Accelerating the Future of Materials Science.
a Safer World.
The MDRI Mission
To discover and deliver breakthrough materials to build a safer, more sustainable future for all.
From energy storage to environment cleanup, the path to a safer, more resilient world runs through material innovation. But traditional discovery is too slow for the urgency we face. At MDRI, we accelerate the design and deployment of novel materials using AI, automation, and high-throughput experimentation, cutting years off development timelines and turning scientific possibility into global impact.
There is no time to waste to solve global challenges.
This is why UL Research Institutes has invested in a new type of lab built on accelerated methods that fuses computational chemistry, AI, robotics, and prototype development.
Computational Chemistry and AI
First principles computational chemistry combined with AI and human expertise provides a powerful way to explore new potential materials to solve global challenges.
Automated Robotic Experimentation and Testing
Automated robotics and testing drastically speeds up real-world experiemtns to test the feasibility of computational approaches. Results are fed back into the computational chemistry and AI to constantly improve.
Prototype Demonstration
Scaling up promising materials into prototypes drastically increases confidence in new materials and time to market. Results here too are fed back into the computational chemistry and AI to constantly improve.
This approach compresses time from inception (TRL 0) to prototypes (TRL 7) to months, not decades.
The MDRI Lab
Introducing MDRI: The World's Materials Labs purposely built from the ground up to help usher in a safer, more sustainable world.
Research
Research is driven by UL Research Institutes' grand challenges that drive it's mission for a safer, more sustainable future.
Our research targets two of the world's most urgent challenges: developing breakthrough materials for clean energy generation and long-duration storage, and engineering solutions that permanently remove pollutants from air and water.
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partnerships
Building Real-World Solutions, Together
The challenges we face are too complex to solve alone. Thats's why we're proud to work alongside a growing coalition of leaders in science, industry, and innovation–partners who share our urgency, ambition, and belief in the power of materials to shape a better future.
