Courtesy of the generous contributions of the Dr. John S. Michelman Fund for the Advancement of Sustainable Technology, the Michelman Green, Clean, and Sustainable Technology Research Innovation Program supports applied R&D and use-inspired research with the potential to meaningfully contribute to improvements in environmental health, environmental stewardship, and sustainability by demonstrating new and marketable scientific and technical innovations intended to address real-world problems in the Green-tech and Clean-tech fields.

Applicants for the fourth cohort of Michelman grantees could apply as either single investigators or multi-investigator teams. Grantees will be selected based on the quality, novelty, and creativity of their proposed applied research topic which demonstrated a clear potential to make tangible contributions that improve societal outcomes.

Congratulations to the following finalists who will be pitching their research ideas to the review panel next week.

Energy-Efficient and robust Modified Amine-based DAC Sorbent Technology

Joo-Youp Lee

Develop a Low-Cost Sensor Array for Scalable Real-Time High-Accuracy Volatile Organic Compound Mapping Networks

Tianren Wu and Kuanshi Zhong

Beyond Brick: Waste Integration into Masonry Manufacturing

Tyler Swingle

Breaking Down “Forever Chemicals” Using Sunlight

Wei Liu and Yujie Sun

Physical-Based Optimal Control Design Enables Revolution in AI Efficiency for Wind Turbine Systems

Sameh Eisa

Acoustic wave transducers and molecularly-imprinted polymers for on-site continuous environmental monitoring in water

Yeongin Kim

Development of an Advanced Wave Energy Converter for Sustainable and Reliable Electricity Production

Donghoon Kim