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Creating Solutions That Matter

The college's state-of-the-art laboratory facilities offer effective and comprehensive areas for basic and applied research that support the curriculum and build strong partnerships with industry, government and the community.

Some of our top partners include the Department of Defense, Department of Education, Ford Motor Co., General Motors, and the National Science Foundation.

Learn more about the types of research that our faculty are involved with.

Sustainability
Energy and Power Systems
Mobility and Transportation
Battery and EVs

Researchers prep for landmark field test of ‘second-life’ EV batteries

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Seniors Kenny Conuel Oralde, Emmet Reamer, Rosa Carapia, Nicole Kormos and Micah Hagedorn stand in front of a research poster in the atrium of a campus building.

A team won a surprise victory at this year’s Senior Design competition

Assistant Professor Caymen Novak threw an ambitious project to her Senior Design team. It almost didn’t work out. Until it did.

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How postdocs help faculty take research to another level

Postdoctoral researchers on campus are another sign of ��-Dearborn’s growing research culture. But what exactly do postdocs do, and why can they be a game changer for university research?

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Fixing the damn . . . waterways

In the U.S., ships transport $770 billion worth of commodities via inland lakes and rivers each year. IMSE Associate Professors Zhen Hu and Armagan Bayram aim to make this system more cost-effective and efficient.

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��-Dearborn earns R2 research designation

The recognition follows six years of rapid growth in which externally funded research spending at ��-Dearborn has nearly tripled. So how did we get here? And what’s next?

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For a ��-Dearborn student and professor, the influence goes both ways

Unlikely collaborators who met through a job posting, first-year PhD student LaRico Andres and Professor Wencong Su have forged a partnership that’s left a lasting mark on both men.

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Seniors Kenny Conuel Oralde, Emmet Reamer, Rosa Carapia, Nicole Kormos and Micah Hagedorn stand in front of a research poster in the atrium of a campus building.

A team won a surprise victory at this year’s Senior Design competition

Assistant Professor Caymen Novak threw an ambitious project to her Senior Design team. It almost didn’t work out. Until it did....

Office of Research update for May 2025

See which of your colleagues' work is getting funded, browse the calendar of upcoming research events and learn about ways to support your work....

Postdoctoral research Gajendra Singh Chawda stands in front of electrical equipment in a lab

How postdocs help faculty take research to another level

Postdoctoral researchers on campus are another sign of ��-Dearborn’s growing research culture. But what exactly do postdocs do, and why can they be a game changer for university research?...

Office of Research update for April 2025

See which of your colleagues' work is getting funded, browse the calendar of upcoming research events and learn about ways to support your work....