IES has awarded three grants for energy-focused living learning laboratory projects on campus and in the city of Ann Arbor:
The Bioenergy Innovation at the Campus Farm: Electro-fermentation of Waste Biomass into Sustainable Fuels through Community-Engaged Research and Education
Project leads: Joshua Jack (Assistant Professor in Civil and Environmental Engineering, CoE), Benjamin Goldstein (Assistant Professor in SEAS), Jeremy Moghtader (Program Manager at the Campus Farm and Adjunct Lecturer in Program in the Environment, SEAS and LSA)
Site collaborators: Matthaei Botanical Gardens and Nichols Arboretum
A Community-Facing Test Bed for Beneficial Electrification Technologies and the Public’s Understanding of Them
Project leads: Parth Vaishnav (Assistant Professor in SEAS), Anish Tuteja (Professor in Materials Science and Engineering, CoE)
Site collaborators: Leslie Science & Nature Center, in partnership with the City of Ann Arbor
Hydrovoltaic-Powered Soil Sensor Networks for Energy-Autonomous Living Learning Laboratories at Matthaei Botanical Gardens
Project leads: Albert Liu (Assistant Professor in Chemical Engineering, CoE), Aline Eid (Assistant Professor in Electrical and Computer Engineering, CoE), Brendan O’Neill (Assistant Research Scientist in SEAS)
Site collaborators: Matthaei Botanical Gardens and Nichols Arboretum
Visit our Living Learning Laboratories webpage to learn more about IES’s efforts supporting LLLs at U-M and in the city of Ann Arbor.