.
“This is the team I’m on,” the mechanical [...]

This year seems to be filled with incessant action, especially for America. Since 8.08.08, the media has finally turned its cameras from the relentless presidential candidates Obama and McCain and onto other formidable heroes. Among the flyers of the parallel bars and the balance beams and the speedsters on the track, is the inherent race [...]

Civil and environmental engineering students Jonathan Blanchard , Kevin Orner and David Tengler receive a plaque from five communities in Ecuador that will benefit from a new water pipeline the students implemented in June. (large image)

“I’ve got a project for you,” University of Wisconsin-Madison Civil and Environmental Engineering Professor Peter Bosscher told Jonathan Blanchard and [...]

In May 2007, the UW-Madison Formula SAE Racing Team battled 129 schools from 11 countries and won the prestigious SAE Foundation Cup, pictured with team member Gianluca Mantovano. (large image)

Gianluca Mantovano’s favorite part of the tours he gives prospective students is what he calls the “grand finale.” It’s a look at the Myers Student Automotive [...]