Tag: Engineering

Optimal growth: Kwon finds path in industrial engineering

Amid the difficulty of a turbulent first year of college, David Kwon stumbled upon one piece of good fortune. He had signed up for ISyE 191: The Practice of Industrial Engineering, purely because it was an introductory course that fit into his schedule. With family health issues in South Korea weighing on him and an impending …

EWB brings hands-on design experience with Ugandan project

After a long wait, the University of Wisconsin–Madison student chapter of Engineers Without Borders will soon work with community members on the other side of the world to begin construction on two schoolhouses in rural Uganda. Engineers Without Borders is a nonprofit organization that supports international projects to bring clean water, power infrastructure and schools …