The UWM Research Foundation awarded five new Catalyst Grants recently; four faculty members of the College of Engineering & Applied Science are PIs or co-PIs on these projects.
The Catalyst Grant Program focuses on areas in which the university has the greatest potential to impact the local economy through commercialization activities including science and engineering. Grants are awarded annually.
Congratulations to:
Konstantin Sobolev, professor, civil & environmental engineering, who project includes using fly ash to replace Portland cement. Aparna Deshmukh is the lead doctoral student supported by this grant.
Yin Wang, associate professor, civil & environmental engineering, and Xiaoli Ma, assistant professor, materials science & engineering, who are developing adsorbents to remove per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) from water.
Zeyun Yu, associate professor, computer science, biomedical engineering, who is partnering with Sandeep Gopalakrishnan, assistant professor, nursing, to create a smartphone app that could improve a clinician’s ability to monitor wound healing.