James Pikul

James Pikul is Leon and Elizabeth Janssen Associate Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. James received his Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign where he was a Department of Energy Office of Science Graduate Research Fellow working between the fields of mechanical engineering and materials science. He has won several awards in recognition of his contributions, including the Moore Inventor Fellowship, Office of Naval Research Young Investigator Award, NSF CAREER Award, Toyota Programmable System Innovation Fellowship, TMS Early Career Faculty Fellow Award, ASME Applied Mechanics Division Haythornthwaite Foundation Research Initiation Grant, Scialog Fellow for Advanced Energy Storage, Materials Research Society Gold Award, and the University of Illinois Carver Fellowship. His body of work has generated significant interest in the popular media, having been featured in BBC, Discovery News, National Geographic, Engadget, and many other outlets.