Science, Engineering & Math

Keith Gilland, left, Kal Breeden, foreground and Dylan Kostuch measure stream width this summer as part of their research.

UW-Stout Center for Sustainable Communities aims to help rural areas thrive

Rural communities experienced broad population decreases between 2010 and 2020 for the first time in history, impacting jobs, health care, education and more.

June 4, 2024

UW-Stout Assistant Professor Yuan Xing, right, meets with Gov. Tony Evers, second from left, to demonstrate the AI-based robotic system he is developing to help determine the freshness of fruit in warehouses.

Smart solutions: AI research by UW-Stout engineering professors targets fresher fruit, product structures

Could artificial intelligence help ensure that fruit reaching grocery store shelves is fresh? Or make structurally stronger bike helmets? Or tires that don’t ne

June 3, 2024

Jordyn Springer, UW-Stout dietetics senior, receives the Wisconsin Dietetics Sudent of the Year award from the Wisconsin Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics.

Students in engineering, dietetics, construction, design receive national, regional honors

Sixteen students at UW-Stout in four career fields have been recognized this spring nationally, statewide and regionally.

May 13, 2024

A student does organic chemistry research in a science lab.

UW Board of Regents approves five new academic programs

Students who are ready to build careers in science or art, or pursue a cross-discipline master’s degree, have new and in-demand options at UW-Stout.

April 7, 2024

Tanner Hornung, mechanical engineering, and Aaron Philson, computer and electrical engineering, assemble the control board for their robotic go/nogo verification system project.

Put to the test: Engineering seniors working on 20+ yearlong, industry-sponsored projects

For engineering students at UW-Stout, the Senior Design Experience course takes their applied learning focus to another level.

April 4, 2024

UW-Stout packaging student Ethan Myers, right, demonstrates a feature of the Pringles can that he and teammates Lukas David, left, and Zach Hoffmire designed to win first place in an international competition.

Uncanny results: Students win international challenge to imagine new packaging for Pringles

Imagine creating a new package for a product that has been on store shelves around the world for more than 50 years. How would you make the package better?

March 11, 2024

The University of Chicago team that worked on the Chicago Pile-1, the first nuclear reactor, included in the front row Enrico Fermi, left, and Walter Zinn, second from left; and in the second row Harold Agnew, left, Leona Woods, second from right, and Leo Szilard, right. / Los Alamos National Laboratory photo

Physics professor's presentation going beyond 'Oppenheimer' to address WWII nuclear weapons research

World War II was fought in laboratories as well as land, sea and air, according to Alan Scott, a physics professor at UW-Stout.

March 5, 2024

Ava Cinealis, a senior at UW-Stout in applied biochemistry and molecular biology, will present “Protein Structures of Prion Disease” on March 6 at the Capitol during Research in the Rotunda.

Capitol project: Science student’s research on prion disease highlighted in Madison

Ava Cinealis was interested in science when she graduated from Sheboygan North High School, but she wanted to do more in college than learn it from a book: She

March 1, 2024

Along with UW-Stout Professor Andrew Williams, right, those who testified at the state Capitol in favor of the digital interactive media bill are, from left, Nathaniel Blair, Krafton games; Andrew O’Connor, Entertainment Software Association; Brian Raffel, Raven Software; Rep. Clint Moses, of Menomonie; Jennifer Javornik, Filament Games; and Tim Gerritson, Lost Boys Interactive.

Professor Williams testifies for bill that could boost game design industry in Wisconsin

With three nationally ranked programs in game design, UW-Stout is a leader in providing skilled talent for the digital interactive media industry.

February 5, 2024

UW-Stout students Jeremiah Hubbard, second from left, Jack Lonn and Elana Showalter, fourth and fifth from left, gather with residents of Naranjal, Ecuador, during their visit last summer to begin work on a village water system.

Crossing borders: UW-Stout students engineering new, clean water system for village in Ecuador

Residents of a village in Ecuador are looking forward to having — for the first time — clean water, thanks to three UW-Stout engineering students.

January 23, 2024

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