WEMPEC Newsletter – September 2024
![C-Motive's founders, Justin Reed [left] and Daniel Ludois, hold the company's prototype 360-watt electrostatic motor](https://www.wempec.wisc.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/588/2024/08/electrostatic-motors-reach-maco-scale-photo-1024x795.png)
Electrostatic Motors Reach the Macro Scale
Dan Ludois cofounded the company C-Motive Technologies with the goal to use advances in electric motors to build macro-scale electrostatic motors. Their current prototype is capable of delivering torque as high as 18 newton meters and power at 360 watts.
You can read the full article on their work on Macro-Scale Electrostatic Motors on IEEE Spectrum’s page.
SAVE THE DATE
The 2025 Annual Review will be May 14th and 15th at University of Wisconsin – Madison. Make sure to save the date and join us for the Annual Review!
Students Enjoy Fall Picnic
With the new semester kicking off, students were given the opportunity to make connections with fellow students and WEMPEC faculty during a Fall Picnic. This year our picnic was catered by Famous Daves and hosted at Henry Vilas Park in Madison. The photos above feature current WEMPEC students enjoying the beautiful weather and amazing food!
WEMPEC welcomes the following students who started at UW Madison this semester:
Thamidal Alam
Luke Andersen
Elijah Berger
Abhinav Chinnusamy
Khush Gohel
Silvia Ioania Iodrdache
Daniil Kirsanov
Scott Lawton
Antonio Trojillo Parra
Araz Saleki
Shuwen Xie
Dan Ludios Interim ECE Associate Chair for Graduate Studies
Dan Ludois has agreed to serve as our interim ECE Associate Chair for Graduate Studies now through the end of the fall semester, while Hongrui Jiang is on sabbatical.
Thank you, Dan!
