Do You Know How to Write a Compelling Graduate Admission Essay? Applying for graduate school can be a stressful experience. While gathering transcripts, recommendation letters and other materials might seem easy, most students panic at …
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Five Parts to a Successful COVID-19 Manufacturing Plan
Together we are facing unprecedented challenges. Some of our businesses are shut down due to government mandates. Others must continue because they are essential to the food supply, medical equipment, or our national security. No …
Engaged Learning Online – What does it mean to be an online graduate engineering student?
UW-Madison has been in the distance education business for over 20 years. With hundreds of graduates we have learned how best to serve practicing engineers. First, it starts with preparation. We educate our students on …
Commissioning Courses: How Can They Help You?
MADISON, Wis.—Commissioning training can provide technical professionals with the skills and credentials they need for increased job opportunities and recognition in the industry. UW-Madison recently interviewed students who completed commissioning courses, receiving the QxCP designation. …
5 Questions With Brad Markert, CMRP
MADISON, Wis.—Brad Markert, maintenance planner for Bemis in Appleton, Wis., recently took some time to chat with UW-Madison about what he learned in the Maintenance Management Certificate (MMC) program. Markert is a Certified Maintenance and …
Tinjum Returns From #BikeTheSun
For some Wisconsinites, Puerto Rico is closer than others. When Hurricane Maria hit Puerto Rico in September 2017, UW-Madison engineering professor James Tinjum was particularly affected, with relatives currently living on the island and his …
UW-Madison E-book shares cutting-edge project management tools with online graduate students
During more than a decade of teaching technical project management to graduate engineering students at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, professors Jeffrey Russell, Wayne Pferdehirt, and John Nelson found themselves circling around a new approach to …
Hot Coffee And Waste Heat: An Afternoon With Kathy Leifer
We sit in Colectivo during the peak afternoon hour. Over blaring indie rock music and the chatter of other coffee house inhabitants, Katherine Leifer, August 2017 graduate of UW-Madison’s Sustainable Systems Engineering master’s degree program, …