Engineering
Marquette Engineering Department Receives $600,000 Graduate Assistance Award
MILWAUKEE — The Civil, Construction and Environmental Engineering Department in the Opus College of Engineering at Marquette University has been awarded a $600,000 grant by the U.S. Department of Education. The Graduate Assistance in Areas of National Need (GAANN) Fellowship program award, will support five student fellows and aid the department’s project “Enhanced Civil Engineering…
Marquette University Hiring Nine Faculty Members To Add To Race, Ethnic And Indigenous Studies Program
MILWAUKEE — Marquette University will recruit additional faculty members to bolster its Race, Ethnic and Indigenous Studies program during the 2019-20 academic year with a cluster hire of nine new faculty. The Race and Ethnic Studies cluster hire is a collaboration among the Office of the Provost, the Klingler College of Arts and Sciences, the…
Marquette Professor Awarded $1.4 Million Grant To Study Metal Reduction Technique In CT Imaging
MILWAUKEE — Dr. Taly Gilat-Schmidt, associate professor of biomedical engineering at Marquette University and the Medical College of Wisconsin, has received a $1.4 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to study metal artifact reduction techniques to improve the accuracy of computed tomography scans and radiation treatment. Gilat-Schmidt and collaborator Dr. Emil Sidky of…
Marquette Professor Elected Fellow Of The National Academy Of Inventors
Dr. Jay Goldberg recognized for engineering patents and contributions to design, innovation and entrepreneurship in education
Marquette Receives $597,000 From Federal Government To Support Financial And Educational Needs Of Doctoral Students In Electrical Engineering
MILWAUKEE — The Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Marquette University received a $597,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Education Graduate Assistance in Areas of National Need Fellowship Program to support the financial and educational needs of doctoral students. The three-year grant aims to increase the number of students who are prepared for,…
Marquette Engineer Receives $1.5 Million From U.S. Air Force To Study How To Prevent Accidental Detonations Of Explosives And Propellants
Dr. John Borg will develop a surrogate substructure to test and reduce accidental detonations
Marquette Researcher Receives $1.5 Million NIH Grant To Study Congenital Cardiovascular Disease
Dr. John LaDisa will develop criteria for surgery and long-term treatment of patients with coarctation of the aorta
Marquette And Varian Receive $2.5 Million NIH Grant For CT Scan Radiation Study
Researchers will develop tool to estimate CT radiation dosage to individual patients
Alumni Couple Donates $2 Million To Grow Mental Health Research And Launch Engineering Student Success Center
MILWAUKEE — Marquette students and faculty now have heightened research and support resources thanks to the generosity of alumni Jim and Kelly McShane. The McShanes, both of whom graduated from Marquette in 1968, made two specific $1 million gifts focused on mental health research in the College of Health Sciences and on the development of…
Milwaukee Philanthropist Michael Cudahy Gives $1 Million To Marquette To Support First-Generation Engineering Students
MILWAUKEE — Milwaukee entrepreneur, business executive and philanthropist Michael Cudahy has given $1 million to support five full scholarships, including room-and-board for students attending Marquette University’s Opus College of Engineering. Four students, all of whom are the first in their families to attend college and come from diverse backgrounds, started at Marquette this academic year.…