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MADE-PUBLIC
Manufacturing ADvanced Electronics through
PrintingUsing Bio-based and Locally Identifiable Compounds
NSF Future Manufacturing Program
Our Vision
Let's print !
The vision of MADE-PUBLIC is a future intelligent, scalable, and democratized manufacturing paradigmto enable distributed manufacturing of low-cost printable electronic devices using locally identifiable resources such as bio-based materials derived from plants.
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Eco manufacturing (less carbon footprint): plants to electronics
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Cyber manufacturing: AI/ML and data enabled
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Bio-based, biodegradable, recyclable electronics
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Potentially complicated, integrated/multiplexed electronics
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Distributed, democratized electronics manufacturing
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Integrated education and workforce development plan
Team
Junhong Chen
University of Chicago
Professor, Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering
Stuart Rowan
University of Chicago
Professor, Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering
Jennifer Dunn
Northwestern University
Research Associate Professor, Northwestern Argonne Institute of Science and Engineering
Elizabeth Ainsworth
University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign
USDA ARS Global Change and Photosynthesis Research Unit
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Wei Chen
Northwestern University
Professor, Mechanical Engineering
DoKyoung Lee
University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign
Professor, Crop Sciences
Santanu Chaudhuri
Argonne National Laboratory
Director, Manufacturing Science and Engineering
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Yuxin Chen
University of Chicago
Assistant Professor, Department of Computer Science
Rebecca Willett
University of Chicago
Professor, Statistics and Computer Science
Mark Hersam
Northwestern University
Professor, Materials Science and Engineering
Jonathan Claussen
Iowa State University
Associate Professor, Mechanical Engineering
Zhiyong Cai
USDA Forest Service
Supervisory Materials Research Engineer
Research
Name
Research Expertise
Role
Junhong Chen (Chen J)
Printing, field-effect transistor (FET) sensors, LIBs
PI: T1, T2, T3
Elizabeth Ainsworth
Plant growth and molecular plant biochemistry
Co-PI: T1, T3
Santanu Chaudhuri
integrated computational materials and mesoscale models
Co-PI: T3, CT4
Mark Hersam
Functional nanomaterial exfoliation and ink formulation
Co-PI: T2, T3
Stuart Rowan
Cellulose/lignin extraction from plant-based feedstocks
Co-PI: T1, T2
Wei Chen (Chen W)
Design and manufacturing
SP: T2, T3, CT4
Yuxin Chen (Chen Y)
Ml for metrology-driven modification to mesoscale DoE
SP: T1, T3, CT4
Jonathan Claussen
Electrochemical sensors and printing
SP: T1, T2, T3
Jennifer Dunn
TEA, LCA, material flow analysis (MFA), policy
SP: CT5
Dokyoung Lee
Hydroponic palnt growth and bioenergy grasses, crop science
SP: T1, T3
Rebecca Willett
Data analytics and ML
SP: T3, CT4
Zhiyong Cai
Conversion of plant-derived lignin to graphene
Collaborator, T1, T2
Expected Outcomes
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Precision growth recipes for plants/grasses with desired cellulose to lignin composition.
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Methods for efficient extraction and conversion of cellulose and lignin for ink materials and additives.
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A scalable manufacturing process to produce bio-based and nanomaterials-based inks.
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A future manufacturing platform to print sensors, LIBs, and other electronic devices.
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Life-cycle (LCA) and techno-economic analysis (TEA) tools and data to guide design and implementation of a cost-effective and environmentally responsible printing platform.
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An open source, public manufacturing data infrastructure (BEMDI) empowered by AI/ML algorithms to democratizeon-demand printing of customizable, biodegradable/recyclable electronic devices.
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An array of inclusiveeducation and workforce development (EWD) programs that will educate, train, engage, and excite all-age audiences.
Translation through
Strategic Collaborations
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MADE-PUBLIC centers around Chicago regional strengths in agriculture, materials and manufacturing, and AI/ML.
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Our goal is to facilitate translation of MADE-PUBLIC outcomes by establishing a vibrant cyber manufacturing innovation ecosystem,assisted by critical stakeholders that span the entire value chain of agriculture–electronics.
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These stakeholders include Domtar (paper, pulp processing); USDA Forest Products Laboratory (FPL, lignin-derived graphene); Ernst Seeds (seeds); NanoIntegris (nanomaterials ink); MilliporeSigma (printable ink); IDS (printer); Corteva (data); Molex (electronics); NanoAffix (nanosensor); Argonne’s Manufacturing Engineering Research Facility (MERF, scale-up manufacturing) and DLHub (data infrastructure); NIST (materials genome); NUCESR (sustainability); NIMSI (manufacturing); Manufacturing USA Institute MxD (digital manufacturing); mHUB (manufacturing incubator); DPI (skilled workforce development); and the general public (general users).
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Data produced from the project will be deposited into existing materials data platforms: MDF; LCA data platform; NanoHUB; nanoMFG; and Argonne’s manufacturing data platform, MDML, which is supported by ML tools, DLHub, and MDF connections.
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Stakeholders will work with the project team to ensure the alignment of project results toward translation.
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Research and EWD are synchronized to educate, train, engage, and excite diverse, all-age audiences.
News
MADE-PUBLIC to participate in the NSF Convergence Accelerator Expo on July 28-29, 2021
Partners
