Wisconsin Badger, engineer extraordinaire, international globetrotter Thomas Simmons, recent graduate of UW-Madison’s Master of Engineering: Engineering Management program, started traveling before he learned how to walk. Simmons moved around the U.S. a lot growing up …
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Some Like It Cold: How To Get Your Sustainability Degree From UW While Living In Antarctica
Before completing an online master’s degree in Sustainable Systems Engineering at UW-Madison Engineering Professional Development, Blaise Kuo Tiong lived in some extreme climates throughout his career. And those climates are what led him to graduate …
How To Use Data To Spark Change: Lessons From Mercury Marine
For Trevor Schwartz, who works as the Maintenance, Metals and Tool Repair Manager at Mercury Marine in Fond Du Lac, Wis., changing the paradigm shift is the hardest part of his job. “We’re all …
How Sub-Zero And Wolf Decreased Maintenance Downtime
Eighty-five percent planning, 15 percent emergencies. That’s how Mark Long and Dave Burgette at Sub-Zero and Wolf in Madison, Wisconsin, would ideally like to spend their afternoons. Long, Maintenance Supervisor at Sub-Zero and Burgette, General …
Engine Systems Grad Aaron Foege Uses Master’s To Create Patent
MADISON, Wis. – In his Master’s of Engineering Engine Systems program, Aaron Foege was recruited by his peers to join groups creating engines for vast ocean liners, massive power plants and vintage aircraft. But Foege …
Prepare to Coach and Mentor Technical Talent Differently
Why Situational Leadership? By Rick Huber, PhD How do you coach and mentor workers with different levels of competence, motivation and confidence? Try using the situational leadership model. With this model, you’ll be able to …
Engine Systems Grad Develops Cost Efficient Vanguard Oil Guard Technology
A “first-of-its-kind-solution” MADISON, Wis. – Oil changes are a regular routine for many Americans. We wait at the service center, sipping lukewarm coffee and chatting with the grease-clad workers to pass the time. And …
UW Grad Turns Passion For Fighter Jets Into Career
It all started with air shows Growing up, UW-Madison graduate Tony Milczarek and his brother developed an affinity for air shows. They crisscrossed Southern Wisconsin, Illinois and Ohio as young adults in the pursuit of …