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 [...]

FOR THE 10TH CONSECUTIVE YEAR, University of Wisconsin-Madison students have found themselves floating upside down over the Gulf of Mexico.

Seven students from the UW-Madison ZeroG team spent a week in April at the NASA Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas. The team participated in the annual NASA Reduced Gravity Student Program, which allows students to propose, design and test an experiment of their choice in varying gravity conditions.

The results from the UW-Madison experiment show a particular spray cooling method is not dependent on gravity—a significant finding that means spray cooling could be used in airplane and other high-heat electronics.

Lunar dust is sharp stuff. Created when micro-meteorites hit the moon’s surface and shatter into razor-blade-like bits of melted glass, the abrasive dust can cause a multitude of problems for astronauts and machinery.
Within a decade, NASA plans to begin building a permanent lunar colony to serve as an outpost en route to Mars.
So, the [...]

Andy Potts is known as the best triathlete in America. In less than 5 years, he has transformed from an overweight swimmer into one of the top athletes in the country.

How? By working with top scientists and engineers to develop his training regiment into an exact science. Potts and his coaching staff monitor everything from [...]