aet: an acronym for alternative energy technologies; the family of technologies that leverage alternative, advanced or renewable energy for power generation, transportation, and energy storage
net⋅work: an association of individuals and organizations that connect and collaborate to share common interests and to advance common goals
NextEnergy’s AETNetwork
AETNetwork is a searchable tool that showcases the key people and projects, universities and companies that are leading Michigan’s rapidly expanding alternative energy industry. It includes detailed information for universities – including researchers, available R&D facilities, current projects and available IP in the alternative energy field – as well as profiles of emerging ventures and manufacturing companies who are diversifying into the AET industry. Search now -- it’s open to everyone. Click here to learn how to create a profile. You can use it to find specific technology developers and the projects they are working on, to explore university resources available for collaboration with industry, to seek strategic partners, and to follow the complex web of relationships between people, universities, companies, and research projects. Or you can just browse it to see what is happening in the state.
PROFILES ON AETNETWORK
· Michigan universities
o Current AET research projects
o Facilities or resources available to industry for AET development
o Researchers and key personnel
· Early-stage ventures with marketable AE technologies
o Project or product information
o Strategic partners
o Key personnel
· Michigan manufacturing companies with alternative energy capabilities
o Details on capabilities
o Contacts and key personnel
· Individual stakeholders
o University researcher s, and technology transfer personnel , and others
o Company contacts for ventures and suppliers
o Other strategic partners
· Collaborative projects
o Strategic partner organizations
o Key researchers and contacts
PROFILE ELIGIBILITY
We are eager to expand this resource, and invite you to consider adding your organization. Profiles are limited to people and organizations who fit into the above categories, specifically:
· Any Michigan university personnel involved in advancing the development of AET
· Any supplier with demonstrated capabilities to source components or manufacturing services to AET industry
· Any technology development venture determined by our team to have innovative, marketable AET that is close to commercialization
If you would to be added to the AETNetwork, please begin the approval process by clicking Create a new profile.