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50 Years Ago: Two historical barriers tumbled Tuesday night as Frederick City voters elected the first woman and the first black to the Board of Aldermen. Democrat Elizabeth Pyles Burket ....
U-M launches $2M effort to make recyclable lightweight automotive sheet metals A new $2-million project at the University of Michigan aims to develop easier and more cost-effective ways to make recyclable lightweight automotive sheet metals. “The Clean Sheet Project” seeks to develop new design tools and establish best practices for material producers and carmakers with a focus on recycling from start to finish in production. We need to reduce the environmental impacts of vehicle production going forward, and one of the ways to do that is to boost the production of these lightweight sheet metals from recycled materials. Not only will that reduce emissions from the automotive production process, it will also help to limit destructive mining for raw materials. ....
University of Michigan Scrap metal. Image credit: Daniel Cooper As we move toward a cleaner transportation sector, a new $2 million project at the University of Michigan aims to develop easier and more cost-effective ways to make recyclable lightweight automotive sheet metals. The project is a key effort as major car manufacturers look to lightweight light-duty trucks and shift away from internal combustion engines toward electric cars that require more lightweight components to increase vehicle range. Dubbed “The Clean Sheet Project,” the effort seeks to develop new design tools and establish best practices for material producers and carmakers with a focus on recycling from start to finish in production. While the group’s initial focus will be on energy-intensive aluminum and advanced high-strength steel automotive sheet metals, it could eventually include guidelines for all manner of materials, including plastics, polymers and electric vehicle, or EV, batte ....