Engineering Research News

June 8, 2021

‘Transportation is a form of freedom’: How to make it more equitable

Why we need greater collaboration among transportation companies, cities, nonprofits and academia.

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Popular Science

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NASA’s Juno orbiter captured striking close-ups of Jupiter’s biggest moon

Xianzhe Jia offers perspective on the recent Ganymede flyby that left radiation marks on the orbiter’s photos. Xianzhe Jia an associate professor of climate and space sciences and engineering.

Detroit business

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U-M Exploring next-gen electric vehicle batteries

Neil Dasgupta and Jeff Sakamoto lay out hurdles for tech that could double EV range.

Science Alert

June 15

A satellite study just changed how we track microplastics on a global scale

Chris Ruf explains how CYGNSS’ detection of ocean roughness could help us track ocean pollutants. Ruf is the Frederick Bartman Collegiate Professor of Climate and Space Science.

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FACULTY PERSPECTIVES

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U-M’s Ford Motor Company Robotics Building

The facility will accelerate the future of advanced and more equitable robotics and mobility.

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New initiatives and developments at Michigan Engineering
The Ford Robotics Building at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, MI.

Testing advanced space engines here on Earth

U-M is a member of a new $15M institute to improve physics-based modeling of advanced thrusters for human space exploration.

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Scott Hall, former doctoral student in aerospace engineering at the University of Michigan, adjusts the record-setting X3 thruster at NASA Glenn Research Center in 2017. Credit: NASA
A rendering of a car plugged into a charging station
A rendering of a car plugged into a charging station

Prepping for the revolution

Transportation is going electric

University of Michigan engineers are working to make our electrified future more equitable and avoid the mistakes of the past.

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Artistic renders of the Solar Orbiter. Provided by the European Space Agency.

SOLAR PROBE

Clean water is a human right. See how Michigan Engineers are working to make an impact on our infrastructure to improve safety.

Solar probe
The International Space Station required 10 years and more than 30 space shuttle missions to assemble. A collaboration among five space agencies representing 15 countries, the ISS has since been home to countless medical and space science research experiments. It also has served as a destination for spacecraft designed by both governmental agencies and private space companies. (Photo courtesy of NASA)

SPACE

Michigan Engineering helped lead space discovery beyond the telescope and into its defining era. See how Michigan Engineers are continuing to protect our most precious planet while traveling across the solar system and beyond

Space
Melina Bautista, CEE Research Fellow, collects water samples from the Ann Arbor Water Treatment Plant in Ann Arbor, MI on January 17, 2019. Bautista collects the samples to determine the effectiveness of water filters that CEE Professor Lutgarde Raskin group works on.

WATER QUALITY

Clean water is a human right. See how Michigan Engineers are working to make an impact on our infrastructure to improve safety.

Water quality