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Zhen Xu and Tejaswi Worlikar using the the 700kHz, 260-element histotripsy ultrasound array transducer

April 21, 2022

Tumors partially destroyed with sound don’t come back, in rats

Technique pioneered at the University of Michigan could improve outcomes for cancer and neurological conditions.

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June 14

A.I. robotaxis already running in China could be coming soon to the U.S.

Ram Vasudevan explains the role artificial intelligence and machine learning will have in improving self-driving vehicle capabilities. Vasudevan is an associate professor of mechanical engineering.

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June 7

University of Michigan’s first undergraduate robotics class to start in fall

Michigan Engineering’s new robotics undergraduate program is detailed. The program received approval on June 2 from the Michigan Association of State Universities and is the first program of its kind at a top ten engineering school.

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It’s time for engineering to be equity-centered

In an op-ed for Inside Higher Ed, Dean Gallimore says diversity, equity and inclusion should be a required part of engineering schools’ curricula.

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New initiatives and developments at Michigan Engineering
Zannatun Alim and Fabiha Khan work on their team's robot during an open house in the Michigan Engineering Zone (MEZ) in 2019. Photo: Joseph Xu/Michigan Engineering, Communications & Marketing

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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The Ford Robotics Building at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, MI.
With the help of MULE, a simple robot, a construction worker places a concrete block in a retaining wall.
With the help of MULE, a simple robot, a construction worker places a concrete block in a retaining wall.

Remodeling the construction industry

Synergy, not replacement

Could human-robot collaboration revitalize an outmoded business model and attract new workers?

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Artist rendering of COVID-19.
Artist rendering of COVID-19. Photo: Steve Alvey/University of Michigan Engineering

COVID-19

From mask decontamination and wastewater testing to airflow modeling and creating a safer campus, Michigan Engineers are helping in the fight against COVID-19.

COVID-19
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