2023 Impact Report
Be Informed. Be Inspired.
Gain insight into how our top scientists strive to keep people safe at home and in their communities by tackling emerging threats to our environment, physical health and the digital ecosystem. Read our impact report, and feel inspired by the progress researchers have made on our commitments to grand challenges, including:
- Building resilience for a sustainable future
- Advancing individual and societal health in the 21st century
- Promoting safety at the human-digital interface
Four Risks Affecting Public Safety
Through multidisciplinary research areas, we aim to curb potential threats to public safety like:
- Risk #1: Wildfires near urban or populated areas
- Risk #2: Climate change fueled by greenhouse gas emissions
- Risk #3: Cybercrime and artificial intelligence
- Risk #4: Fire hazards from products powered by lithium-ion batteries
Read our impact report to learn how we’re helping to tackle safety risks that stem from environmental and chemical pollution, artificial intelligence, and lithium-ion batteries.
How We’re Impacting Sustainability, Safety, and Health
Our scientists are working in state-of-the-art laboratories across the United States to:
- Detect, reduce, and eliminate the dangers that environmental and chemical pollutants pose to human health.
- Overcome the safety and performance limits of storage batteries and other renewable energy technologies and how to overcome those limits.
- Develop tools to help protect individuals from rapidly evolving digital threats.
- Address the world’s unresolved fire safety risks and emerging dangers.
- Harness new materials to advance sustainability, safety, and health.
Read the 2023 impact report to learn more about the ingenuity of our people and how they’re working to create a safer world.
Advancing Science Through Open Science
To advance science, open science is needed. At ULRI, we don’t keep our research findings under lock and key. We publish our work; share our findings at conferences, events, and educational symposiums; and harness the power of partnerships to propel research forward faster and with confidence.
Big problems are better solved when groups pool resources and trade knowledge for the good of science and society.
Read our impact report to see how we’re sharing research and leveraging partnerships to make a difference.
Download the 2023 Impact Report
See how we are bringing safety science research to life.