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Mcity Driverless Shuttle launches on U-M’s North Campus

U-M’s North Campus is now home to the first driverless shuttle project in the U.S. focusing on user behavior research. | Medium Read

A solar array on U-M’s North Campus

The material that could power tomorrow’s solar cells

‘We estimate that a finished solar cell could be about ten times cheaper than an equivalent gallium arsenide cell.’ | 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

Pill for Better Diagnosis of Breast Cancer | Michigan Engineering

Parker Solar Probe | Faraday Cup Final Testing

A Social Community Close To Her Heart

Artistic rendition of CYGNSS in orbit.

CYGNSS’ ocean achievements pave way for land applications

18 months after the satellites launched, researchers are still discovering new study opportunities. | Medium Read

Europa’s ocean: New evidence from an old mission | Medium Read

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

Light could make semiconductor computers a million times faster or even go quantum | 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

A car drives through potholes in the road

Bendable concrete, with a design inspired by seashells, can make US infrastructure safer and more durable

Bendable concrete makes infrastructure safer, extends its service life and reduces maintenance costs and resource use. | Short Read

What are these ‘levels’ of autonomous vehicles? | Medium Read

Zuckerberg Capitol Hill testimony: Engineering experts offer comments | Short Read

‘I hacked an election. So can the Russians.’ | Short Read

Creating Better Engineers

Understanding mentorship and community to create engineers.

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.

The Wall Street Journal June 18, 2018

Can ultrasonic noise make you sick?

Kevin Fu, associate EECS professor, and his team showed how ultrasonic signals can combine to produce audible and potentially dangerous tones similar to the ones that the diplomats described.

Time June 13, 2018

Net Neutrality is officially dead. Here’s how the changes could affect you, according to experts

Florian Schaub, assistant EECS professor, is quoted.

Scientific American June 11, 2018

Could connected cars pose a new threat to smart cities?

Z Morley Mao, EECS professor, co-wrote the article with EECS PhD candidate Qi Alfred Chen.

CBC May 29, 2018

Mysterious brain injuries at embassies may be linked to common ultrasonic devices

Kevin Fu, associate EECS professor, and his team were able to recreate the ear-shredding screech reported by embassy workers.

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

Two individuals kayak on the Huron River.

As the summer gives both time and space to exploration beyond campus, individuals and groups find themselves throughout Ann Arbor, enjoying its beauty and resources as these two do kayaking on the Huron River. |more »