 As one of America's top research universities, UW-Milwaukee is combining engineering with medicine and health care to improve people's lives. Our researchers have created a robotic exoskeleton that helps patients regain much of their former abilities. It uses technology to communicate with muscles when the brain cannot. We've also created technology that supports wound care for people living miles from a clinic via an app that relays 3D images to a doctor, tracking changes in the wounds area and depth. Using artificial intelligence and 3D models, our researchers can provide doctors with more information than ever on a tumor's shape, size and volume. For example, this allows doctors to better determine whether the tumor is benign or malignant. Alzheimer's disease is the sixth leading cause of death in the United States and the only one of the top 10 that cannot be prevented, cured or even slowed. Because of our researchers' investigation of blood flow and pathways in the brain for the first time, physicians may be able to diagnose the progression of Alzheimer's disease earlier when it can have the most impact. Another researcher is also looking at blood flow in the brain, which could help physicians better treat aneurysms. He's developing a non-invasive technology, 4D flow MRI, which provides 3D measurements of the blood flow velocity tracked over time. Bridging engineering and health sciences, our researchers are also discovering ways to improve mobility and reduce the upper body's stress and pain for children and adults who rely on wheelchairs. Our faculty and student researchers don't do it alone, they're joined in their research by partners such as the Medical College of Wisconsin and the Mayo Health Clinic. And they're supported by funding agencies including the National Science Foundation. UW-Mawaki engineers are changing the world by making us healthier through collaboration and technology that improves diagnoses and patient outcomes.