Abigail Cantor is a chemical engineer and founder of Process Research Solutions. She is leading a course through UW–Madison’s InterPro at the College of Engineering titled Corrosion Control and Water Quality Improvement in Drinking Water …
The Exaggerated Death of Agile: Why Agile Practices Are Far From Extinct
Written by Shawn Belling, InterPro & Farwell Project Advisors In the evolving landscape of project management, a recurring theme seems to have emerged across LinkedIn and other social media platforms: the proclamation that “Agile …
UW – Madison Awarded American Society for Engineering Management Certification
The UW – Madison College of Engineering Online Master of Science: Engineering Management program has been awarded American Society for Engineering Management (ASEM) certification. This distinguished certification recognizes UW – Madison’s commitment to excellence in …
Product Safety: An Important and Challenging Task
The Importance of Ensuring Product Safety In today’s fast-paced consumer market, product safety is paramount. As technology and innovation drive the creation of new products, ensuring those products are safe becomes an increasingly complex and …
Advancing Sustainability through UW-Madison’s Sustainable Systems Engineering Capstone Projects
The University of Wisconsin-Madison’s interactive online Sustainable Systems Engineering (SSE) Master’s Degree program is built on the strengths of UW-Madison as a leader in engineering, energy and environmental sciences. One of the components of this …
MEPE Minute: Congratulations Graduate
Happy summer everyone! I just wanted to take a minute as our summer classes start to congratulate our MEPE grad from spring 2024, Jeremy Williams! Jeremy works for Eastman in Tennessee and entered the program …
How Quick Response Manufacturing (QRM) Principles Help Companies Achieve Agility
It is clear that success in business now and in the future will require agility. But, just what is agility? And, what policies or techniques can be implemented to help ensure that businesses are agile? This article will describe two approaches to defining agility and then identify several ways that the principles of Quick Response Manufacturing (QRM) can help your organization become more agile.
MEPE Minute: MEPE Instructor Honored by Adhesives and Sealants Council
Kristoffer Stokes, an instructor for our Polymer Engineering master’s degree, was recently honored by the Adhesives and Sealants Council. His company, Geisys Ventures, in collaboration with the Costanzo lab at Cal Poly, received an award …