Economic Development

Projects

• Wisconsin Small Engine Consortium

  The Wisconsin Small Engine Consortium at the UW-Madison College of Engineering, begun in 1993, provides research on small engine efficiency, emissions...

• Center for Quick Response Manufacturing (QRM)

  Founded in 1993, the QRM Center is a partnership between companies, faculty and students at UW-Madison, dedicated to the research and implementation o...

• Direct-injection Engine Research Consortium (DERC)

  The Engine Research Center (ERC) at UW-Madison launched an international Diesel Emissions Reduction Consortium (DERC) in 2004 (later renamed the Direc...

• Strategic Action Plan for Village of Norwalk

  The Strategic Action Plan for the Village of Norwalk in Monroe County was meant to assist the citizens and Village Board of Norwalk in assessment of c...

• Wisconsin Food Security Project

  The Wisconsin Food Security Project is a cutting-edge interactive food security data and mapping portal developed in collaboration with UW-Extension a...

• Law School Summer Clerkship Hiring Initiative

  The Wisconsin Hiring Initiative is the Law School's action plan to increase the number of students and recent graduates interested in practicing law i...

• IceCube Neutrino Observatory Construction

  The tools and materials for the construction of the IceCube Neutrino Observatory at the South Pole, Antarctica, were primarily designed and assembled...

• Starting New High-Tech Businesses in Wisconsin

  UW-Madison Chemistry Professor Lloyd Smith has started and helped grow and direct three high-tech companies in the Madison area, in partnership with T...

• Public Works Supervisory Academy

  The Public Works Supervisory Academy is a 9-course series tailored for those who oversee the engineering, water, sewerage, parks, and street divisions...

• WISCareers Web Site

  The Center on Education and Work (CEW) develops and maintains the WISCareers Website, a comprehensive online portal for career exploration, career pla...

• Wisconsin 511 Traveler Information System

  The nationwide 511 Traveler Information Program began in July 2000 when the FCC designated the three-digit telephone dialing code 5-1-1 for traveler i...

• Weinert Applied Ventures in Entrepreneurship (WAVE)

  The Weinert Applied Ventures in Entrepreneurship (WAVE) course provides graduate students with a applied practicum in starting and growing entrepreneu...

• Small Business Development Center at UW-Madison

  The Small Business Development Center (SBDC) at UW-Madison has helped create and grow successful businesses since 1979. The SBDC staff of experienced...

• Kemp Natural Resources Station

  UW-Madison's Kemp Natural Resources Station is an off-campus research, teaching and outreach facility dedicated to environmental stewardship and the s...

• Small Business Development Center Assistance to Platypus Technologies, LLC

  Dr. Barbara Israel of the UW School of Veterinary Medicine formed Platypus Technologies, a company focused on the development of liquid crystal detect...

• Industrial Refrigeration Consortium

  The Industrial Refrigeration Consortium (IRC) is a collaborative effort between UW-Madison and industry. The goal is to improve the safety, efficiency...

• Wisconsin Consortium for Applied Water Quality Research

  The cities of Kenosha and Madison are sponsors of the UW-Madison College of Engineering's Wisconsin Consortium for Applied Water Quality Research. The...

• UW E-Business Consortium (UWEBC)

  The UW E-Business Consortium (UWEBC) is a collaborative learning community comprising Wisconsin's leading companies and flagship university. The UWEBC...

• Understanding Dairy Markets

  The "Understanding Dairy Markets" Web site was developed by the Wisconsin Center for Dairy Research and the Department of Agricultural and Applied Eco...

• ConjuGon Inc. Partnership

  Marcin Filutowicz, a professor of bacteriology at UW-Madison, has made tremendous strides in combating antibiotic-resistant strains of bacteria. Filut...

• Engineering Cooperative Education & Summer Internship Program

  The Engineering Cooperative Education & Summer Internship Program supplements the Wisconsin engineering workforce by providing students 3-12 months of...

• Accelerated Durable Highway Bridge Design and Construction

  UW-Madison Professors Lawrence Bank, Jeff Russell and Mike Oliva from the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering are working with the Wisco...

• Urban Entrepreneur Partnership

  The goal of the Center on Business and Poverty, an initiative of the UW-Madison School of Business, is to support and disseminate high-quality researc...

• Risk Communication in action

  Current research includes ongoing surveys about public attitudes toward gene editing, nanotechnology, nuclear energy, synthetic biology, and other eme...

• Applied Learning Projects (ALPs) for Arts Administration MBA Students

  MBA students in the Arts Administration program participate in hands-on projects with leading nonprofit arts and cultural institutions and statewide m...

• Wisconsin Healthy Grown Project

  The Wisconsin “Healthy Grown” program works to advance growers’ use of biointensive Integrated Pest Management (IPM) systems, efficiently manage input...

• Wisconsin TechSearch (WTS)

  Wisconsin TechSearch (WTS) was created under the State Technical Services Act of 1965 (15 USC 37), to "promote economic growth by supporting state and...

• Study on the Economic Impact of Tax and Spending Limits on Local Governments

  Fairly or not, Wisconsin has been branded as a high-tax state. This has spurred elected officials to impose tax and spending limits on local governme...

• University of Wisconsin Press

  Since 1937, UW Press has published thousands of books, including hundreds that document the culture, heritage, natural history and people of Wisconsin...

• Milk Urea Nitrogen as a nutritional and environmental tool for dairy farmers

  Our Research has shown that Milk urea Nitrogen (MUN), which is easily and routinely measured in the milk of dairy cows, can be used to fine-tune dairy...

• Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center

  The Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center (GLBRC) is a cross-disciplinary research center led by the University of Wisconsin–Madison. With Michigan St...

• Sharing in the Discovery (featuring the UW-Madison Stem Cell Learning Lab)

  Sharing in the Discovery invites citizens of Wisconsin to take a stake in health sciences research by providing experiences in communities and on camp...

• Wisconsin Energy Institute

  The Wisconsin Energy Institute (WEI) is working on one of the most critical challenges of our time – the transition toward new, clean energy systems a...

• Center on Business and Poverty - Associated Projects

  The goal of the Center on Business and Poverty, an initiative of the Wisconsin School of Business, is to support ways in which employers can help impr...

• Center on Wisconsin Strategy

  The Center on Wisconsin Strategy (COWS) is a nonprofit, nonpartisan "think-and-do tank" dedicated to improving economic performance and living standar...

• Wisconsin Unemployment Rate Forecast

  Each month, I provide a twelve month forecast for the seasonally adjusted Wisconsin unemployment rate. In addition to point forecasts (the expected fu...

• Rapid and Efficient Construction of Highway Bridges

  The U.W. is working with the Wisconsin Department of Transportation (Madison and EauClaire offices) to pilot a new type of construction system for use...

• Industry Partnerships, Bridges and Pathways: Experience Raising Skills in Wisconsin

  COWS has long provided technical assistance to the Department of Workforce Development and the Wisconsin Technical College System to improve education...

• PosiPair.com

  The Web site name is a contraction of "Positive Product Pairing". PosiPair aims to facilitate links between green businesses and their partners, but a...

• Sustainable Springs Window Fashions

  Springs Window Fashions produces blinds, shades, and drapery which have sustainable qualities. One of these qualities is heat retention/blockage, and...

• Partnerships for Sustainability Project

  Partnerships for Sustainability (PFS) is a nonprofit organization designed to provide businesses of 250 employees or less in Southeastern Wisconsin wi...

• Innovation and Economic Development Research Program

  The Innovation and Economic Development Research Program is a state-funded annual grants program that awards funds to faculty or academic staff who ar...

• Wisconsin Institutes for Discovery Town Center

  The Town Center, located on the main floor of the Discovery building, welcomes visitors to Explore.Engage.Discover and fits with both the campus strat...

• Metropolitan Unified Fiber Network Project (MUFN)

  The Metropolitian Unified Fiber Network (MUFN) is a public-private partnership to enhance broadband capacity, affordability and access in the greater...

• Midwest Rural Energy Council (MREC)

  The Midwest Rural Energy Council (MREC) is a 50+ year cooperative educational effort between electric utilities and land grant universities in the upp...

• UW E-Business Institute (UWEBI) and Wisconsin Manufacturing Extension Partnership (WMEP)

  The UW E-Business Institute (UWEBI) and the Wisconsin Manufacturing Extension Partnership (WMEP) have an established partnership to enable Wisconsin m...

• Wisconsin Edge

  The Wisconsin Edge is an informal confederation of businesses, economic development organizations, patient advocacy and health care groups committed t...

• Wisconsin PeerSpectives Network

  Wisconsin PeerSpectives Network: Peer-to-Peer Learning for Entrepreneurs, is a way for peer groups, composed of eight to 12 noncompeting business own...

• UW-Madison Biotechnology Center (UWBC)

  The University of Wisconsin Biotechnology Center (UWBC) is Wisconsin's catalyst to advance biotechnology research, education and industry for the bene...

• Center for Community and Economic Development (CCED)

  We teach, learn, lead and serve, connecting people with the University of Wisconsin, and engaging with them in transforming lives and communities.

• Family Impact Seminars

  The Family Impact Seminars is a series of presentations, briefing reports and discussion sessions that provide state policymakers with high-quality, o...

• Madison Neighborhood Indicators

  The Madison Neighborhood Indicators project seeks to quantify the diverse and changing social conditions in Madison neighborhoods. The project staff h...

• Networking Across the Supply Chain:Transportation Innovations in Local and Regional Food Systems

  We are gathering together business representatives from across the Upper Midwest who are building new supply chains for a regional food system to shar...

• Bad River Global Health/Tribal Youth Program

  This program is a field course in the Undergraduate Certificate in Global Health (UCGH). It connects UW-Madison with people in programs on the Bad Riv...

• Research & Development on a New Switch for the Electric Power Grid

  Wisconsin, like most states, is gradually increasing electric power generation from renewable sources. The arguments for decreasing coal burning, e.g....

• Tomotherapy

  The Tomotherapy Project at the UW Department of Medical Physics designed a new way to treat cancer and to quality assure those treatments. It was the...

• Wisconsin Energy Institute/Bioenergy Research Centers host Science Café briefing before the House Senate and National Labs Caucus

  On July 22nd, 2013, more than 80 congressional staff members gathered in Washington, DC for a Q&A-style briefing intended to update the House Science...

• Teacher Training Workshop: The Hmong in Contemporary and Historical Perspective (Appleton/Madison)

  In June 2013, UW-Madison's Center for Southeast Asian Studies and Center for East Asian Studies collaborated with the Appleton, Oshkosh, and Madison H...

• Wisconsin Idea Scholar Program (2012-13)

  From Feburary 3, 2012 to February 15, 2013, a group of 31 community leaders from all over the state convened at the University of Wisconsin-Madison an...

• UW-Madison Division of Diversity Equity and Educational Achievement and the L&S Center for Academic Excellence

  Researcher Steve Kosciuk works with both DDEEA and CAE programs as an analyst to discover, design and develop strategies that promote the academic ach...

• Walter and Martha Renk Laboratory of Food Safety

  The Walter and Martha Renk Laboratory addresses basic and applied research problems of concern to consumers, food animal producers and food processing...

• American Council on Exercise Exam Preparation Courses

  The Division of Recreational Sports offers outreach courses that prepare individuals for national certification. The American Council on Exercise (ACE...

• Wisconsin Statewide Comprehensive Outdoor Recreation Plan

  The quality of Wisconsin's parks and trails largely results from excellent planning, much of which originates within Statewide Comprehensive Outdoor R...

• Construction Engineering Management Applied Research

  John Nelson and other faculty and students from the Department of Civil Engineering help Wisconsin building designers and constructors to be more comp...

• Jobs for Wisconsin Grads

  All 13 UW-System four-year institutions are part of a partnership that allows an employer to post a job opening once and that position will be sent to...

• Paper on the Law of Intellectual Property Exhaustion

  Extending the Wisconsin idea of engaged scholarship globally, this project entailed preparing a comprehensive study of the rights to resell and reuse...

• UW Press

  The UW Press publishes books (including ebooks) for Wisconsin and internationally. This page (http://uwpress.wisc.edu/WIRegional.html) contains a smal...

• Wisconsin Land Use Codes

  This project compares Wisconsin land use codes between jurisdictions. That is, regional planning commissions and counties each develop their own land...

• Tumor Ablation Program

  The tumor ablation program is a group of engineers working with world-leading clinicians to develop minimally invasive therapies for cancer. By provid...

• Wisconsin Statewide Broadband Initiative

  Dr. Bruce Maas is collaborating with the State CIO and DPI CIO, as well as leaders of state agencies, municipalities, representatives of telecommunica...

• Wisconsin 511 Construction Projects Website

  The 511 Projects Website came online in summer 2012 as a major extension of Wisconsin DOT’s 511 Traveler Information Program to provide expanded infor...

• Ecareers.sg - Education and Career Guidance Website for Singapore

  In 2009, the Center on Education and Work (CEW) launched ecareers.sg, an education and career guidance website for Singapore students in grades 5-12....

• Milking Research and Instruction Lab

  The UW Milking lab has been in operation since 1990. The lab has been engaged in a number of technical issues related to milking machines, including r...

• Nonprofit Board Leadership and Development

  This course is designed to provide an opportunity for graduate students to serve on nonprofit boards, learn about the roles and responsibilities of bo...

• Medical Imaging Research Partnership

  Our Medical Physics and Radiology departments are among the highest producers of invention disclosures and successful patent applications at UW-Madiso...

• Community-University Exchange - South Madison

  In partnership with the Office of University Relations and Assistant Vice-Chancellor Everett Mitchell, the Community-University Exchange funds two gra...

• Wisconsin STEM Skills Gap Study

  This study will investigate the alignment (or lack thereof) between employer expectations for workers' skills and the nature of educational curricula...

• Transition Cow Facility Design

  This workshop will help you learn how to ask your lender for money to build a barn and not add any additional milking cows. Using the Dairyland Initia...

• Design of Positive Pressure Tube Systems for Improved Ventilation of Calf Barns

  Dr. Ken Nordlund will present on the deficits of common ventilation systems in calf barns, management of air quality and cold stress to minimize respi...

• Design of Positive Pressure Tube Systems for Milking Center Holding Area Heat Abatemen

  Drs. Ken Nordlund and Nigel Cook will present problems in holding area cooling and how positive pressure tube systems provide a lower energy effective...

• Central Sands Water Initiative

  Numerous lakes and streams are drying up in the farm-rich Central Sands region of Wisconsin, but there’s little agreement on what’s causing it. Expert...

• Helping Farmers Cope with Changing Climate

  Drought, flooding, new pests brought on by temporal changes in the onset and duration of the growing season—these are only a few climate related chall...

• Protecting Our Pollinators

  More than two-thirds of the world’s crop plants—including many nuts, fruits and vegetables—depend on animal pollination, most of it provided by bees....

• Hunter's Network of Wisconsin

  Hunting is an important part of Wisconsin’s history and culture and plays a crucial role in wildlife management. It has a $1.4 billion impact on the s...

• Slow Food UW History

  Since 2007, Dr. Zepeda has provided leadership and supervision to the Slow Food UW student organization. The organization promotes good clean fair foo...

• Guide to Door County Outdoors

  Door County is one of the premier tourist attractions in the Midwest. "Door County Outdoors" is a guidebook for tourists published by the University o...

• Books about Frank Lloyd Wright in Wisconsin

  The University of Wisconsin Press has published several books about Frank Lloyd Wright that contribute to the international interest in Wright that br...

• Wisconsin’s “Brown Gold” Rush: Transforming Manure to Energy in America’s Dairyland

  The Accelerated Renewable Energy (ARE) project involves a partnership among UW-Madison researchers and several state companies that is being funded by...

• International Politics and Practice Capstone Certificate (IPPCC)

  The Department of Political Science designed the IPPCC to educate online learners who lead and serve professionally in the international arena. The pr...

• WPT Broadcast of His Holiness the Dalai Lama Visit

  The Center For Investigating Healthy Minds at the Waisman Center and Dr. Richard Davidson recently hosted His Holiness the Dalai Lama and other though...

• Vernon County Farm to School

  The Vernon County Farm to School Initiative works to improve southwest Wisconsin's health and environment by educating local students on healthy eatin...

• Innovation and Wellness Commons - Lindsay Heights

  The Commons is the next step in Walnut Way’s efforts to revitalize the Lindsay Heights neighborhood in Milwaukee's Central City. This collaborative co...

• Sustainability Metric Workbook

  For small and medium sized businesses, sustainability is about both finding a place to start and finding tools that work. The team identified on-line,...

• H&H Holdings Fleet Maintenance & Employee Outreach

  H&H Group Holdings has six different divisions including: Electric, Solar Energy Services, Plumbing Services, Energy Management, Wind Energy, and Fire...

• Focus on Energy: Driving Energy Efficiency in Small Restaurants and Bars

  Focus on Energy is Wisconsin utilities’ statewide energy efficiency and renewable resource program. The team took on the challenge of how Focus could...

• Future Roots: Business Plan Development

  Future Roots is a brand new agriculture startup located in New Berlin, with a focus on aquaponics farming. The team investigated ways for the new star...

• Lady Pietro Lavender Farm: Wholesale and Commercial Market Analysis

  A lavender farm is under development near Baraboo. The team provided background research and recommendations on how and where do local/regional herbal...

• Sustainability Report for Bladesmith Gastro Brewery

  A group of entrepreneurs was looking for help in integrating sustainability thinking into the design and development of a new brewpub in Madison. The...

• Visual Impressions Waste Diversion

  Visual Impressions is a contract apparel decorator in Milwaukee. They are having a difficult time recycling “pellon”. This material is a composite fib...

• Wisconsin Academy of Sciences, Arts and Letters Roadmap Marketing

  The Wisconsin Academy of Sciences, Arts and Letters, is an independent, nonprofit organization since 1870 with the tagline, “We connect Wisconsin peop...

• Cooperative Institute for Urban Agriculture and Nutrition (IUAN)

  IUAN is a coalition of universities, community organizations, businesses, and public agencies advancing the principles and practices of sustainable ur...

• Wisconsin Cut Flower Growers School

  The Wisconsin Cut Flower Growers School provide technical training for people interested in starting a business growing and selling cut flowers and ot...

• Direct Assistance to Dads (DAD) Project

  Funded by a 3-year, $400,000 Wisconsin Partnership Program "Lifecourse Initiative for Healthy Families" community-academic partnership grant, the DAD...

• New Madison Brewpub Sustainability Program

  Brewing requires a lot of water, for the product itself, for cleaning, and for sanitation. The brewing process also requires high energy use, includin...

• Future Roots Crop Production Plan

  Future Roots Farm, a new agriculture startup, is in the process of expanding production space and volume to bring high quality, local food to the mark...

• Johnson Health Tech North America: Water and Lighting

  Since beginning in 1975, Johnson Health Tech (JHT) has specialized in the design, production, and marketing of award-winning fitness equipment. Johnso...

• Wisconsin Science Festival

  The award-winning, annual Wisconsin Science Festival, based on the UW-Madison campus and featuring events in more than 30 locations around the state,...

• Microfinance Program Development for SWCAP

  The Southwestern Wisconsin Community Action Program (SWCAP) is a local, nongovernmental, nonprofit (501(c)(3)), antipoverty organization serving five...

• 7th Annual Wisconsin Sustainable Business Council Conference

  For the last six years, a team of students has created the conference for the Wisconsin Sustainable Business Council, which over 400 people annually a...

• Sustainability and All that Jazz

  A group of Madison entrepreneurs is considering a concept for a new bar/restaurant which would brew local beer, serve tapas, and offer live jazz. The...

• Building Capacity of Wisconsin Producers to Access Wholesale Markets

  I am providing technical assistance support to current producer members of the Wisconsin Food Hub Cooperative (WFHC), particularly in the areas of pos...

• Sustainability Indicators - Capital Region Sustainable Communities Initiative

  Led the sustainability indicators work for this regional sustainability planning and implementation initiative in Dane County. Collaborated with the C...

• Healthy farm-to-school meals: Empowering lunch ladies as change-agents

  The primary goal of this project is to cultivate lunch ladies as community-based leaders who are inspired and committed to making healthy, farm-to-sch...

• Buildings-Landscapes-Cultures Field School

  In this joint summer course held alternatively at UW-Milwaukee and UW-Madison, students, faculty, scholars and community members explore ways to see a...

• Kickapoo Valley Tourism Project

  The Kickapoo Valley, a prime tourist destination during the summer months, experiences a drop in visitors once the weather cools. UW-Madison researche...

• Student Hometown Projects - Cross Plains

  Four undergraduate students have been given the opportunity to identify and solve an issue in their hometowns by partnering with a community organizat...

• Midwest Grape Growing School

  The Midwest School for Beginning Grape Growers, headed by John Hendrickson, outreach program manager for the center for integrated agricultural system...

• Addressing the Emerald Ash Borer

  The emerald ash borer has caused 37 Wisconsin counties to be restricted from exporting any hardwood firewood to unaffected counties, however CALS rese...

• Solar Panel Test Facility

  When it comes to producing electricity efficiently, hotter is better. Within the past 10 years, the operating temperature of coal-fired power plants h...

• First Enologist at UW-Madison

  There are currently 110 wineries and commercial cider makers in Wisconsin, and that number will only continue to grow. This is why Nick Smith was hire...

• Measuring the Impact of Farmers Markets

  In order to improve farmers markets not only in Wisconsin but throughout the U.S., Alfonso Morales, associate professor in urban and regional planning...

• Supercomputers Allow for Cheaper Vehicle Testing

  Using the power of supercomputers, Dan Negrut, a UW-Madison associate professor of mechanical engineering, is setting up a simulation software infrast...

• Plastics Research Enhanced by University Resources

  With the help of Tim Osswald, UW-Madison plastics engineering Professor, Teel Plastics has been able to have a competitive edge over other companies b...

• Vegetable Research Analyzes Best Growing Practices

  The Hancock Agricultural Research Station has allowed UW-Madison researchers to explore the vegetable industry in order to sustainably increase produc...

• Microgrids Help Power Milwaukee Industry

  UW-Madison researchers are developing a microgrid-based electric power and distribution system that has the potential to help bring economic stability...

• Reducing Commercial Energy Costs

  By using models to predict the heating, ventilation and cooling needs of a building, Jim Rawlings, professor of chemical and biological engineering at...

• Geosynthetic Bridges

  When the material used to make a bridge differs from that used to make the roadway, the road leading up to the bridge is compacted while the bridge te...

• UW-Madison Professor Tracks Migration Patterns for Nationwide Project

  The types of people who choose to stay in or leave a community say a lot about the community itself. This is why Katherine Curtis, associate professor...

• Badger Reach: Impactful Summer Internships in Milwaukee, Chicago and the Twin Cities

  This 3-year project designs and implements ‘impactful’ UW-Madison summer internships in Milwaukee, Chicago and the Twin Cities. Impactful internships...

• Rural Cooperative Development Project

  The University of Wisconsin Center for Cooperatives (UWCC) and its grant partner Cooperative Network provide technical assistance to rural cooperative...

• Building Food Justice Capacity in South Madison

  The project builds food justice capacity in South Madison by forging a network of entrepreneurship opportunities in the field of urban agriculture for...

• Kickapoo Valley tourism research

  Bret Shaw, an associate professor in the Department of Life Sciences Communication, conducted research in the Kickapoo Valley. The research aimed at f...

• Farm to School, Center for Integrated Agricultural Studies

  The Center for Integrated Agricultural Systems is a lead partner in Wisconsin Farm to School (WIF2S) and Wisconsin Farm to Early Care and Education (W...

• Strategic Impact Consulting Projects

  2nd year Bolz Center for Arts Administration MBA students, in the Wisconsin School of Business, serve statewide communities and their creative organiz...

• Gener8tor

  Started in Wisconsin, gener8tor is a nationally ranked seed investment fund and business accelerator that invests in high-growth startups. The company...