MSU Researchers Lead The Way In Green Energy

Great Lakes IT Report
Posted: Thursday, 17 September 2009 4:29PM

Michigan State University’s College of Engineering is working to improve the world’s alternative energy future thanks to three grants totaling $141.5 million.

“We think that no single solution is going to be able to address the energy problem we’re confronting today,” said Satish Udpa, dean of the College of Engineering. “So we feel we need to be working in several areas simultaneously. We have strong programs in thermoelectrics, biofuels and battery storage technology.”

MSU is the lead institution in a new $12.5 million U.S. Department of Energy-sponsored Energy Frontier Research Center focusing on the study of thermoelectric energy conversion. Led by Donald Morelli, professor of chemical engineering and materials science, the team is developing methods to convert heat to electricity. Applications range from waste heat recovery from automobiles to solar thermal energy conversion.

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