Materials science and engineering professor Vijay Vasudevan earned more than $1 million through an ARPA-E Cooperative Agreement for his project, "High Efficiency, Resilient Transformers for Next Generation Power Distribution Systems." This project supports the research and development of advanced low-loss, grain-oriented steel designed to improve the energy efficiency of transformers used in the electric power grid. The research team will identify and fabricate promising steel alloy compositions, evaluate their performance using defined technical metrics and narrow the field to the most effective candidates. By reducing energy losses during electricity transmission and distribution, the technology has the potential to lower operating costs, decrease wasted power and contribute to a more reliable and sustainable energy infrastructure.