Category: Materials Science and Engineering
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200-year-old geology mystery resolved
To build mountains from dolomite, a common mineral, it must periodically dissolve. This counter-intuitive lesson could help make new defect-free semiconductors and more.
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Green chemistry award: Professor recognized for sustainable silicon metal production method
Richard Laine is the academic category winner in a national EPA contest.
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Material simulation with quantum accuracy wins Gordon Bell Prize
The prestigious award offered by the Association for Computing Machinery goes to the team of U-M mechanical engineering professor Vikram Gavini.
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$3M to boost state-of-the-art solar manufacturing
An effort led by U-M could enable industrial competitors to collectively build a predictive model that speeds the development of advanced solar cells.
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Bioengineer and M.D. receives Packard Fellowship to study cellular memory
The unique program awards $875k in flexible funding.
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$2M to fast track stronger alloys
Machine-learning could guide engineers towards harder and tougher metal.
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Toyota Research Institute and Michigan Engineering discuss importance of long-standing partnership
As the auto industry expands beyond transportation, university collaborations are more important than ever.
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Largest U.S. investment in particle self-assembly seeks to deliver on nanotechnology’s promise
With applications in transportation, energy, health care and more, the center includes African universities and creates opportunities for overlooked talent in the U.S.
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Cracking in lithium-ion batteries speeds up electric vehicle charging
Cracks in predominant lithium-ion electrodes shorten battery lifespans, but a neuroscience-inspired technique shows that they have an upside.
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$18M to advance materials research for quantum computing, sustainable plastics and more
New center builds a campus-wide ecosystem for designing and manufacturing materials of the future at U-M while training a more representative workforce.
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Amit Misra to lead Michigan Materials Research Institute
A leader in materials science and engineering, Misra looks to build on the Institute’s early impact.
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$7.5M to harness atomic-scale defects for next-generation information processing
Disruptions in a material’s atomic structure could act as “nano-pipelines” for efficient transport of charge and spin.