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The summer sun rises on North Campus

COVID-19: Research and Resources

Keep up with the U-M community as it reacts and responds to COVID-19. | Short Read
Manhole cover on a road

A sewage surveillance effort to track COVID-19

We don't know much about how coronaviruses move through the environment. U-M and Stanford engineers aim to change that. | Medium Read
A man stacks cubes using a prosthetic arm

‘It’s like you have a hand again’

An ultra-precise mind-controlled prosthetic | Medium Read
Videos

Continuing research in the face of COVID-19 and coronavirus

Optimizing comfort for nurses in high-stress situations with sensors

Ultra-precise, mind-controlled prosthetic hand for amputees via RPNI neural interface

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Research News
the resonator on a quarter

Small, precise and affordable gyroscope for navigating without GPS

Accurate gyroscopes are a bottleneck for backup navigation systems in autonomous vehicles. | Medium Read

Big data, small footprint | Medium Read
Designing lightweight glass for efficient cars and wind turbines | Medium Read
Containment efforts appear to step down the spread of COVID-19 from the exponential norm | Medium Read
Campus & Community
Stephen Forrest
Russel Lecture: Fighting climate change with organic electronics

The researcher-entrepreneur who helped bring OLED displays to the masses envisions a future of efficient lighting and next-gen solar power. | Medium Read

Doing science at a social distance | Short Read
Engineering Events: Earth Day at 50 | Medium Read
Launching Solar Orbiter | Medium Read
Faculty Perspectives
drugs
Medical supply chains are fragile in the best of times and COVID-19 will test their strength

The pipeline of pharmaceuticals is easily disrupted. | Short Read

Autonomous vehicles can be fooled to ‘see’ nonexistent obstacles | Short Read
The coronavirus and class broadcasts | Short Read
A plasma reactor zaps airborne viruses – and could help slow the spread of infectious diseases | Short Read
Give Earth [another] chance

Features
Submerged

When a Soviet nuclear submarine went missing during the Cold War, the United States launched a secret CIA operation to recover it. As alumni on the mission explain, the engineering challenges almost seemed impossible.

A View Beyond

A personal tour through what Hubble has shown us.

Aspiring Selves

Sumeyra Emre has many roles, with each competing for her time. But she refuses to give up any of the identities that make up her whole self.

Solve for life

Racing to unlock the equations that could save the Amazon – and us all.

In the News
Bloomberg March 26, 2020
Cybersecurity Experts Say Hacking Risk Is High for Mobile Voting
As state governments eye mobile and online voting during the COVID-19 pandemic, Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Alex Halderman says it poses a serious security risk.
MIT Technology Review March 4, 2020
An implant uses machine learning to give amputees control over prosthetic hands
'Ultra-precise mind-controlled bionics' research done in collaboration with Paul Cederna, Robert Oneal Collegiate Professor of Plastic Surgery and Professor of Biomedical Engineering, and Cindy Chestek, Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering, is detailed in MIT Technology Review.
Freethink March 3, 2020
New lasers see into the brain to detect concussions
University of Michigan Engineering researchers' work to detect distressed cells in the brain is detailed by Freethink.
Mashable February 28, 2020
How to maximize the life of your electric car’s battery, according to science
U-M study on electric vehicle range is cited by Mashable.
history

Five year plan: The North Campus story

Ed Lesher: Aircraft Hall of Famer

LASIK: The Bladeless Scalpel

Q&A with Samuel Ting

Photography
A photograph of the IOE building remaining empty and silent.
With classes moving online and many staff and faculty working remotely, the IOE Building stands silent the afternoon of March 17, 2020. |more »