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Johnson Controls teams up with University of Wisconsin System in energy storage research

In June 2011, Johnson Controls announced it is endowing a professorship, research labs and graduate studies in energy storage at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee.

 

The collaboration is aimed at speeding commercial development of next-generation battery technologies and providing a strong pipeline of engineering students looking for careers in powering electric cars and developing energy storage for the power grid.

 

"Between our scientists and the talented UW students, we expect groundbreaking projects to develop," said Alex Molinaroli, president for Power Solutions at Johnson Controls. "This is a historic, collaborative step that will unify the state's two research universities to form critical advancement in the area of energy storage devices and batteries." 

 

The multimillion-dollar investment by Johnson Controls already has produced two joint laboratories at UW-Milwaukee’s College of Engineering & Applied Science, where the company’s scientists and UWM faculty and students work side- by-side.

 

The video on the top of the page provides an inside look at the state-of-the-art “dry” lab so advanced that only a handful of organizations in the world share its capabilities, and the chemical and materials test laboratory supporting the research.

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Chancelor Michael Lovell of the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee and Mary Ann Wright, Vice President, Global Technology & Innovation, Johnson Controls, tour the new research lab.

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