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  1. Students who are members of the 2023 Michigan Semiconductor Hands-On Research Experience (M-SHORE) program at the University of Michigan Lurie Nanofabrication Facility pose for a portrait before the tour the space and a training there. Image credit: Marcin Szczepanski/Lead Multimedia Storyteller, Michigan Engineering

    Semiconductor workforce program increases access to hands-on training

  2. Michigan Ion Beam Laboratory (MIBL). Image credit: Joseph Xu, Michigan Engineering

    $7.5M to advance nuclear energy awarded to U-M

  3. The entire Michigan Solar Car race crew with its 2023 vehicle, Astrum, on the University of Michigan's North Campus in Ann Arbor, MI.

    ‘Astrum’ solar car shoots for the stars by pushing energy efficiency

  4. The molecular beam epitaxy system housed in the Goldman Group MBE laboratory, which can build materials with high precision. It is among the facilities that will contribute to the center's explorations of future materials. Image credit: Evan Dougherty, Michigan Engineering

    $18M to advance materials research for quantum computing, sustainable plastics and more

  5. Concept illustration of electric vehicles at a charging station. Image credit: Nicole Smith, made with Midjourney

    Full electrification of Uber and Lyft vehicles would provide only modest benefits to society, study shows

  6. Five clear crystal balls on brown tree log. Image credit: David West, Unsplash.com

    Flint community solar, sustainable airport operations among 5 studies funded by U-M’s Graham Institute

  7. Engineering student Chloe Acosta plugs in an EV on the University of Michigan's North Campus. Acosta is also powertrain director on the MRacing team, which recently switched to an electric powertrain. Image credit: Marcin Szczepanski, Michigan Engineering

    $130M Electric Vehicle Center launches at U-Michigan

  8. Solar panels and wind turbines. Image credit: iStock

    Renewable energy zoning initiative expands to six states with funding from US Department of Energy

  9. The chamber where prof. Benjamin Jorns’ team tests the new Hall plasma thruster at the PEPL lab on the University of Michigan’s North Campus. Image credit: Marcin Szczepanski/Lead Multimedia Storyteller, University of Michigan College of Engineering

    Plasma thrusters used on satellites could be much more powerful

  10. When the cerium atom is short three electrons, it is surrounded by water molecules. But when it gives up a fourth electron, some water molecules shift out of the way to let in sulfates. This dance costs energy, but understanding that energy loss paves the way for more efficient cerium batteries. Image credit: Dylan Herrera, Goldsmith Lab, University of Michigan

    Understanding a cerium quirk could help advance grid-scale energy storage

  11. Conceptual illustration of an H2@Scale (Hydrogen at Scale) energy system.

    ‘Hydrogen road map’: The lightest element can play a heavy-duty role in Michigan’s clean-energy transition

  12. $11M DOE center for next-gen battery technology

  13. A diagram of the semiconductor nanowires made of indium, gallium and nitrogen—decorated with gold and chromium oxide nanoparticles. When the light hits the nanowire, it frees up electrons and the positively charged "holes" that electrons leave behind. On the nanowire itself, the holes oxidize water into protons (hydrogen) and oxygen. Meanwhile, some electrons are drawn into the metal nanoparticles, where they break apart carbon dioxide. The molecules recombine into the carbon monoxide, hydrogen and methane molecules that make up syngas. Credit: Roksana Rashid, McGill University.

    Solar-powered chemistry uses carbon dioxide and water to make feedstock for fuels, chemicals

  14. Promising MOFs were identified computationally and experimentally demonstrate remarkable methane uptake that outperforms known benchmarks both volumetrically and gravimetrically. Advanced set of interatomic potentials that explicitly accounts for the presence of coordinatively unsaturated sites (CUS) in MOFs were used to identify the high-capacity MOFs that were previously overlooked due to the limitation of the general interatomic potentials. Image credit: Angewandte Chemie

    Natural gas could bridge gap from gasoline to electric vehicles, thanks to metal-organic frameworks

  15. A diagram of the battery shows how lithium ions can return to the lithium electrode while the lithium polysulfides can't get through the membrane separating the electrodes. In addition, spiky dendrites growing from the lithium electrode can't short the battery by piercing the membrane and reaching the sulfur electrode. Image credit: Ahmet Emre, Kotov Lab

    1,000-cycle lithium-sulfur battery could quintuple electric vehicle ranges

  16. The steel handle of a control blade left shadow corrosion on a Zircaloy channel wall. Image courtesy: General Electric

    Nuclear ‘shadow corrosion’ reproduced in the lab, paving way to longer fuel life

  17. President Joe Biden signing the infrastructure bill. Image courtesy: Whitehouse.gov

    The infrastructure bill: U-M experts can discuss

  18. Andrew Weng, a PhD student in mechanical engineering, and Anna Stefanopoulou, the William Clay Ford Professor of Technology, identify an early-life diagnostic signal that predicts the impact of the formation protocols on battery life without needing cycle life testing.

    Resistance is not futile: Predicting how changes in production, materials impact EV battery life

  19. Self-driving delivery robot concept. 3D illustration. Image credit: sarawuth702, iStock

    Package delivery robots’ environmental impacts: Automation matters less than vehicle type

  20. Electric delivery vans. Image credit: iStock

    Electric delivery vehicles: When, where, how they’re charged has big impact on greenhouse gas emissions