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Two projects from UW-Green Bay faculty selected for next round of Smart Cities-Smart Futures competition

Smart Cities Foxconn

Two projects from UW-Green Bay faculty have been selected to go on to the next round of the Smart Cities-Smart Futures competition sponsored by Foxconn. The competition has the goal of generating new, unconventional ideas to develop smart, connected communities throughout the state. Assistant Prof. Maruf Hossain (Natural and Applied Sciences) project is an Integrated Wind […]

Innovation in Aging Student Idea Competition winners bring stability to seniors

Innovation in Aging Student Group

With aging population rising, there is an increasing need for innovation to improve the lives of seniors. In an effort to address this need, nine teams came together to explore solutions. The UW-Green Bay teams then presented their ideas in the second annual Innovation and Aging Student Idea Competition, Feb. 23, 2018. The winner, Team […]

Ideas for the Aging: Team ‘Stability’ takes home win and cash prize

Innovation in Aging Group

Nine teams and 40 students represented all four of the UW-Green Bay colleges in the second annual Innovation in Aging Student Idea Competition, Friday, Feb. 23, 2018. The competition is sponsored by UW-Green Bay’s College of Health Education and Social Welfare, WiSys Technology Foundation and the UW-Green Bay Gerontology Center. First prize and $500 was […]

Engineering Technology is featured story for UW System

The UW System took a new twist on a story from May and Engineering Technology graduate Dessi Koss is getting credit for “paving the way for a new era of academic programming at the University in the areas of science, technology, engineering and math.” Read the story on the UW System website. “Our college students […]

Faculty note: Assistant Prof. Yan to co-organize symposium

UW-Green Bay Assistant Professor David Yan (Mechanical Engineering Technology) has been selected to co-organize Friction Stir Welding and Processing (FSW&P) IX Symposium of the TMS 2017, which will take place in San Diego, California, from Feb. 26 to March 7, 2017. The FSW&P Symposium is one of the only two international conferences dedicated to the […]

Out of this world… Two UW-Green Bay students get a chance to pursue space projects

GREEN BAY –The Wisconsin Space Grant Consortium (WSGC) has recognized two University of Wisconsin-Green Bay students for their outstanding academic work. James Vasquez has been awarded the STEM Bridge Scholarship for the 2016-17 academic year, and Justin Rasmussen is recipient of the Elijah Balloon Payload Fellowship award — June 1 to August 13 at the […]