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Key takeaways from the COP26 Summit
11/16/2021

Three Michigan Engineering experts offer insights following the summit in Glasgow.

$3.4M to turn up the heat at solar-thermal plants
11/23/2021

Improved heat-trapping materials for solar thermal energy could help the U.S. meet its goal of cutting solar energy costs in half by 2030.

David Kwabi receives NSF CAREER Award for work in carbon capture technology
09/15/2021

David Kwabi’s proposal entitled, “CAREER: Combining Electrode Engineering with Electrochemical Modeling to Enable Atmospheric CO2 Capture,” receives the NSF CAREER award.

Andrew Gayle, a graduate student research assistant, and Alexander Hill, a graduate student instructor, monitor a new reactor designed to produce ammonia for fertilizer without relying on fossil fuels. Photo: Robert Coelius/Michigan Engineering

$2M to replace fossil fuels with solar power in fertilizer production
09/13/2021

The new approach could enable farmers to produce ammonia on-site, and also reduce CO2 emissions from fertilizer production.

Thermal Energy Storage proposal chosen for the first round of the Graham Sustainability Institute’s CNAP
02/19/2021

Rohini Bala Chandran (PI) and Don Siegel’s (Co-PI) proposal has been selected by the Graham Sustainability Institute’s Carbon Neutrality Acceleration Program.

Range-doubling lithium metal batteries ‘build themselves’ in lithium ion manufacturing machinery
11/20/2020

Lithium metal solid-state batteries can provide a safer, more powerful alternative to the current standard.

David Kwabi chosen as a Fellow for new Scialog: Negative Emissions Science
08/10/2020

Research Corporation for Science Advancement begins a new initiative and names ME professor as one of the 50 fellows.

First measurement of electron energy distributions
06/04/2020

The new tool could enable the design of more efficient sustainable energy and chemistry technologies.

David Kwabi Awarded ASME Pi Tau Sigma Gold Medal
06/08/2020

Congratulations to David Kwabi for receiving this honor for all the exemplary work he has done.

Daly and Dasgupta Selected as Miller Faculty Scholars
03/30/2020

This award, endowed by engineering alumnus Larry Miller, is set up to recognize junior faculty members.