Department of Energy

1. September 25, 2023

   University part of federal DOE grant to diversify physics

   U-M is among three universities that have received a $1.125 million grant from the U.S. Department of Energy to recruit students of diverse backgrounds into the field of physics.

2. April 25, 2023

   U-M’s renewable energy zoning initiative expands to six states

   An expanded renewable energy zoning database from U-M helps simplify matchmaking between renewable energy developers and communities in Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio and Wisconsin.

3. July 18, 2022

   College of Engineering awarded $5.1M to advance nuclear energy

   The College of Engineering’s Department of Nuclear Engineering and Radiological Sciences has received $5.1 million for three projects to advance nuclear technology.

4. December 1, 2021

   $3.4M to turn up the heat at solar-thermal plants

   The U.S. Department of Energy is providing $3.4 million to a pair of U-M projects that are working to improve heat-trapping materials for solar thermal energy.

5. November 15, 2018

   $1.6M funds solar cell windows, high-temperature solar power

   Electricity-generating windows and high-temperature solar power are the aims of two new U-M projects, funded with $1.6 million from the U.S. Department of Energy.

6. October 3, 2018

   U-M project gets $2M to help perfect algae as diesel fuel

   With $2 million from the U.S. Department of Energy, U-M researchers aim to make the long-touted promise of algae as a biofuel source for diesel engines into a reality.