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Mechanical Engineering, Spring 2019 SPRING 2019 MECHANICAL ENGINEERING UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-MADISON ENHANCING THE STUDENT EXPERIENCE Historic endowed chair honors John Bollinger 1 CHAIR’S MESSAGE Support Usually, I use this space to highlight some Mechanical Engineering! of the great things that are happening in the To make a gift to the department, go to: department—and there are many. But this time I would like to fill this space with my allwaysforward.org/giveto/me remembrances of Professor Robert (Bob) Brad Green, Director of Development Lorenz, who sadly passed away in January 2019. (608) 308-5354 Bob could best be described as what you get [email protected] when you try to compress lots of springs between two not-perfectly- parallel surfaces—there is an excess of energy that is going to be released! Nothing can contain it. To our great fortune, when the stored potential energy was converted to work in Bob’s case, it was useful work that advanced the field of electric machine control. The details of Bob’s prolific output can be seen elsewhere in this newsletter. From my point of view, I never considered Bob to be a colleague. Not that he was not collegial—he definitely was. But by every metric Bob was doing so much more than me that it seemed somewhat incongruous that we would both hold the title of professor. Over the course of his career, Bob received many gifts to support his research and earned royalties from his many patents. These funds were kept in an account at the UW Foundation that he used as a rainy day fund. The rapid advance of Bob’s illness, however, prevented him from drawing on these funds. As a final bequest to the department, Bob In the Rockwell Automation Industrial Connected Enterprise repurposed those funds to establish the Robert Lorenz Professorship, Laboratory, students can get their hands on today’s most which will be given to a faculty member with expertise in physics- advanced industrial manufacturing technologies. The new lab based controls—Bob’s specialty. Bob understood the importance of will support undergraduate coursework as well as faculty, staff recognizing high-quality faculty through endowed professorships and and student research projects. the positive impact this has on a department. We are grateful that Bob chose to establish this professorship and are eager to find its first worthy Read more: www.engr.wisc.edu/automatic-anything- recipient. ordinary-partnership-rockwell-prepares-engineers-excel/ I have spent my career studying combustion phenomena in internal combustion engines and am a staunch believer in that technology for the future. Last summer I bought a new car—a plug-in hybrid vehicle that can go about 25 miles on electric power and has a fully capable gasoline engine for long-range operation. For reasons that I am happy to Accelerated Master’s Programs discuss (in another venue), it is the optimal solution for my transportation needs. The electric half of my car’s powertrain uses the products of Bob’s An engineering master’s degree from UW-Madison gives research work. Every day when I drive to and from work, with the hum of you the credentials to get ahead. Find a program that fits your the electric motor in my ears, I will think about my colleague Bob Lorenz. goals and lifestyle. ON, WISCONSIN! • 21 flexible online and accelerated programs • Degrees in multiple disciplines, including seven within ME • World-renowned faculty • Individual attention • Innovative partners • Dedicated fellow students • Rigorous courses that address real-world problems Jaal Ghandhi • Ideas, inspiration and tools to apply immediately on the job John Bollinger Chair of Mechanical Engineering and Grainger Professor of Sustainable Energy Earn the recognition you deserve, and prepare yourself [email protected] • (608) 263-1684 today to meet tomorrow’s engineering challenges. advanceyourcareer.wisc.edu/engineering 2 HONORING JOHN BOLLINGER Endowed chair will take department to next level The experiences John Bollinger projects. “There are times when During his 18-year tenure as dean, he created (BSME ’57, PhDME ’61) relatively modest amounts of a new aesthetic environment for the college enjoyed as a student in the money will give students campus. He oversaw the creation of well-known department set him on a the tools and ability to landmarks such as the Máquina sculpture path to a distinguished be better prepared for and fountain and new building architecture career in which he made competitions,” Ghandhi that transformed a group of buildings into an a difference in the lives of says. “These competitions identifiable engineering campus, complete with thousands of engineering are highly valuable a main street renamed “Engineering Drive.” students at UW-Madison. learning opportunities for Bollinger was also instrumental in planning the As a standout professor our students, so it’s great Engineering Centers Building and raising the and mechanical engineering to have this flexible funding needed funds. Completed in 2002, it was the department chair, and later as dean available to help students get the first new building on the engineering campus in of the College of Engineering, Bollinger most out of their experience.” 40 years. was especially passionate about creating Ghandhi says the department could Always committed to providing meaningful opportunities for students to engage in hands-on create additional opportunities to foster learning experiences, Bollinger established learning and entrepreneurial activities. entrepreneurial skills in students through a a new freshman course in the college that Now, a major new gift to the department “maker fund.” Students would be encouraged to assigned a real-world engineering project from in honor of Bollinger will open up even more pitch their innovative ideas to the department design to final product. In addition to fostering opportunities for students to enrich their chair and promising ideas would receive startup the activities of student organizations, he educations. funds to move them from concept to reality. championed efforts to recruit more women Herbert V. Kohler Jr., executive chairman In addition to helping support the and students from underrepresented minority of the Kohler Company, and other donors are department chair’s research program while groups to enter engineering. endowing the department’s chair position with leading the department, the endowed fund He received numerous accolades over $5 million as a way to pay tribute to Bollinger will help other faculty kickstart high-risk, high- his renowned career, and is a fellow of the and elevate the department. reward research projects. National Academy of Engineering, the It is the largest gift in the department’s For example, it could provide faculty American Society of Mechanical Engineers, history and is one of just three endowed members with some resources to demonstrate and the American Society for Engineering department chair positions in the College that a novel idea Education. of Engineering, all of which have been shows promise—and From 1984 to established in 2019. that greatly increases “This endowed chair 2003, Bollinger “This endowed chair will be a catalyst their chances of will be a catalyst for served on the Kohler for many new opportunities benefiting our securing external Company’s board students and will be instrumental in taking grants to pursue the many new opportunities of directors, where the department to the next level,” says Jaal research. benefiting our students.” his tenure mirrored a Ghandhi, the first department chair to hold “Money from — Jaal Ghandhi, Department Chair period of expansion the John Bollinger Chair of Mechanical this endowed chair with several strategic Engineering. “It’s a very fitting honor for John, offers a way to seed acquisitions and new given his long and illustrious career devoted to research in the department,” Ghandhi says. markets. His contributions inspired Kohler Jr., the college and the department.” “Then if that faculty member’s external grant to make a $1 million gift to the endowed chair The endowed chair provides flexible proposal is really successful, it’s a huge win for fund in Bollinger’s honor. funding that Ghandhi says will enable the the department and the college.” “John was a stalwart in driving innovation department to purchase state-of-the-art lab Bollinger says learning about the endowed at Kohler, providing our associates with equipment to educate undergraduate and chair was a great surprise for him, and he’s entrepreneurial freedom and the necessary graduate students using the latest technology, excited about the department’s future and the tools for them to excel,” he says. “In his role as akin to what they will encounter in industry. far-reaching impact this gift will have. dean, John was influential in helping to match And while the department currently helps “I consider it an honor to have my friends engineering students with Kohler through support student travel to various national and colleagues decide to remember me in this internships and co-op programs. Many of competitions, Ghandhi is excited that funds very meaningful way,” Bollinger says. these individuals became full-time associates, from the endowed chair would allow the Bollinger served as dean of the college from who have contributed to our mission of department to expand its support for student 1981 to 1999, and presided over the $16 million improving the level of gracious living for those organizations and teams working on ambitious college expansion to Engineering Hall in 1993. touched by our products and services.” 3 ADVANCING ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING BY SLASHING SUPPORT 3D printing opens up design possibilities To address these issues, In one project, he used his that engineers could once only dream of. Qian has devised a techniques to design a part The technology allows manufacturers to method that significantly that required 43-percent create parts with unique and complex shapes— reduces the amount of less supporting material parts that conventional manufacturing support material needed than would be used in methods such as die casting or injection to build components with the traditional additive molding can’t produce.
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