Materials Science and Engineering News

PI John Diebel (IIE) and Co-PI Joshua Pearce (ECE) have been awarded a one-year, $40,000 research grant for “X-Wire Solar Photovoltaic Racking,” from the University of Michigan-Michigan Initiative for Innovation and Entrepreneurship.

From Tech Today.

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.