{"id":49765,"date":"2021-11-08T11:28:22","date_gmt":"2021-11-08T17:28:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/live-uw-engineering.pantheonsite.io\/?page_id=49765"},"modified":"2025-01-28T09:22:45","modified_gmt":"2025-01-28T15:22:45","slug":"research","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/engineering.wisc.edu\/departments\/mechanical-engineering\/research\/","title":{"rendered":"Research"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"acf-hero block_3d5519c67fae7836d42dd86a9f29d03c position-relative alignfull track-hero alignfull mb-5   sticky-top\" >\r\n\r\n    <div class=\"hero-container d-flex bg-pattern-secondary hero-spacing-medium has-navigation\" >\r\n        <div class=\"container-xxl  d-flex flex-column flex-lg-row justify-content-center justify-content-lg-between align-items-start align-items-lg-center\">\r\n                            <div class=\"hero-heading text-white text-left\">\r\n                    <h1 class=\"text-white fw-bold m-0 h1\"><span class=\"micro-title 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