The Frontiers Research Institute (FRI) brings together a broad and complementary range of expertise, infrastructure, and strategic capabilities across its four affiliated centers and dedicated administrative team. Collectively, these units offer deep disciplinary knowledge, interdisciplinary research experience, advanced technical resources, and comprehensive proposal development support.
From concept development and strategic planning to budget preparation, compliance guidance, and post-award administration, the Institute’s centers and staff provide coordinated, end-to-end support that strengthens competitiveness and advances impactful research initiatives.
Staff Expertise
- Pre-award proposal development and budget support
- Post-award project support
- Project evaluation planning and implementation
- Research methodology development
- Data analysis and visualization
- Event planning/coordination
Affiliated Centers Expertise and Capabilities
Institute of Materials Processing (IMP)
- Melt Processing
- Deformation Processing
- Particulate (Powder) Processing
- Metallic 3D Printing
- Microfabrication Shared Facility (MFF)
- Polymer Processing
For more information, visit: IMP Capabilities
Michigan Tech Aerospace Engineering Research Center (MARC)
- Aerospace Materials and Composite Structures
- Space Robotics and Lunar Surface Systems
- Advanced Propulsion and Energy Systems
- Multiscale Modeling, Optimization, and Control
- Intelligent Systems and Autonomous Operations
Associated Labs:
Michigan Tech Transportation Institute (MTTI)
- Transportation Structures
- Transportation Materials
- Transportation Systems
- Environmental Aspects of Transportation
- Social Aspects of Transportation
- Transportation Technology Transfer
Research and Innovation in STEAM Education (RISE)
- Educational Research and Scholarship (Supporting the design, implementation, and dissemination of research on teaching and learning in STEAM disciplines)
- Pedagogy and Instructional Innovation (Promoting evidence-based teaching methods, experiential learning, and student-centered instructional design)
- Transformative Learning and Assessment (Investigating strategies that foster deep, inclusive, and reflective learning experiences)
- Interdisciplinary Collaboration and Capacity Building (Strengthening cross-department partnerships to increase proposal competitiveness and resource efficiency)
- Teaching and Learning Applications (Translating educational research into practice through workshops, broader-impacts integration, and innovative faculty development programs)