We bring energy science to Detroit students, through hands-on experiments in schools, summer research in our lab and new hydrogen and advanced-manufacturing education.
We take hands-on sustainable-energy experiments (batteries, fuel cells, solar cells and 3D printing) to Detroit public schools that lack the means to explore STEM, giving middle- and high-school students an immersive look at science and engineering careers. Students have come from Cass Tech, Detroit Collegiate Prep, Old Redford Academy, AGBU Manoogian, Fordson, Farmington, Canton, Novi and Troy high schools.
Wayne State Engineering story ↗Recruited through the Mobile Energy Lab, high-school students from the AGBU Alex and Marie Manoogian School spent six weeks in our lab: material synthesis, microstructure, coin-cell fabrication, battery testing and sensor integration, finishing with presentations to faculty and mentors.
Archived College of Engineering story (2017) ↗A high-school summer internship in semiconductors, part of a Michigan Economic Development Corporation investment in semiconductor education; Prof. Arava is co-principal investigator. It runs alongside Wayne State’s STEM Day.
Anderson College of Engineering news ↗Through his NSF CAREER award, Prof. Arava gives high-school and middle-school students hands-on experience and involves undergraduates, with a strong emphasis on students from groups underrepresented in STEM, in battery research; his NSF award #2127519 adds research experience for community-college students from the Detroit area.
NSF award #2127519 ↗Prof. Arava took students of the Electric-drive Vehicle Engineering (EVE) program to The Battery Show 2014 in Novi and on a tour of the A123 Systems battery plant in Romulus, Michigan.
As part of the DOE and State of Michigan award for Nel Hydrogen’s electrolyzer factory, Prof. Arava leads a three-year Wayne State project that brings advanced-manufacturing education to high-school students, building on the Mobile Energy Lab.
Wayne State Research news ↗