BROADVIEW, Ill. – Bosch announced this week it is collaborating with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in a new energy research initiative to explore new materials and concepts for energy conversion and energy storage systems.

Specifically, Bosch has become a Sustaining Member of the MIT Energy Initiative (MITEI) with the commitment of $5 million dollars over five years. Bosch’s financial contribution will fund a research portfolio at MIT based on energy efficiency and renewable energy research projects, and will also support 10 "Bosch-MIT Energy Fellows" – graduate students who will conduct research in various energy disciplines. In addition, Bosch will also have a seat on the MITEI governing board.

This new partnership is part of Bosch’s commitment to the development of energy efficient technologies and its heritage of developing technologies that can be used in the manufacture of vehicles.

The MITEI-Bosch collaboration will focus on three areas:

-The atomistic modeling and computational search for new materials in electrochemical energy storage and electromechanical actuation.

-Nano-structured thermoelectric materials for residential heat and electricity cogeneration.

-Ultra-efficient thin-film solar cells.

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