TechLab: Climate Change is a Company-in Residence program for emerging companies making a significant impact on the carbon balance of the planet. The program is an immersive learning experience for students as they work side by side with the companies on the deployment and market development of their breakthrough innovations.
Shashank Prakash Nair
Energy Systems Engineering | Class of 2020
Cansu Doganay
Mechanical Engineering | Class of 2021
Michael Blakeslee
Economics | Class of 2021
Allan Gao - Team Mentor
Senior Process Engineer | LanzaTech
Converting Co2 into Fuels and Other Chemical Products
Using CO2 as a feedstock has the potential to displace 30% of crude oil use today and reduce global CO2 emissions by 10%, through recycling carbon from industrial off-gases. In this project, students will discover and prioritize the market opportunities for Lanzatech’s core technology in the US using stakeholder interviews, researching public policy, and assessing the market and technical risks.
Adam Levey
Chemical Engineering & Engineering Physics | Class of 2021
Abigail Martin
Environmental Engineering | Class of 2020
Merritt Dailey
Environmental Engineering | Class of 2020
Mengqing Kan
Natural Resources and Environment | Class of 2021
Allan Gao - Team Mentor
Senior Process Engineer | LanzaTech
Converting Co2 into Fuels and Other Chemical Products
Using CO2 as a feedstock has the potential to displace 30% of crude oil use today and reduce global CO2 emissions by 10%, through recycling carbon from industrial off-gases. In this project, students will discover and prioritize the market opportunities for Lanzatech’s core technology in the US using stakeholder interviews, researching public policy, and assessing the market and technical risks.
Melissa Brei
Mechanical Engineering | Class of 2020
Tanishq Das
Industrial and Operations Engineering | Class of 2020
Yingying Zeng
Macromolecular Science and Engineering | Class of 2021
James Kahn - Team Mentor
Founder and Principal | SkyBaron
Products Made with Captured and Recycled Carbon
SkyBaron works with talented partners around the world to market superior consumer goods that have a positive environmental impact. SkyBaron products include watches, coasters, pens, and more. The student teams will work with Skybaron to define one or more new product lines. The project will include design, material selection, material sourcing, and market assessment.
FOR STUDENTS
EDUCATION HIGHLIGHTS
TechLab: Climate Change pairs emerging and scaling startups with top-tier graduate and undergraduate students studying a wide range of fields including computer science, data analytics, chemical engineering, material science, robotics, business, and sustainability.
The goal is to educate students through an immersive project that tackles an important problem for the company. Students learn the entrepreneurial process directly from the principles of the company using the company itself as the “living case study.”
FOR COMPANIES
PROGRAM HIGHLIGHTS
By participating in the program, companies gain access to the University of Michigan resources and network as well as top student talent. The Center for Entrepreneurship seeks to help our students change the world by embedding them in this emerging field and the companies tackling one of the most pressing problems of our time.
Volker Sick
Director, Global Co2 Initiative
Jonathan Fay
Dixon and Carol Doll Executive Director
Nick Moroz
Program Director
Emilee Studley
Program Specialist
TechLab: Climate Change is managed by U-M Center for Entrepreneurship, in partnership with the U-M Global Co2 Initiative.
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