Michigan Engineering | University of Michigan Richard Laine is the academic category winner in a national EPA contest.
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Green chemistry award: Professor recognized for sustainable silicon metal production method
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Building a chemical ‘GPT’ to help design a key battery component
Taking inspiration from the word-predicting large language models, a U-M team is kickstarting an atom-predicting model with 200,000 node hours on Argonne’s Polaris.
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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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Cracking in lithium-ion batteries speeds up electric vehicle charging
Cracks in predominant lithium-ion electrodes shorten battery lifespans, but a neuroscience-inspired technique shows that they have an upside.
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A surprisingly simple way to foil car thieves
Flicking lights or swiping wipers could one day add extra security to vehicles.
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$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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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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Understanding a cerium quirk could help advance grid-scale energy storage
It turns out cerium flow batteries lose voltage when electrolyte molecules siphon off energy to form different complexes around the metal.
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$11M DOE center for next-gen battery technology
The University of Michigan will lead a suite of projects involving multiple institutions to boost understanding of solid-state EV power cells.
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New approach reduces EV battery testing time by 75%
System developed at the University of Michigan saves time and money in the race to create better batteries for the electric vehicle revolution
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