Dan McGuire, Assistant Professor of Art, took a concern for keeping his students interested in the creative process and parlayed it in to an award-winning innovation with a pending patent. In collaboration with Eric Hellstrom of UW-Madison, Dan invented a method of reducing the time required to create a shell for investment casting. The process dramatically reduces the time it takes to create a casting from 24-hours to as few as four hours and has significant implications for industry. His work was inspired in the classroom when he noted that students sometimes lost enthusiasm for a project if they had to wait several days for a mold.
Dan accepted the WiSys Innovation Scholar Award at a reception earlier today. This is a great honor for UW-Whitewater. Expect more of the same in the near future I am aware of other faculty initiatives that show great promise.
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