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    Driving Force

    Michigan Tech has been clear on our mission from day one. The state's only public university specifically established to drive industry forward, Tech consistently delivers on our promise to supply the leading-edge technology that industry needs. Autonomous vehicles for unstructured environments. Next-generation composite materials for deep-space missions. Technologies to recycle and reuse electric vehicle batteries. Computer-aided precision medicine to manage unruptured brain aneurysms.

2023 Tech Magazine cover image

On the cover: Michigan Tech succeeds by doing what we've always done best. From leading the electric vehicle revolution to exploring how to repurpose old mines for new use in the sustainable energy transition, the Copper Country continues to power the future.


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