University of Wisconsin–Madison

Tag: graduate student research

PhD student Burke receives dissertation fellowship to map a crafting movement

PhD student Danielle Burke has received a fellowship to help her create a digital map of craftspeople from the Handicraft Movement.

PhD student Zhewen Pan receives Google PhD Fellowship in Computer Architecture

Pan researches efficient computer architecture, including sustainable computing, in the lab of Joshua San Miguel, an associate professor of electrical and computer engineering. Some of her recent projects include working on improving data compression to create more efficient memory and storage without sacrificing performance.

PhD student Yepes-Rossel receives Mellon/ACLS Dissertation Innovation Fellowship

Gabriela C. Yepes-Rossel has received a Dissertation Innovation Fellowship from the Mellon Foundation and the American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS). Her scholarship focuses on women theater and dance performers from the Southern Peruvian Andes who infuse their cultural traditions with new values and purposes to challenge normalized practices of intersectional inequity and violence.

PhD graduate Mei awarded Schmidt Science Fellowship

UW–Madison PhD graduate Hongyan (May) Mei has been awarded a 2025 Schmidt Science Fellowship, a highly competitive and prestigious national program that supports “brilliant minds” who pursue innovative, interdisciplinary science.

Through scholars program, PhD student and community partners find mutual benefits

Graduate students across campus are constantly engaged in work benefitting the state, nation, and world. One program at UW–Madison has helped to connect motivated students and community partners to pursue projects together with positive outcomes for all involved.

UW–Madison PhD candidate Molinek wins National Academies and Schmidt Sciences Excellence in Sciences Communication award

Geoscience PhD candidate Rudy Molinek has been awarded the Eric and Wendy Schmidt Awards for Excellence in Science Communications

PhD candidate Hogan receives Smithsonian Fellowship to investigate textile and fiber arts collections

Design Studies PhD candidate Maeve Hogan’s dissertation research has the potential to help revise and broaden the story of craft made and collected in America.

Sutton receives Department of Energy award to study improved hydrogeological modeling

Geoscience PhD candidate Collin Sutton has received the Department of Energy’s Office of Science Graduate Student Research Award.

Four UW–Madison students receive Mellon/ACLS Dissertation Innovation Fellowships

Four UW–Madison students have been awarded fellowships from the American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS) and the Mellon Foundation to support their innovative and creative dissertation research.

Engineering grad student Ha Nguyen celebrates commencement as Graduate School flag bearer

Ha Nguyen came to Madison from Vietnam in 2012. He got a job working in materials science and engineering where he used plasma to make materials. However, he didn’t feel like he understood plasma. His curiosity drove him to study plasma physics and brought him to UW­–Madison, where he will graduate with a PhD in electrical and computer engineering this month.