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Jupiter's moon Europa viewed from space

Europa’s ocean: New evidence from an old mission

Image from Hubbel, data from Galileo support theory moon is home to global body of water | Medium Read

Toward a stem cell model of human nervous system development

Human cells could one day show us more about why neural tube birth defects occur and how to prevent them. | Medium Read
A timelapse of traffic at night in Ann Arbor.

Even one automated, connected car improves safety, energy use in traffic

In a chain-reaction braking event, an automated vehicle with connected cruise control can slow down more efficiently. | Medium Read
Videos

Pill for Better Diagnosis of Breast Cancer | Michigan Engineering

Parker Solar Probe | Faraday Cup Final Testing

A Social Community Close To Her Heart

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Research News
Digital illustration of the Parker Solar Probe approaching the Sun

Key Parker Solar Probe sensor bests sun simulator—last launch hurdle

With old IMAX projector bulbs, Michigan Engineers simulate the sun. | Medium Read

Light could make semiconductor computers a million times faster or even go quantum | Medium Read
Recreating supernova reaction yields new insights for fusion energy | Short Read
International Antarctic glacier study focuses on sea level changes | Medium Read
Campus & Community
Benton Harbor partners with U-M researchers to bolster public transit

Surveys and electronic tracking will help boost transit efforts to connect residents with jobs. | Short Read

Volker Sick receives president’s international education award | Medium Read
Installing an alternative on spring break | Medium Read
Alumnus Garlin Gilchrist II serves as inaugural director of U-M Center for Social Media Responsibility | Medium Read
Faculty Perspectives
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg seated at a table
Zuckerberg Capitol Hill testimony: Engineering experts offer comments

U-M profs weigh new business model, European-style regulation | Short Read

‘I hacked an election. So can the Russians.’ | Short Read
Chinese Falling Space Station | U-M Experts Weigh In | Short Read
Can sound be used as a weapon? 4 questions answered | Short Read
Joi Mondisa
Creating Better Engineers

Understanding mentorship and community to create engineers.

Features
Q&A with Samuel Ting

Nobel Laureate and Michigan Engineer

How to Disrupt

Lessons from Tony Fadell

Out of the Cold War’s Shadow

The new technology of nuclear nonproliferation

Something Groovy This Way Goes

Before “geek” was “cool,” Michigan Engineers still found time for fact-finding, fashion -- and fun.

In the News
IEEE Spectrum May 16, 2018
Crossbar Pushes Resisted RAM into Embedded AI
Company co-founded by Wei Lu, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science and Applied Physics Professor, hopes to move artificial intelligence systems into mobile devices.
Wired May 16, 2018
It takes a single autonomous car to prevent phantom traffic jams
Gabor Orosz, ME associate professor, led the research.
Wired April 26, 2018
The lab making robots walk through fire and ride segways
Jessy Grizzle, EECS and ME professor, and his lab are teaching bipedal robot Cassie to navigate all kinds of environments.
Engadget April 25, 2018
Our democracy is broken. Why can’t technology fix it?
J. Alex Halderman, EECS professor, proved that voting software was vulnerable to security threats.
bicentennial web project

Samuel Ting: Nobel Laureate 

LNF: From Modest to Top Tier

Ed Lesher: Aircraft Hall of Famer

G.G. Brown: Mentor and Pioneer

Photography
The Michigan Human-Powered Submarine team test their submarine vehicle in the Marine Hydrodynamics Laboratory.
The Michigan Human-Powered Submarine team races through the tow tank at the Marine Hydrodynamics Laboratory as they prepare for competition. |more »