Tag: Sustainability
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Experts across the aviation industry discussed routes to a sustainable future at U-M symposium
The Michigan Initiative for Sustainable Aviation assembled reps from aircraft and engine manufacturers, the airline industry, airport operations, sustainable aviation startups and more.
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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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Reimagining the auto lab
Researchers in the Walter E. Lay Automotive Engineering Laboratory are investigating engine efficiency, alternative and low carbon fuels, connected and autonomous vehicles and vehicle electrification.
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Electric aviation: Battery experts, aero entrepreneurs, state leaders and venture capitalists converge
‘Here, we have industry and expertise. Take that and combine it with belief—and magic happens.’
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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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Optimization could cut the carbon footprint of AI training by up to 75%
Deep learning models that power giants like TikTok and Amazon, as well as tools like ChatGPT, could save energy without new hardware or infrastructure.
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Cheap, sustainable hydrogen through solar power
Withstanding high temperatures and the light of 160 suns, a new catalyst is ten times more efficient than previous sun-powered water-splitting devices of its kind.
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Equity in the energy technology transition is new Institute’s goal
The Institute for Energy Solutions will continue U-M’s 75-year legacy of leadership in energy research.
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Land use matters as communities cut carbon emissions
Communities will have varied tolerances for the acreage occupied by renewables. A new study quantifies the land needed for different options.
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Photosynthesis copycat may improve solar cells
The new approach moves energy efficiently and could reduce energy losses converting light into electricity.
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University of Michigan partners on multi-institution planning effort for state’s water future
Work for the Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes and Energy will develop a policy roadmap to safe, low cost water services.
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Toward manufacturing semitransparent solar cells the size of windows
A peel-off patterning technique could enable more fragile organic semiconductors to be manufactured into semitransparent solar panels at scale.