Working with UA
The University of Akron's research services offer support for:
- Industry:
- Facilitating access to research expertise
- Facilitating testing services and research contracts
- Licensing UA technology
- Providing graduate student interns
- Faculty:
- Supporting grant applications and awards
- Patenting new technologies
- Students:
- Undergraduates: Search for research opportunities
Thanks to our new Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program website.
Research News
UA alumnus finding early success with business developing innovative wound care technology
University of Akron (UA) alumnus Isaiah Kaiser ’19 ’23, who earned a Ph.D. from UA’s College of Engineering and Polymer Science, is taking on the challenge of wound infection prevention.
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Faculty members awarded nearly $5.5 million for projects that advance energy technology
Two University of Akron (UA) College of Engineering and Polymer Science faculty members have been awarded grants from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E).
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UA awarded $2 million for EV battery recycling research
The U.S. Department of Energy’s Vehicle Technologies Office (VTO) awarded UA $2 million to fund a study that will focus on recycling plastics and other polymers from electric vehicle (EV) battery packs, to prevent the materials from polluting landfills.
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University of Akron part of Sustainable Polymers Tech Hub selected for $51 million federal grant
Award was granted as part of federal $504 million Tech Hubs funding round
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