Faculty in the college have received new funding from the Water Equipment and Policy Center (WEP) for 2026. The center awarded nearly $450,000 to five UWM research projects, one of which includes researchers from both UWM and Marquette University. A sixth project was funded at Marquette.
WEP is a university-industry research collaboration, developing industry solutions through research at both UWM and Marquette. Backed by the National Science Foundation, WEP focuses on creating new sensors and devices, novel materials, and innovative systems to help the world manage its stressed water resources.
The five all- or partial UWM projects are:
- Xiaoli Ma with Yin Wang, Florian Bender, and Fabien Josse (Marquette), $50,000
“Development of Adsorptive Membrane Filters for the Co-Removal of Hardness and Contaminants.” (new) - Xiaoli Ma with Yin Wang, and Shangping Xu (UWM geosciences), $49,999
“Development of Adsorptive Membrane Filters for the Co-Removal of Hardness and Contaminants.” (new) - William Musinski, $100,000
“Accurate Modeling of Long-Term Corrosion and Cracking in Brass Alloys.” (continuing) - Junjie Niu, $99,998
“Designing an electrochemical sensor for PFAS detection in water.” (continuing) - Nathan Salowitz, $75,000
“Embedded Ultrasonic Inspection and Sensing of Water-Filled Equipment.” (continuing)