Category: Research
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Materials scientist and chemical engineer from U-M elected into the National Academy of Engineering
Michigan Engineering now includes 35 NAE members among its active and emeritus faculty.
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Heat2Power: a hot new startup that converts stored heat into electricity
Heat2Power, co-founded by Profs. Stephen Forrest and Andrej Lenert, uses high-efficiency, low-cost thermophotovoltaic technology to turn stored heat into energy.
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Thousands of tiny, time-aware sensors collectively map chemical concentrations within narrow tubes
A new framework optimizes a system of sensors that remember when they collided with a target chemical while flowing through hard-to-reach areas
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Jouha Min receives NIH Maximizing Investigators’ Research Award (MIRA) for 3D nanoscale topography research
The $1.86M in funding will drive advancements in understanding how 3D nanoscale topographies influence biological interactions.
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Precision health and advanced communications: €9M ($10M) for bio-inspired nanoparticles on demand
Advanced microscopy techniques and AI models will help design complex nanoparticles for specific biological targets with less trial and error.
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Michigan Chemical Engineering leads collaborative effort to address global nitrate pollution
The research led by Bryan Goldsmith and Nirala Singh will develop a low-cost system for nitrate capture and conversion to improve water treatment for resource-limited communities and industries.
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Faster, more sensitive lung cancer detection from a blood draw
Capturing nanoscale ‘packages’ that cancer cells send out, twisting gold nanoparticles use light to distinguish healthy patients from lung cancer patients.
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This screen stores and displays encrypted images without electronics
It uses magnetic fields to display images at the same resolution as a squid’s color-changing skin.
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José Carlos Díaz and Jovan Kamcev receive Pace Fellowship
The fellowship is awarded to student-faculty pairs for their commitment to promoting diversity and student success within the department.
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Sharon Glotzer receives 2025 Peter Debye Award from the American Chemical Society
The award recognizes Glotzer’s inventive contributions to the theory, modeling, and simulation of colloidal particles for self-assembly.
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Morphable materials: Researchers coax nanoparticles to reconfigure themselves
It’s a step toward smart coatings that change color—or other properties—on the fly.
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Tick-borne red meat allergy prevented in mice through new nanoparticle treatment
New approach could offer those with food allergies another option besides avoidance.
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Xiwen Gong and Angela Violi receive funding to drive commercial potential in sustainable transportation
The Michigan Translational Research and Commercialization Advanced Transportation Innovation Hub awarded over $1.5 million to 15 projects driving commercial potential in transportation technologies.
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Tuebor Energy selected for Biomimicry Institute’s Ray of Hope Accelerator Program
Founded by Nick Kotov, Tuebor Energy develops next generation battery components inspired by nanostructure of cartilage. The Accelerator Program will pave the way for scaling their technology for sustainable energy solutions.
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ACS funding supports research for recyclable, durable electrodes
The research led by Xiwen Gong aims to develop more stable, recyclable plastic electrodes for flexible and wearable electronics.
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Flexible DNA linkers enable “impossible” nanostructures
Nanoparticles that couldn’t fit together with conventional DNA “glue” may now be created with the help of joints added to the rigid DNA.
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Nanoscale engineering brings light-twisting materials to more extreme settings
New manufacturing method builds tougher materials that were previously considered useless for twisting light into more robust optical devices.
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Jovan Kamcev receives PMSE Early Investigator Award for ion-exchange membrane research
The Early Investigator Award celebrates emerging leaders demonstrating rising talent who have made significant contributions to the field of polymer materials science and engineering.
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A leap toward carbon neutrality, carbon dioxide to methanol
University of Michigan researchers including Nirala Singh have developed a catalyst material known as cobalt phthalocyanine that converts carbon dioxide — a significant driver of climate change — into renewable fuels such as methanol.