Research

• Energy

  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.

• Research Highlights

  Solid-State Energy Transport The Heat Transfer Physics Laboratory studies nanoscale phonon/photon/electron energy conversion processes.
  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.
  Alternative Fuels The Combustion Laboratory studies biorenewable, synthetic, and advanced feedstock fuels.
  The Microsystems Technology and Science Laboratory and Nanomechanics Laboratory study energy production by ATP-fueled biomolecular motors.
  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.
  The laboratory of Hong Im studies computational methods for reacting flows and microscale power generators.
  The laboratory of Volker Sick and the Combustion Laboratory use laser diagnostics and high-speed optical imaging to study reactive and non-reactive flows.
  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.
  Combustion processes The laboratories of Arvind Atreya and Claus Borgnakke study high-efficiency combustion and pollutant formation.	[Needs an image]
  Automotive systems energy management The Powertrain Control Laboratory and Fuel Cell Control Systems Laboratory study advanced powertrain modeling and control for hybrid electric and fuel cell vehicles.	[Needs an image]

• Researchers

  Dennis Assanis	IC engines, novel engine systems design
  Arvind Atreya	Combustion
  Claus Borgnakke	Engine combustion, pollutant formation
  Zoran Filipi	IC Engines, simulation of vehicle systems
  Hong Im	Computational methods for reacting flows, microscale power generators
  Massoud Kaviany	Microscale heat transfer In porous media and thermoelectric materials
  Katsuo Kurabayashi	MEMS optical and biomolecular devices, microscale heat transfer
  Wei Lu	Self-assembled nanostructures for energy applications
  Edgar Meyhöfer	Biomolecular motors
  Huei Peng	Control systems for hybrid and fuel cell vehicles
  Kevin Pipe	Microscale heat transfer, nanostructured energy conversion devices
  Kazu Saitou	Concentrated solar power system, solar car design
  Pramod Sangi Reddy	Molecular-level energy transport, thermoelectrics
  Ann Marie Sastry	Disordered systems, including novel battery technologies
  Volker Sick	Laser techniques for combustion diagnostics, spectroscopy
  Steve Skerlos	Environmental and sustainable technology systems, technology policy
  Anna Stefanopoulou	Powertrain systems, fuel cells
  Angela Violi	Atomistic reaction simulations, nanoparticle growth and self-assembly
  Margaret Wooldridge	Combustion diagnostics, novel fuels