MADISON – The Mid-west Energy Research Consortium (M-WERC) board of directors appointed University of Wisconsin-Madison professor of engineering physics and Wisconsin Energy Institute (WEI) director Michael Corradini chairman during their October meeting. Corradini succeeds MaryAnn Wright of Johnson Controls as chair.
Corradini will serve a two-year term as the chair of M-WERC, a Milwaukee-based consortium of researchers and industry representatives focused on driving the Midwest’s energy, power, and control industry.
“M-WERC is a tremendous force for expanding the Midwest’s energy industry,” Corradini says. “I am excited to be a part of it.”
Corradini, who joined the board in 2013 and previously served as vice chair, is a nationally recognized nuclear energy expert. His recent industry activities include serving as president of the American Nuclear Society from 2012-2013, chair of the French Atomic Energy Agency Scientific Review Committee, and member of the U.S. Department of Energy’s Advisory Committee. He is both a mechanical and nuclear engineer with research interests centered primarily in thermal hydraulics and multiphase flow.
Corradini also directs the Wisconsin Energy Institute, an energy research meta-center comprised of more than 100 UW-Madison faculty members working to create clean energy technologies.
“Mike has been a tremendous asset to M-WERC and its members, and is an outstanding fit for this position,” said M-WERC Executive Director and CEO Alan Perlstein. “As board chair, Mike will continue to provide critical research and industry leadership, and help us to expand our strategic partnerships.”
M-WERC was founded in 2009 by three universities and four industrial companies to focus on conducting collaborative and transformative energy-related seed research. It has since grown to more than 75 members with an annual budget of more than $1 million.
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