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Reimagining the auto lab
  1. 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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  2. $7.5 million to predict and communicate flood risk

    Engineers, atmospheric scientists, psychologists and anthropologists team up to develop better flood predictions and ensure decision-makers can understand them.

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  3. $1.3M to improve urea fertilizer production and reduce CO2 emissions

    Rather than contributing to emissions, the production of an essential fertilizer could consume carbon dioxide, and a U-M team will explore such a method.

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  4. Amit Misra to lead Michigan Materials Research Institute

    A leader in materials science and engineering, Misra looks to build on the Institute’s early impact.

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  5. Nanobiotics: AI for discovering where and how nanoparticles bind with proteins

    A new tool in the fight against superbugs goes beyond protein folding simulations like AlphaFold, potentially revealing antibiotic candidates.

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  6. Demystifying vortex rings in nuclear fusion, supernovae

    A mathematical model linking these vortices with more pedestrian types, like smoke rings, could help engineers control their behavior in power generation and more.

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  7. $130M Electric Vehicle Center launches at U-Michigan

    A former auto industry executive has been named director of the state-funded center.

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  8. Testing batteries for safety and performance without opening them up

    A new formula makes sense of the way batteries respond to different alternating current frequencies, revealing materials, structures, faults and more.

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  9. Record number of NSF CAREER awards received

    Sustainable fuels, democratized programming tools, and Internet censorship countermeasures are a few of the projects’ broad potential impacts.

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  10. High number of NSF CAREER awards, with more still under review

    Sustainable fuels, democratized programming tools, and Internet censorship countermeasures are a few of the projects’ broad potential impacts.

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