Between our scientists and the talented UW students, we expect groundbreaking projects to develop. 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.

—Alex Molinaroli, president for Power Solutions at Johnson Controls

The Johnson Controls Endowed Professorship in Energy Storage Research will add an expert in technology education to the UW-Madison and UW- Milwaukee Colleges of Engineering and Applied Science. The person who holds this endowed chair will be responsible for maintaining cutting-edge laboratories and supervising graduate students in research at both the Madison and Milwaukee campuses. The position is expected to be filled this summer.

Part of the funding will support the creation of The Johnson Controls Energy Storage Research Lab at UW-Madison. The lab will be housed in the new Wisconsin Energy Institute under construction on the UW-Madison campus.

Beginning with the 2011-2012 academic year, the Johnson Controls Graduate Research Fellows fund is also being established at the UW Foundation to support advanced student research projects.