Engineering
Engineering professor receives engineering education fellow award
Dr. Priya Deshpande, assistant professor of electrical and computer engineering in the Opus College of Engineering, has been named a 2025 Engineering Unleashed Fellow by the Kern Family Foundation (KFF). This prestigious national honor, awarded to 29 faculty members from 23 institutions across the country, recognizes faculty who demonstrate outstanding leadership in advancing undergraduate engineering…
Hands-on STEM: High schoolers explore biomedical engineering at Marquette
This summer at Marquette, a group of curious high school students gathered for a three-day, hands-on experience in biomedical engineering, exploring how engineers merge biology, mechanics and electronics to improve lives.
Bright futures for biomedical engineers: a Q&A with Dr. Hu Yang, Marquette and Medical College of Wisconsin’s new chair of biomedical engineering
Dr. Hu Yang was named chair of the Marquette University and Medical College of Wisconsin Joint Department of Biomedical Engineering in July, taking on the role following a nationwide search from both institutions to find the department’s next leader. Hu was also appointed as a professor with tenure and awarded the Dr. Robert D. and…
Anchored in data: Engineering students bring new life to Lake Michigan weather buoy
Two miles off the shore of Lake Michigan bobs a weather buoy unlike any other in the Great Lakes. The recalibrated bright orange device that provides the Milwaukee community with up-to-the-minute weather conditions on the lake has been revamped twice by an ambitious group of engineering students for their senior design project. “The two projects…
Developing global engineers with visits to international industry leaders like Audi, Ducati and more
If you take engineering students to Audi’s headquarters, they will start popping the hoods of any car they can touch. Tour them through Ducati’s manufacturing floor, and they will lean as close as they can to the production line. Feed them pizza and espresso at a lunch with engineering students from around Europe, and they…
Marquette engineering co-op connections deepen student expertise and career readiness
Oscar Hernandez, Eng ’25, was unfamiliar with process engineering when he landed a co-op with Astronautics Corporation of America in Oak Creek, Wisconsin, his junior year. He soon discovered he loved the fast-paced environment that had him continually on his feet, thinking fast and solving problems. “It’s like being the firefighter on a manufacturing floor,”…
Leadership, fairness and finding your voice with alumna, author Kristine Cherek, Sept. 11
The Institute for Women’s Leadership will host Kristine Cherek, Marquette alumna, former corporate attorney, law professor and author of “Tread Loudly: Call Out the Bullsh*t and Fight for Equality in the Workplace.”
Sparking curiosity: Summer engineering undergraduate research spotlight
This summer, more than 30 undergraduate engineering students are leading hands-on research projects alongside faculty experts in Marquette’s Opus College of Engineering. These projects offer students the opportunity to practice new technical skills, explore their curiosity and learn from experts in the field. Fifteen of this year’s undergraduate researchers are supported by the Opus College’s Summer…
Marquette receives $2 million gift from engineering alumni couple
President Kimo Ah Yun announced today that the university has received a $2 million gift from Jake and Stephanie Stefan, an engineering alumni couple.
Energy forecasting startup with Marquette research roots acquired by industry leader
PowerGEM LLC announced its acquisition of Marquette Energy Analytics LLC, a Milwaukee-based natural gas and electric demand forecasting company that began at Marquette.