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One of the nation’s oldest organizations dedicated to beneficial use of atomic energy- the Michigan Memorial Phoenix Project- has awarded four small grants to a new class of awardees. These small grants allow researchers to explore interesting, risky “first” questions in lines of inquiry that could… More

Mark Barteau, the Director of the University of Michigan Energy Institute, was officially installed as the Department of Chemical Engineering’s DTE Professor of Advanced Energy Research on April 25.

Barteau, who was named to the position in fall 2012, is an internationally recognized expert on catalysis- a process by which a chemical reaction is aided by the introduction of a non-reactive ingredient. A better understanding… More

A new National Research Council Report details the difficulty of reaching US 80% fuel and emissions reduction goals by 2050, noting that vehicle efficiency alone won’t get emissions to the target rate. UMEI Research Professor John DeCicco served on the committee preparing the report and was quoted in a March 19 New York Times article summarizing it. An excerpt from the Times piece, titled “No… More

Got a great idea? As part of their newly signed collaborative agreement to jointly fund research proposals related to energy, the University of Michigan and Israel’s Ben-Gurion University of the Negev are cooperatively funding research related to energy security. Both universities have common and complementary expertise in energy-related science and technology; this program is intended to develop and foster joint research activities that increase personnel… More

Stephen Maldonado, assistant professor of chemistry and a member of the applied physics program is one among three U-M professors selected as a 2013 Alfred P. Sloan research fellow. Maldonado’s research interests lie in designing and synthesizing more efficient materials for electrochemical energy conversion and storage systems.

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