Junjie Niu awarded STEM Forward’s Engineer of the Year
MILWAUKEE_Junjie Niu, associate professor of materials science and engineering at UWM’s College of Engineering & Applied Science, was named the 2023 STEM Forward Engineer of the Year. The award recognizes outstanding contributors to the engineering profession from the greater Milwaukee area.
STEM Forward is a Milwaukee-based nonprofit organization that inspires youth to pursue STEM careers.
Niu will receive the award Feb. 13 at the organization’s annual Celebration of STEM banquet.
Niu’s research focuses on materials for next-generation batteries, battery and polymer recycling, and the water-energy nexus, which includes self-cleaning and water purification materials. His research areas help prepare students to meet the ever-increasing demand for engineers in the renewable energy and energy storage fields.
He is an active researcher who has more than 90 papers published in peer-reviewed journals and is highly cited by other scientists. He holds two U.S. patents.
Niu has received several millions of dollars of research funding from federal agencies, including the National Science Foundation, and local industries, such as Johnson Controls, Milwaukee Tool, SSI Technologies, A.O. Smith, Badger Meter and Sloan Valves. Through these projects, he is helping manufacturers in the Milwaukee area improve their capability in the rapidly increasing areas of energy storage and environment.
Niu has been funded by a number of grant awards, including a Richard & Joanne Grigg Associate Professorship in 2022-2023 and 2023-2024, a UWM Office of Research/Foundation Research Award in 2020, and a Technology Licensing Award in 2018 from the UWM Research Foundation. He also won an Ignite Grant for Applied Research Award for 2020-2021, given by the Universities of Wisconsin. He has organized and chaired several international conferences in the STEM fields.
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