Category: Advanced Manufacturing
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Digital twins for manufacturing: industry collaborators wanted
Focusing on precompetitive problems, such as enabling communication between digital twins, U-M and ASU are seeking industry partners for an NSF research center.
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Synchrotron in a closet: Bringing powerful 3D X-ray microscopy to smaller labs
A new design makes a technique for studying metals, ceramics and rocks available in a standard laboratory, expanding access for students, academic researchers and industry
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Remote repairs: $10.3M to discover metal 3D-printed part longevity
3D-printing metal parts could save weeks of downtime, but DARPA wants a way to certify how long they’ll last.
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Metal 3D printing software invented at U-M now commercially available
Dyndrite LPBF Pro 3D printing software now supports software from U-M startup Ulendo, which helps ensure metal components that match their intended design.
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Auto plants grew their workforces after transitioning to electric vehicle production
Data suggests the switch to EVs may not mean the loss of assembly jobs some predicted.
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First 3D visualization of aluminum nanocomposite for the auto industry
The lightweight material could extend EV range or fuel efficiency once its microstructure is understood.
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3-D printed magnets for more efficient and affordable electric motors
A $2.6M project will fine tune an advanced manufacturing approach that opens doors to more power-dense and sustainable magnetic materials.
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$3M ‘cyber manufacturing’ effort boosts state-of-the-art solar
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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$2M to fast track stronger alloys
Machine-learning could guide engineers towards harder and tougher metal.
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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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$18M for campus-wide ecosystem for designing and manufacturing materials
New center to advance materials research for quantum computing, sustainable plastics and more, while training a more representative workforce.
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U-M’s space design and manufacturing draws second round of support from DARPA
Without the constraints of building on Earth, engineers look to expand the capabilities of what space structures can do.