Application for Summer Research Internships at the University of Michigan, Electric Vehicle Center

The University of Michigan Electric Vehicle Center will again be offering summer reserach internships during 2025 for undergraduate students on topics related to electric vehicles. The EV Center Research Program strongly encourages students enrolled in a Michigan College or University, or students who graduated from a Michigan Public School to apply.

These programs are targeted at undergraduate students (community college and four-year universities) in the US who are NOT enrolled at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. Students at UM should seek other opportunities including SURE  and UROP.

Other Undergraduate Research Programs at the University of Michigan with their own applications and deadlines

Center for Materials Innovation at Michigan, supported by NSF Materials Reserach Science and Engineering Center. https://mrsec.umich.edu 

Michigan Semiconductor Hands-On Research in Experience(M-SHORE): https://shorereu.engin.umich.edu) (NSF Engineering REU)

Summer Research Opportunities Program (SROP): https://rackham.umich.edu/rackham-life/diversity-equity-and-inclusion/srop/  (Michigan Funded Program)

Optics in the City of Light, https://java.engin.umich.edu/parisreu/  (NSF Physics REU)

A list of all programs supported by the National Science Foundation can be found at https://www.nsf.gov/crssprgm/reu/reu_search.jsp


Important dates 

Application Open: Dec 17, 2024

Application Deadline: Feb 3, 2025

Notification of Selected Students: Early March 2025

Program start date: May 27, 2025 (tentative)

Program end date: Aug 1, 2025 (tentative)

Benefits:

Students will be provided a $6,000 stipend and on-campus university housing

Application  

The application for the Electric Vehicle Center projects is located at https://forms.gle/j2acHpNwEs8bAF617 

Projects

Phase-change materials for battery thermal management (Solomon Adera, Mechanical Engineering)

Sustainable sodium-ion batteries (Neil Dasgupta, Mechanical Engineering)

Machine learning and graph models for battery membranes (Nick Kotov, Chemical Engineering)

Single-particle electrochemistry and in situ imaging of Li-ion batteries (Yiyang Li, Materials Science and Engineering)

Learning Li-ion battery degradation patterns from electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS) data (Jason Siegel, Mechanical Engineering)

Development of novel metrology tools to measure the thermal conductivity of fluids for battery cooling applications (Pramod Reddy, Mechanical Engineering)

The Electric Vehicle Center at the University of Michigan is supported by the State of Michigan's Department of Labor and Economic Opportunity, and the University of Michigan.