Nitrogen oxides (NOx) and soot cause acid rain and smog. They are pollutants that commonly result from the burning of fuel in diesel engines. Engine conditions that reduce NOx emissions tend to increa...
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Approximately half of all diseases affect the function of ion channels in cell membranes. Testing the flow of ions and molecules through these membranes clearly is vital to drug discovery and research...
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Patch clamping is a well-known technique for investigating the movement of ions and molecules through cellular membranes via ion channels. To create an extremely high-resistance ‘gigaseal’ around ...
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Diesel compression ignition engines offer higher efficiency and lower CO2 emissions than their gasoline spark ignition counterparts; however, controlling NOx and soot emissions while achieving high ef...
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Patch clamping is a well known method for measuring the flow of ions and molecules through ion channels imbedded in the cellular membrane.  The method employs micropipettes, or similar microscale ape...
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UW-Madison researchers have demonstrated a dual-fuel engine with re-breathing produces improved emissions and better efficiency. This can be used in any dual fuel engine. 
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Nitrogen oxides (NOx) and soot are two common pollutants that result from the burning of fuel in diesel engines. Cooler engine conditions tend to reduce NOx emissions but increase soot. Due to this �...
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UW-Madison researchers have created a method – infusion multimaterial actinic spatial control (iMASC) – for generating 3D printed parts that contain unique combinations of materials and associated...
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UW-Madison researchers have expanded their previously disclosed method for additive manufacturing (AM) with proteins as build materials to multiple printing methods. The first, as previously disclosed...
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UW-Madison researchers have developed a tailored multi-zone beam profile that addresses the instabilities characteristic of Laser Powder Bed Fusion (LPBF) processes in order to achieve defect-free, re...
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UW-Madison researchers have designed an automatic arc melting system (termed “AlloyBot”) which accepts feedstock materials loaded by a six-axis robot, then automatically loads, melts, and homogeni...
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A UW-Madison researcher developed new power electronics conversion circuit designs and modulation and control techniques improve power levels, power density, and efficiency. For the circuit topologies...
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In recent years, 3D printing has evolved from a technique that was used entirely for prototyping to one that also provides a valuable manufacturing pathway. In particular, 3D printing of fiber-reinfor...
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 A UW-Madison researcher has designed a pulsed power buffer (PBB) circuit integrated with a conventional solid state Marx generator (SSMG). This operates by redistributing the pulsating power from th...
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The present invention, developed by a team in Agricultural Engineering at the University of Wisconsin-River Falls, is a liquid manure application and tillage device designed to more effectively and ef...
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UW-Madison researchers have designed a bidirectional switch based on an AlGaN/GaN structure with BaTiO3 to achieve the ideal target of ~1-1.1x resistance. The design is scalable from 100 V - 10 kV. T...
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 UW researchers have created a method for measuring the radial displacement of a rotor in an electric machine by using the stator coils themselves as sensors. This invention is based on a single wind...
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UW researchers have created a novel rotor hub structure that uses an airfoil or blade (similar to what is used in fans, compressors, or turbines) to enable self-cooling. In conventional rotor structur...
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UW-Madison researchers have developed a method of forming a three-dimensional (3D) structure by depositing an alloy composition on a target, and solidifying portions of the alloy composition to form t...
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UW researchers have discovered that a bearingless permanent magnet motors can be designed to operate in the field-weakening regime. They have found that the airgap length and permanent magnet thicknes...
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UW researchers a novel cooling method for radial flux machines using a heat exchanger, which is placed inside the radial cooling ducts, encircling stator slots, and featuring coolant flow in the circu...
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UW Madison researchers have developed a current-source inverter topology (H7-CSI-BD) combined with two new modulation schemes that have four-quadrant power flow, high power density, high efficiency, h...
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UW-Madison researchers have developed a new EHD inkjet printing device with a groundless printhead. By separating the printhead and the substrate, the entire system can be made modular such that the p...
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UW-Madison researchers have developed a method for producing carbon negative supplementary cementitious materials utilizing a carbon mineralization-based direct air capture process named DDAC-REACT (D...
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UW-Madison researchers have developed a method to produce carbon negative supplementary cementitious materials (SCM) utilizing a carbon mineralization-based direct air capture process named DDAC-REACT...
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