In December 2016, Monsanto donated a $10 million, 100,000-square-foot facility—a warren of labs, greenhouses and growth chambers—to UW–Madison to become the Wisconsin Crop Innovation Center (WCIC). WCIC leaders hope the center will add to its string of plant biotechnology achievements as one of just a few public facilities in the country dedicated to plant transformation.
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UW–Madison team earns Hyperloop competition innovation award
Badgerloop, a team made up mainly of University of Wisconsin–Madison undergraduate engineering students, was among the top competitors at the SpaceX Hyperloop Pod Competition II completed Aug. 27, 2017 in California.
UW-Madison hosts businesses from around Wisconsin and beyond
Representatives from 88 businesses visited the University of Wisconsin–Madison campus Wednesday to learn how to get ahead by tapping UW–Madison resources. Some of the attendees already work with the university to recruit employees, partner on research, or license products and processes, while others are just getting started.
UW resources help one of Wisconsin’s top manufacturers find continued success
Three times named Wisconsin manufacturer of the year, Greenheck continues to turn to UW-Madison business resources to help refine and improve their processes.
Resources from UW-Madison at SHRM 2017
Resources for Talent Acquisition Connect with these career centers who can discuss internships and other opportunities to reach our high caliber students. College of Agricultural & Life Sciences College of Letters & Science College of …
Made-in-Madison skin replacement starts final clinical trial for burn victims
Stratatech, a UW-Madison spinoff, aims to prove to the Food and Drug Administration that its material, called StrataGraft, is safe and effective for treating severe burns.
UW-Madison and Kerry working together, sharing success
Shaped by inquisitive graduates, collaborative faculty and Kerry staff, and combined with innovative ideas, UW and Kerry are building on their decades-old partnership, exploring new collaborations.
A relationship with real world benefits for patients and Wisconsin
A multi-decade relationship between UW–Madison and GE Healthcare has created a stream of medical imaging inventions that look inside the human body with increasing accuracy.
UW-Madison professional development course boosts output for Wausau manufacturer
When the operations director at JARP Industries signed up for a lean operations course at UW-Madison, he wasn’t expecting the impact it would deliver. Learn how the course shaped plant manufacturing practices and updated workflow, output and efficiency.
Smartphone technology could combat workplace injuries
Manufacturing industries rely on the efforts of factory employees who work daily to make, package, prepare and deliver the products we find on our shelves. That’s a lot of physical effort, and the strain can lead to various injuries, such as carpal tunnel syndrome or tendonitis in the wrists, arms and shoulders. Risk of injury is hard on workers, and can create costs to employers for workers’ compensation, lost time and reduced productivity.
“We want to solve these problems before people get hurt,” says Rob Radwin, a University of Wisconsin–Madison professor of industrial systems engineering. Radwin has been studying this problem for more than two decades, and he may be able to harness relatively simple technological tools such as smartphones to create a solution that is easy, efficient and economically viable.