UW-Madison Baja team’s season has officially come to a close and we wanted to take the opportunity to showcase all of their hard work this past season down at TEAM Lab. Evan Schertz, the team …
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Heavy Duty Backpack Mount for Wheelchair
Eric Voisin is no stranger to the challenges faced by people in a wheelchair. His motivation for this project is to help his brother with cerebral palsy and to develop a better backpack mount for …
Senior Design Students Help Improve Handicap Bicycle.
Evan Bernhagen, a Mechanical Engineering senior design student, and his group designed and manufactured a freewheeling adapter for a tandem recumbent bicycle for a quadriplegic client, who started the ongoing project a few years ago …
Senior Design Student Develops Test Stand
Margaret Heinemann, a Mechanical Engineering senior design student and TEAM Lab instructor, and her senior design group recently developed a test stand for a compressor with temperature controlled heat exchangers. After interning at Sub-Zero, a …
UW Madison Team prepares for national concrete canoe competition
The term ‘concrete canoe’ seems like an oxymoron to most, but to the dedicated students of UW Madison’s concrete canoe team it’s a challenge. Over 30 students from Madison come together annually to compete in …
Apartment Woodworking Recap
TEAM Club’s apartment woodworking workshop on Friday, March 29th, was a hit! Eric Ellefsen, TEAM Lab Instrument Maker, covered a lot of topics to get started in hand woodworking. The different types of saws, rip …
Meet Our Staff – Klaressa Hollenkamp
I’m from Forest Lake, Minnesota and I came to the University of Wisconsin-Madison to study Mechanical Engineering. I am trying to graduate in the spring of 2021 with my bachelors degree. I am not yet …
Meet Our Staff – Erik Spitz
I graduate in 2020. I am part of the ASABE Quarter Scale Tractor Pulling club here on campus where we design and build a pulling tractor and compete against other Universities from around the world. …
A Homemade Thank You
Last weekend, TEAM Lab Instrument Maker, Jeff Rappe and his girlfriend Karen enjoyed a homemade dinner at the home of two Honorary Associates from China, Kun Liu and Jie Li. Kun is a frequent user …
Meet Our Staff – Viktor Mudry
I grew up in Green Bay – Go Packers! I’m a third-year mechanical engineering student and I’m expecting to graduate in Spring 2020. I am an instructor for the Green Permit Seminar and the Woodworking …