U-M Research Centers

The following are comprised Academic departments at University of Michigan and Eastern Michigan University with relevance to Washtenaw County clusters.

The University of Michigan is a powerhouse of research. The University’s Office of Technology Transfer continues to expand its programs to encourage researchers to move technologies and discoveries from the university to the marketplace. The Ann Arbor/Ypsilanti area will continue to benefit from this due to geographic proximity. However, a deeper understanding of and connections with relevant departments could also provide an economic boost for the community by ensuring local companies are aware of compatible technologies being developed at the University, as well as Eastern. This is especially true in light of the U-M’s proposed Accelerated Innovation and Technology-Based Economic Development plan.

College of Engineering
NASA BioScience Engineering Institute (NBEI)
    Tissue bioscience and engineering
    Molecular biophysics and engineering
    Transport and phenomena in biology and devices
    BioMEMS and biomaterials

National Nanotechnology Infrastructure Network (NNIN) – NSF

Solid-state electronics, nanofabrication, Si integrated circuits and compound semiconductor processing

Aerospace (ranked #4 by US News & World Report)
    Flight dynamics and controls
    Gas dynamics
    Structural dynamics

Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
    Center for Ultrafast Optical Science (CUOS)
        Electro-optics, ablation, attosecond

Materials Science and Engineering (105 years old)
    High strength alloys for jet and rocket engines
    Strong and light compounds for aerospace applications
    Conducting polymers for biosensors
    Solid freeform fabricated ceramics for bone tissue engineering scaffolds
    Thin films for corrosion and wear coatings
    Multimetallic oxide nanopowders
    Ferroelectronics materials for piezoelectric sensors

Macromolecular Science and Engineering
    Biopolymers
    Elastomers
    Synthesis of nanomaterials

Chemical Engineering
    Complex fluids and nanostructure
        Self organization of nanocolloids
        Assembly of nanoscale systems
        Molecular motion in polymers, colloids, and complex fluids
    Life sciences
        Molecular biosensors
        Biomaterials
        Micro/nanofabrication
        Cellular and Molecular Biomechanical Laboratory
    Mechanical Engineering

Engineering Research Center for WIMS (Wireless Integrated MicroSystems) – NSF
    Sensors, actuators, microsystems; micro-packaging and micro-assembly

US Army RDECOM Center of Excellence for Modeling and Simulation of Ground Vehicles

NASA Bioscience Engineering Institute

NIST Centers of Excellence

Medical School

NIST National Center for Integrative Biomedical Informatics

Research Centers @ Eastern Michigan University
College of Technology
    Coatings Research Institute
    Center for Product Research and Development
    U-TEAMED – Eastern Michigan University’s new technology transfer initiative