WSU joins MSU and UM for alternative energy projects

Wayne State University, Michigan State, and the U-of-M have devoted $800,000 to two alternative energy projects.

WSU is involved in the thermoelectic project. It's purpose is to create technology for power generation and environmentally friendly heating and cooling.

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The University Research Corridor, an alliance of the University of Michigan, Michigan State University and Wayne State University, announced Thursday that $523,282 would fund research into developing more efficient low-cost thermoelectric materials over the next three years, and $283,231 over a two-year period would fund research to develop “nano-biocarriers,” that could efficiently convert switch grass and corn stover (the leaves and stalks of a corn crop) into low-cost ethanol fuel.

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