Category: Research

Chemistry and Industry Magazine published a story about the use of open-source 3-D printing to make inexpensive laboratory equipment developed by Joshua Pearce (MSE/ECE) and his research group.

From Tech Today.

Print your own lab

With the cost of 3D printers falling in price, such that a build-it-yourself 3D printer is now available for less than $1000, this kind of advanced manufacturing technology is now open to almost anybody, even scientists. So rather than paying for expensive scientific equipment, it becomes possible for scientists to fabricate their own versions at a fraction of the cost, as Joshua Pearce, an associate professor of materials science at Michigan Technological University, US, has shown.

Read more at Chemistry & Industry, by John Evans.

Rising Sun

Joshua Pearce’s work on photovoltaic panels was featured in Michigan Tech Magazine 2012.

It’s time to stop thinking of solar energy as a boutique source of power, says Joshua Pearce.

Sure, solar only generates about 1 percent of the electricity in the US. But that will change in a few years, says Pearce, an associate professor of electrical engineering and materials science at Michigan Tech. The ultimate in renewable energy is about to go mainstream.

Read more at Michigan Tech Research Magazine, by Marcia Goodrich.

Professor Jaroslaw Drelich (EMSE/IMP) and Associate Professor Jeremy Goldman (EBE/IMP), “Dramatic Improvement in Bioabsorbable Stent Behavior with Zinc-based Materials,” US Department of Health and Human Services.

From Tech Today.

Joshua M. Pearce (MSE/ECE) co-authored an article entitled “Improved Performance of Hybrid Photovoltaic-Trigeneration Systems Over Photovoltaic-Cogen Systems Including Effects of Battery Storage“, in the journal Energy.

From Tech Today.

Graduate student Megan Kreiger (MSE) co-authored a paper with Joshua M. Pearce (MSE/ECE) and David Shonnard (CE), Robbins Chair Professor of Sustainable Materials and director of Michigan Tech’s Sustainable Futures Institute, entitled “Life Cycle Analysis of Silane Recycling in Amorphous Silicon-Based Solar Photovoltaic Manufacturing” in the journal Resources, Conservation and Recycling 70, pp.44-49 (2013).

From Tech Today.

A paradigm shift
Open-source designs, 3-D printing can outfit labs at a fraction of the cost
According to Joshua Pearce, the revolution will be digitized and printed.

Pearce, an associate professor at Michigan Technological University, has combined microcontrollers, 3-D printers and open-source software to save tens of thousands of dollars in outfitting his research laboratory. Lower costs could allow every college, university and high school to give students access to research tools and projects they used to dream about.

Read more at Industrial Engineer – Engineering and Management Solutions at Work by the Institute of Industrial Engineers.

Professor Miguel Levy (Physics) and Assistant Professor Ramy El-Ganainy (Physics), “Optical Isolation Based on Nonreciprocal Bloch Oscilations and Resonant Delocalization,” NSF

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Professor Stephen Kampe (MSE/ASISC) and Assistant Professor Timothy Eisele (ChE/ASISC), “Phosphorus Doping of Titanium to Produce Low-Cost Dimensionally-Stable Anodes for Industrial Electrochemistry,” NSF.