Engineering
Engineering team brings distinct Marquette spirit to NASA lunar robot competition
Just days after celebrating Marquette’s Commencement weekend, a team of engineering students set out to face a challenge that could test even the world’s top engineers: piloting their own robot across a simulated lunar surface while being assessed by NASA. At the invitation of NASA, it was an opportunity to showcase the team’s work on…
2025 COMMENCEMENT SERIES | Rising high with new support and strong roots: civil engineering graduate Vince Salvador’s journey from Saipan to Marquette
When Vince Salvador talks about his home in Saipan, he details the clear blue Pacific Ocean waters, perfect warm weather, delicious home-cooked Filipino food, and a tight-knit island community that is always around for support and friendship. Naturally, moving to Milwaukee to attend Marquette University felt different – a 15-hour time difference from family, snowy…
Concrete canoes, steel bridges and professional connections: highlights from a civil engineering symposium co-hosted by Marquette
Milwaukee is a natural playground for civil engineering students who are eager to design, build and maintain structures and systems to serve communities. With Milwaukee’s globally recognized infrastructure, hotbed of new urban construction and abundant natural resources, there is plenty to inspire and educate future engineering leaders. This atmosphere made Milwaukee a perfect fit as…
Engineering professor receives $1 million HUD grant to support construction and engineering workforce development, education
Dr. Yong Bai has received a $1 million grant from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development.
A Kohler-Marquette partnership turns strong engineers into skilled leaders
A great engineer doesn’t naturally become a great engineering leader. As Joel Smith, vice president of engineering at Kohler Co., says, much of the company’s success rides on teaching people to be great at both. “Too often we assume engineering leadership happens by osmosis, but that’s just not the case,” Smith says. “It takes hard…
A childhood diagnosis inspires a brother’s engineering Ph.D.
When Ricardo Vega was 11 years old, his younger brother Francisco was diagnosed with Kawasaki disease, a potentially life-threatening illness that causes inflammation of blood vessels, particularly those that supply the heart. After many misdiagnoses, his parents finally got the answers and treatment they had prayed for from a doctor at Children’s Wisconsin. “The most…
Tissue-engineered pediatric heart valve implants offer patients hope for one-time solutions
Dr. Brandon Tefft sees an opportunity to narrow the gap between treatment and cure for cardiovascular diseases. Today, patients with these diseases are treated with cutting-edge implants and devices made from various artificial biomaterials such as metals, ceramics and more. These treatments serve patients well, but Tefft, associate professor in the Marquette University and Medical…
Picture This: A Research & Scholarship Photo Contest 2025 winners chosen
Four winners have been selected in the third annual Picture This: A Research & Scholarship Photo Contest sponsored by the College of Health Sciences.
An introduction to electric power delivery: the grid and substations, April 8
The Sigma Phi Delta Eta chapter is hosting a presentation exploring electric power delivery from the perspective of the applied practice of power engineering.
U.S. News releases 2025-26 Best Graduate Schools rankings
U.S. News and World Report today released its 2025-26 Best Graduate Schools rankings, and many Marquette programs improved over last year’s rankings.