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High Speed Additive Metal Manufacturing Process

FABRICATED GREEN HEAT EXCHANGER PLATES BY SEAM PROCESS SINTERED STACKED HEAT EXCHANGER ASSEMBLY Executive Summary Metal additive manufacturing is an attractive process for producing highly complex and tailored components from superalloys for high temperature applications. However,...
Published: 8/26/2025   |   Inventor(s): Haseung Chung, Patrick Kwon
Keywords(s):   Category(s): Advanced Materials

Cubic Boron Nitride Inserts for Iron Based Workpieces

Executive Summary Compacted graphite iron (CGI) has recently been gaining more attention due to its superior mechanical properties over the currently more popular flake graphite iron (FGI), aka gray cast iron. However, the poor machinability has prevented CGI to be used in a wider range of potential applications. Researchers at Michigan State University...
Published: 8/26/2025   |   Inventor(s): Patrick Kwon
Keywords(s): Advanced Manufacturing, Metals Category(s): Advanced Materials, Manufacturing Equipment

Lignin-Based Separators for Lithium-Ion Batteries

Executive Summary Lithium ion batteries are currently ubiquitous in numerous applications. In these batteries, the separator plays a crucial role by physically separating the anode and cathode to prevent electrical short circuits while allowing the flow of ions through the electrolytes. Common materials used for separators include polyolefins such...
Published: 8/15/2025   |   Inventor(s): Chengcheng Fang, Huanhuan Jia
Keywords(s): Lignin, Lithium Batteries Category(s): Advanced Materials, Energy

Patterned Surface Coating for Water Harvesting

Executive Summary In arid regions worldwide, there is a critical need for supplying water for drinking, agriculture and public use. However, these regions often have limited well capacity or water is available but is brackish, saline or contaminated. One possible solution it to capture the water from moist air. While several technologies exist for...
Published: 8/5/2025   |   Inventor(s): Caroline Szczepanski, Sabrina Curley
Keywords(s): Alt Energy - Wind & Solar, Coating, Drinking Water, Surface Functional Category(s): Advanced Materials, Environmental

EMBEDDED ELECTRONICS IN COMPOSITES USING CONDUCTIVE AND MAGNETIC FABRICS

VAlue proposition There is a need for assembling miniaturized and embedded electronics into the vehicle bodies for light weight, mechanical stability and wireless technologies. Non-metallic/composite body structures enable embedded antennas and circuits. This technology relates to the packaging of concealed electronics [active and passive circuits]...
Published: 7/23/2025   |   Inventor(s): Premjeet Chahal, Bhargav Avireni, Mahmood Haq, Mauro Ettorre, Satish Udpa, Arinc Kuloglu, Syed Hassan
Keywords(s):   Category(s): Advanced Materials, Devices

Ceramic Micro-Burner

Ceramic Micro-Burner Figure 1: Design of micro-burner Figure 2: Sequence of fabrication process Executive Summary Microchemical systems (µCSs) are compact chemical and biological process units offering enhanced mixing, excellent heat transfer, and enabling highly exothermic reactions with...
Published: 6/9/2025   |   Inventor(s): Patrick Kwon, Junghoon Yeom
Keywords(s):   Category(s): Advanced Materials

Photoelastic Polymer Sensor

Executive Summary Sensors for measuring force or pressure are used in a wide variety of applications in industrial, healthcare and automation. Soft sensors, in particular, are used in applications where only low levels of stress are measured. However, one drawback with current soft sensors, is the long term repeatability and cost. Researchers at Michigan...
Published: 4/22/2025   |   Inventor(s): Jiabin Liu, Shaoting Lin, Wei Li
Keywords(s):   Category(s): Advanced Materials, Devices, Test and Measurement

Thin Film Deposition

VALUE PROPOSITION The specific application of thin films dictates the required material properties such as thickness and chemical structure with many produced by deposition of a target material onto a substrate. Thin films play a critical role in the fabrication of many devices such as integrated circuits and solar cells, along with optical coatings...
Published: 7/1/2025   |   Inventor(s): Qi Hua Fan
Keywords(s):   Category(s): Advanced Materials, Manufacturing Equipment

Biodegradable Hyperbranched Polymer

Executive Summary Hyperbranched polymers are attractive due to unique structures, low viscosity, good solubility and a large number of functional end groups. However, because they are non linear polymers, they can be difficult to synthesize to high conversion without gelling. MSU and CMU researchers have developed a new hyperbranched polymer that is...
Published: 6/10/2025   |   Inventor(s): Patrick Smith, Bobby Howell, Tracy (Cuiwei) Zhang
Keywords(s):   Category(s): Advanced Materials, Agricultural, Pharmaceutical

Stretchable Bioelectronic Interface for Biopotential Recording

Executive Summary Flexible electronics are materials that are often soft and bendable which allow them to conform to various surfaces. One application for these is in the biomedical field where flexible electrodes are used to measure electrical signals such as an electrocardiogram (ECG), electroencephalogram (EEG), or electromyography (EMG). However,...
Published: 11/15/2023   |   Inventor(s): Jinxing Li, Vittorio Mottini
Keywords(s):   Category(s): Medical, Devices, Advanced Materials
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