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Combined Vibration Plus Shock Environment Simulation
| Investigators | |
|---|---|
| Principal Investigator: Cora Taylor | |
| Co-Principal Investigator: James DeClerck | |
| College/School: | College of Engineering |
| Department(s): | Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering |
Sponsor: Sandia National Laboratories
Center/Institute: Michigan Tech Aerospace Engineering Research Center (MARC)
Research Focus: Materials and Manufacturing
Vacuum Insulating Glass Load Resistance Testing
| Investigators | |
|---|---|
| Principal Investigator: Stephen Morse | |
| College/School: | College of Engineering |
| Department(s): | Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering |
Sponsor: Fenestration and Glazing Industry Alliance (FGIA)
Center/Institute: Michigan Tech Aerospace Engineering Research Center (MARC)
Research Focus:
Acoustics Educational Outreach: Clean Energy Information Bureau
| Investigators | |
|---|---|
| Principal Investigator: Bhisham Sharma | |
| College/School: | College of Engineering |
| Department(s): | Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering |
Sponsor: University of Michigan
Research Focus: Education and Outreach
M2M X-Hab 2026 Academic Innovation Challenge - Medical Eyewash Redesign
| Investigators | |
|---|---|
| Principal Investigator: Jeffrey Allen | |
| Co-Principal Investigator: William Endres | |
| College/School: | College of Engineering |
| Department(s): | Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering |
Sponsor: National Space Grant Foundation
Center/Institute: Michigan Tech Aerospace Engineering Research Center (MARC)
Research Focus: Atmospheric and Space Sciences
Physics Informed and Foundation Machine Learning Models for Universal Electronic Structure Calculations and Materials Discovery, with Applications to Chiral Matter
| Investigators | |
|---|---|
| Principal Investigator: Susanta Ghosh | |
| College/School: | College of Engineering |
| Department(s): | Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering |
Sponsor: University of California/Los Angeles
Center/Institute: Institute of Computing and Cybersystems (ICC)
Research Focus: Computation, Data, Electronics, and Sensing
NSF R2I2: Maximizing resilience to winter weather in future electric power systems
| Investigators | |
|---|---|
| Principal Investigator: Ana Dyreson | |
| Co-Principal Investigator: Chelsea Schelly | |
| Co-Principal Investigator: Pengfei Xue | |
| College/School: | College of Engineering |
| Department(s): | Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering |
Sponsor: National Science Foundation(NSF)
Center/Institute: Great Lakes Research Center (GLRC)
Research Focus: Energy and Sustainability
Design and Optimization of Cuttlebone-Inspired Cellular Materials Using Turing Systems
| Investigators | |
|---|---|
| Principal Investigator: Bhisham Sharma | |
| Co-Principal Investigator: Kara Hardy | |
| College/School: | College of Engineering |
| Department(s): | Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering |
Sponsor: National Aeronautics and Space Administration(NASA)
Center/Institute: Michigan Tech Aerospace Engineering Research Center (MARC)
Research Focus: Atmospheric and Space Sciences
UMD - OSWEC Teamer
| Investigators | |
|---|---|
| Principal Investigator: Tania Demonte Gonzalez | |
| Co-Principal Investigator: Gordon Parker | |
| College/School: | College of Engineering |
| Department(s): | Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering |
Sponsor: University of Minnesota/Duluth
Center/Institute: Michigan Tech Aerospace Engineering Research Center (MARC)
Research Focus: Energy and Sustainability
08 Anti-Mine Ground Penetrator
| Investigators | |
|---|---|
| Principal Investigator: William Endres | |
| Co-Principal Investigator: Michael Davenport | |
| College/School: | College of Engineering |
| Department(s): | Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering |
Sponsor: Los Alamos National Laboratory
Center/Institute: Research and Innovation in STEAM Education (RISE)
Research Focus: Education and Outreach, Materials and Manufacturing
GRFP_Anthony Ciletti
| Investigators | |
|---|---|
| Principal Investigator: Anthony Ciletti | |
| Co-Principal Investigator: Bhisham Sharma | |
| College/School: | College of Engineering |
| Department(s): | Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering |
Sponsor: National Science Foundation(NSF)
Research Focus: Macro-, Micro- and Nano-Sciences
CAREER: Bayesian Symmetry-Respecting Machine Learning Framework for Predicting Electronic Structures in Materials Design
| Investigators | |
|---|---|
| Principal Investigator: Susanta Ghosh | |
| College/School: | College of Engineering |
| Department(s): | Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering |
Sponsor: National Science Foundation(NSF)
Center/Institute: Institute of Computing and Cybersystems (ICC)
Research Focus: Computation, Data, Electronics, and Sensing
Developing High-Performance Bioinspired Surface Textures for Repelling Lunar Dust
| Investigators | |
|---|---|
| Principal Investigator: Paulus van Susante | |
| College/School: | College of Engineering |
| Department(s): | Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering |
Sponsor: University of Arkansas
Center/Institute: Michigan Tech Aerospace Engineering Research Center (MARC)
Research Focus: Materials and Manufacturing, Atmospheric and Space Sciences
Aerospace Materials Processing, Performance and Characterization
| Investigators | |
|---|---|
| Principal Investigator: Gregory Odegard | |
| College/School: | College of Engineering |
| Department(s): | Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering |
Sponsor: University of Texas/Arlington
Center/Institute: Michigan Tech Aerospace Engineering Research Center (MARC)
Research Focus:
Support test bed operation, industry taskforces, and engagement on EV interoperability
| Investigators | |
|---|---|
| Principal Investigator: Jeffrey Naber | |
| College/School: | College of Engineering |
| Department(s): | Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering |
Sponsor: American Center for Mobility
Center/Institute: Advanced Power Systems Research Center (APSRC)
Research Focus: Energy and Sustainability
Energy Storage System Design Based on Ship Electro-Mechanical-Thermo Operational Specifications
| Investigators | |
|---|---|
| Principal Investigator: Wayne Weaver | |
| College/School: | College of Engineering |
| Department(s): | Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering |
Sponsor: US Dept of Defense/Navy/Office of Naval Research(ONR)
Center/Institute: Michigan Tech Aerospace Engineering Research Center (MARC)
Research Focus: Energy and Sustainability, Computation, Data, Electronics, and Sensing
Standards Development Center for Automated Driving Systems in Inclement Winter Weather
| Investigators | |
|---|---|
| Principal Investigator: Vinh Nguyen | |
| Co-Principal Investigator: Jeremy Bos | |
| Co-Principal Investigator: Evan Lucas | |
| Co-Principal Investigator: Nathir Rawashdeh | |
| College/School: | College of Engineering |
| Department(s): | Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering |
Sponsor: US Dept of Commerce/National Institute of Standards and Technology(NIST)
Center/Institute: Michigan Tech Transportation Institute (MTTI)
Research Focus: Transportation and Infrastructure
NSF-DFG/Collaborative Research: Integrated Computational Materials Engineering of Thermoplastic Composites
| Investigators | |
|---|---|
| Principal Investigator: Gregory Odegard | |
| College/School: | College of Engineering |
| Department(s): | Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering |
Sponsor: National Science Foundation(NSF)
Center/Institute: Michigan Tech Aerospace Engineering Research Center (MARC)
Research Focus:
Integrating Wave Power Harvesting with Jellyfish Biomechanics through Distributed Smart Materials to Revolutionize Underwater Autonomy
| Investigators | |
|---|---|
| Principal Investigator: Shangyan Zou | |
| Co-Principal Investigator: Gordon Parker | |
| College/School: | College of Engineering |
| Department(s): | Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering |
Sponsor: US Dept of Energy/Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy(EERE)
Center/Institute: Michigan Tech Aerospace Engineering Research Center (MARC)
Research Focus: Energy and Sustainability
"Strategies and Technologies for Operationally Resilient and Maximally-available Solar" (STORMS)
| Investigators | |
|---|---|
| Principal Investigator: Ana Dyreson | |
| College/School: | College of Engineering |
| Department(s): | Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering |
Sponsor: Sandia National Laboratories
Center/Institute: Great Lakes Research Center (GLRC)
Research Focus: Energy and Sustainability
Collaborative Research: ISS: Marangoni-Driven Propulsion, Assembly, and Disassembly along Curved Interfaces and Membranes
| Investigators | |
|---|---|
| Principal Investigator: Hassan Masoud | |
| College/School: | College of Engineering |
| Department(s): | Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering |
Sponsor: Center for the Advancement of Science in Space (CASIS)/Space Life Sciences Lab
Center/Institute: Great Lakes Research Center (GLRC)
Research Focus: Computation, Data, Electronics, and Sensing, Macro-, Micro- and Nano-Sciences, Robotics and Mechanics, Materials and Manufacturing
Computationally-Driven Next Generation Carbon-Carbon Composite Material Development
| Investigators | |
|---|---|
| Principal Investigator: Gregory Odegard | |
| College/School: | College of Engineering |
| Department(s): | Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering |
Sponsor: US Dept of Defense/Air Force/Air Force Research Laboratory(AFRL)
Center/Institute: Michigan Tech Aerospace Engineering Research Center (MARC)
Research Focus: Macro-, Micro- and Nano-Sciences
Improving climate resiliency and economic return of Michigan's labor-intensive produce using low-cost, modular robotic fleets
| Investigators | |
|---|---|
| Principal Investigator: Jung Bae | |
| Co-Principal Investigator: Vinh Nguyen | |
| Co-Principal Investigator: Myoungkuk Park | |
| College/School: | College of Engineering |
| Department(s): | Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering |
Sponsor: Michigan Dept of Agriculture and Rural Development(MDARD)
Center/Institute: Institute of Computing and Cybersystems (ICC)
Research Focus: Robotics and Mechanics
Understanding the Dynamical Contributions of Jupiter's Polar Atmospheric Vortices to the Vertical Heat Transport and Energy Balance
| Investigators | |
|---|---|
| Principal Investigator: Shawn Brueshaber | |
| College/School: | College of Engineering |
| Department(s): | Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering |
Sponsor: National Aeronautics and Space Administration/Langley
Center/Institute: Michigan Tech Aerospace Engineering Research Center (MARC)
Research Focus: Computation, Data, Electronics, and Sensing
Modeling of Dark Anticyclonic Vortex Formation on Ice Giant Planets
| Investigators | |
|---|---|
| Principal Investigator: Shawn Brueshaber | |
| College/School: | College of Engineering |
| Department(s): | Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering |
Sponsor: National Aeronautics and Space Administration(NASA)
Center/Institute: Michigan Tech Aerospace Engineering Research Center (MARC)
Research Focus: Atmospheric and Space Sciences
Converting Inconsistent and Heterogenous Biomass and Municipal Solid Wastes into De-Mineralized, and Uniform Feedstocks for Thermal-Catalytic Processing to Low Carbon Fuels, Chemicals, and Materials
| Investigators | |
|---|---|
| Principal Investigator: Ezra Bar Ziv | |
| Co-Principal Investigator: Fei Long | |
| Co-Principal Investigator: Rebecca Ong | |
| College/School: | College of Engineering |
| Department(s): | Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering |
Sponsor: University of Wisconsin/Madison
Center/Institute: Advanced Power Systems Research Center (APSRC)
Research Focus:
A Novel Phase-field Approach for Fatigue Damage Prediction in Fiber-reinforced Polymer Composites
| Investigators | |
|---|---|
| Principal Investigator: Trisha Sain | |
| College/School: | College of Engineering |
| Department(s): | Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering |
Sponsor: US Dept of Defense/Army/Army Research Office(ARO)
Center/Institute: Michigan Tech Aerospace Engineering Research Center (MARC)
Research Focus: Materials and Manufacturing, Energy and Sustainability
Collaborative Research: Very High Heat-flux Cooling through Stable Energy-Efficient Macro-scale Partial Flow-boiling Using Microstructured Surfaces and Ultrasonics
| Investigators | |
|---|---|
| Principal Investigator: Amitabh Narain | |
| Co-Principal Investigator: Vijaya Malladi | |
| Co-Principal Investigator: Jeffrey Naber | |
| College/School: | College of Engineering |
| Department(s): | Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering |
Sponsor: National Science Foundation(NSF)
Research Focus:
CAREER: Collective Hydrodynamics of Robotic Swimmers and Surfers at High Reynolds Numbers
| Investigators | |
|---|---|
| Principal Investigator: Hassan Masoud | |
| College/School: | College of Engineering |
| Department(s): | Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering |
Sponsor: National Science Foundation(NSF)
Research Focus: Computation Data Electronics & Sensing,Education & Outreach,Robotics & Mechanics
Reduced Cost and Complexity for Off-Highway Aftertreatment
| Investigators | |
|---|---|
| Principal Investigator: Jeffrey Naber | |
| Co-Principal Investigator: John Johnson | |
| Co-Principal Investigator: Gordon Parker | |
| College/School: | College of Engineering |
| Department(s): | Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering |
Sponsor: Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Center/Institute: Advanced Power Systems Research Center (APSRC)
Research Focus: Energy & Sustainability,Transportation & Infrastructure
ERI: Transforming vehicular vibrations into anechoic structural waves for circulating liquid-coolant in electric vehicles
| Investigators | |
|---|---|
| Principal Investigator: Vijaya Malladi | |
| College/School: | College of Engineering |
| Department(s): | Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering |
Sponsor: National Science Foundation(NSF)
Research Focus: Materials and Manufacturing
PREP Gaithersburg: Establishment of a NIST Gaithersburg PREP Program at Michigan Technological University
| Investigators | |
|---|---|
| Principal Investigator: Gregory Odegard | |
| Co-Principal Investigator: Wayne Gersie | |
| Co-Principal Investigator: Vinh Nguyen | |
| College/School: | College of Engineering |
| Department(s): | Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering |
Sponsor: US Dept of Commerce/National Institute of Standards and Technology(NIST)
Center/Institute: Michigan Tech Aerospace Engineering Research Center (MARC)
Research Focus: Macro Micro and Nano Sciences
A Low GHG Advanced SI Engine that can Operate on NG and NG/H2 Blends with Diesel-Equivalent Performance for Off-Road Applications
| Investigators | |
|---|---|
| Principal Investigator: Jeffrey Naber | |
| Co-Principal Investigator: Wayne Gersie | |
| Co-Principal Investigator: Jaclyn Johnson | |
| Co-Principal Investigator: Zachary Stanchina | |
| Co-Principal Investigator: Radheshyam Tewari | |
| College/School: | College of Engineering |
| Department(s): | Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering |
Sponsor: US Dept of Energy/Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy(EERE)
Center/Institute: Advanced Power Systems Research Center (APSRC)
Research Focus: Energy and Sustainability, Transportation and Infrastructure
Automatic Shut-Off Study on Vehicles Equipped with Keyless Start
| Investigators | |
|---|---|
| Principal Investigator: Jeffrey Naber | |
| Co-Principal Investigator: Paul Dice | |
| Co-Principal Investigator: Brian Eggart | |
| College/School: | College of Engineering |
| Department(s): | Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering |
Sponsor: American Center for Mobility
Center/Institute: Advanced Power Systems Research Center (APSRC)
Research Focus: Transportation & Infrastructure
Electrification and climate resilience in the rural north: challenges and opportunities
| Investigators | |
|---|---|
| Principal Investigator: Ana Dyreson | |
| Co-Principal Investigator: Timothy Scarlett | |
| Co-Principal Investigator: Chelsea Schelly | |
| Co-Principal Investigator: Roman Sidortsov | |
| College/School: | College of Engineering |
| Department(s): | Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering |
Sponsor: Alfred P Sloan Foundation
Center/Institute: Great Lakes Research Center (GLRC)
Research Focus: Energy & Sustainability
Collaborative Research: ISS: Revealing interfacial stability thermal transport and transient effects in film evaporation in microgravity
| Investigators | |
|---|---|
| Principal Investigator: Aneet Narendranath | |
| Co-Principal Investigator: Jeffrey Allen | |
| College/School: | College of Engineering |
| Department(s): | Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering |
Sponsor: National Science Foundation(NSF)
Research Focus: Computation Data Electronics & Sensing,Macro Micro and Nano Sciences
Auris nanosatellite development Phase B
| Investigators | |
|---|---|
| Principal Investigator: Lyon King | |
| College/School: | College of Engineering |
| Department(s): | Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering |
Sponsor: Utah State University
Research Focus: Atmospheric & Space Sciences
Ultra-Low GHG Emissions for Off-Road Equipment through Low-Carbon Bio-Naphtha and Increased CI-Engine Efficiency
| Investigators | |
|---|---|
| Principal Investigator: Jeffrey Naber | |
| Co-Principal Investigator: Youngchul Ra | |
| College/School: | College of Engineering |
| Department(s): | Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering |
Sponsor: Sandia National Laboratories
Center/Institute: Advanced Power Systems Research Center (APSRC)
Research Focus: Energy and Sustainability, Transportation and Infrastructure
Demonstration of Solvent-Based Plastic Recycling to Extract Pure PP from PCR
| Investigators | |
|---|---|
| Principal Investigator: Ezra Bar Ziv | |
| College/School: | College of Engineering |
| Department(s): | Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering |
Sponsor: Sustainable Manufacturing Innovation Alliance Corp
Center/Institute: Advanced Power Systems Research Center (APSRC)
Research Focus: Energy and Sustainability
Colloidal Transport, Self-Assembly, and Deposition in Evaporating Droplets
| Investigators | |
|---|---|
| Principal Investigator: Hassan Masoud | |
| College/School: | College of Engineering |
| Department(s): | Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering |
Sponsor: National Science Foundation(NSF)
Center/Institute: Health Research Institute (HRI)
Research Focus: Computation, Data, Electronics, and Sensing, Macro-, Micro- and Nano-Sciences, Health