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Pramod Sangi Reddy's group studies heat and electron transport in nanostructured materials, in particular the transfer of energy at the single-molecule level.
Microscale Combustion Mechanisms
The Multiscale Computational Nanoscience Laboratory studies nanoparticle formation during combustion.
Batteries
Advanced Materials Systems Laboratory studies nanostructured batteries, including biobatteries.
Photovoltaics and thermoelectrics
The Laboratory for Nanostructured Energy Conversion Devices studies inorganic and organic-based technologies for high-efficiency solar/thermal energy conversion and solid-state lighting.
High-efficiency IC engines
The W. E. Lay Automotive Laboratory studies new IC engine systems and hybrid designs for automotive technologies.
Predictive life cycle analysis
The Environmental and Sustainable Technology Laboratory uses techniques such as predictive life cycle assessment to research the diffusion of alternative energy technologies into the marketplace, designing policy and market incentives to facilitate their adoption.
Energy is a topic of global importance that will continue to increase in priority in the coming years. Efforts at the U-M span the entire hierarchy of energy research, from the design and manufacture of highly efficient energy conversion/storage materials and devices to their effective utilization in power systems and consequent impact on energy policy.
Combustion | |
Engine combustion, pollutant formation | |
Photovoltaic devices | |
Computational methods for reacting flows, microscale power generators | |
Inertial confinement fusion | |
Microscale heat transfer In porous media and thermoelectric materials | |
MEMS optical and biomolecular devices, microscale heat transfer | |
Nanostructured Materials | |
Self-assembled nanostructures for energy applications | |
Biomolecular motors | |
Sustainable manufacturing, vibration control, mechatronics | |
Control systems for hybrid and fuel cell vehicles | |
Microscale heat transfer, nanostructured energy conversion devices | |
Concentrated solar power system, solar car design | |
Molecular-level energy transport, thermoelectrics | |
Disordered systems, including novel battery technologies | |
Laser techniques for combustion diagnostics, spectroscopy | |
Materials and systems for energy storage | |
Environmental and sustainable technology systems, technology policy | |
Powertrain systems, fuel cells | |
Biofuels, Combustion Models, Nanoparticle Assembly | |
Combustion diagnostics, novel fuels |