| Meet the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s Susan Hagness Philip D. Reed Professor and Chair of Electrical and Computer Engineering Maria Stuchly Professor of Electrical Engineering |
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Research area Spans computational and experimental applied electromagnetics, with an emphasis on bioelectromagnetics. Innovations that leverage the interactions of electromagnetic waves with human and plant tissue are at the heart of the lab’s research on diagnostic and therapeutic applications in medicine and short-range remote sensing applications in agriculture.
What excites you about your work?
“It’s exciting to work on cross-disciplinary problems that are interesting and challenging from an academic perspective and fundamentally important from a societal perspective—and to do so within a collaborative campus environment that provides a huge breadth of expertise. While our basic research is conducted within Engineering Hall, we have conducted countless experiments on site at the University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics, and our smart-ag research has been conducted out in the field, quite literally.”
What do you hope to achieve?
“Applied electromagnetics is playing a pivotal role in the development of advanced technologies that address society’s challenges across a broad spectrum of humanitarian applications. My goal in mentoring graduate and undergraduate students as we work together on fascinating research problems in applied electromagnetics is to position them to land their dream job when they graduate and to carry the torch in advancing technology for a better world.”
Susan and her group use applied electromagnetics to address a wide range of needs within diagnostic, therapeutic and agricultural fields. We look forward to our continued partnership to bring her technologies to commercial applications.
– Jeanine Burmania, WARF, Senior Director, IP and Licensing
Want to learn more?
Jeanine Burmania, [email protected], 608.960.9846