Category: Mechanical Engineering
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School bus safety during the COVID-19 pandemic: 8 recommendations
In The Conversation, Capecelatro offers suggestions like keeping windows open, shorter trips and below half-capacity seating on public buses.
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The science behind campus bus changes during COVID-19
Engineers used smoke machines, physics-based modeling and route optimization algorithms to quantify risk.
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Harnessing ultrasonic waves to better monitor aging pipeline infrastructure
Phononics can address problems with signal attenuation.
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First measurement of electron energy distributions
The new tool could enable the design of more efficient sustainable energy and chemistry technologies.
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Lights in the labs – and eyes – of researchers coming back to work
‘Noncritical’ in-person research begins ramping up, with public-health protocols.
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Advancing creativity and mentorship in engineering education
Impactful work in the fledgling Engineering Education Research program is recognized with prestigious awards
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Two new devices protect health care workers, help patients during COVID-19
Clinicians and researchers published two proof-of-concept papers.
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Delivery robots help Ann Arbor restaurants weather COVID
U-M startup says robotic food deliveries have quadrupled.
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Grad student’s ventilator design sparks conversations with doctors and engineers
Affordable proof-of-concept device automates the manual squeezing required by bag valve masks.
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Repurposed industrial respirator could free ventilators for COVID-19 patients
University of Michigan researchers have developed a helmet solution to support patients, protect health care workers and safeguard hospital systems.
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For necessary eye exams, a new breath shield protects patients and doctors
Close proximity eye exams will need to continue during lockdown, calling for increased safety.
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How everyday products are supercharging methane, and what that means.
“Siloxanes” could be key to deriving bolstered energy production from biogas.