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Drone flying at night in the M-Air facility

M-Air autonomous aerial vehicle outdoor lab opens

Michigan Engineering now hosts advanced robotics facilities for land, air, sea, and space. | Medium Read
Student pours liquids over plastic slides

“Everything-repellent” coating could kid-proof phones, homes

Clear surface repels all liquids | Short Read
Halderman standing in front of voting machines

‘I hacked an election. So can the Russians.’

Professor Alex Halderman and the New York Times staged a mock election to demonstrate voting machine vulnerability. | Short Read
Videos

Streamline Public Transit | Tierra Bills

PriBot - AI Powered Chat Bot that Navigates Privacy Policies

Stephen Forrest | Organic Solar Cells

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Research News
Close-up of 3D bacteria

‘Nightmare bacteria:’ Michigan Engineers discuss how to combat antibiotic resistance

Drug-resistant bugs are on the rise and new approaches are needed. | Medium Read

Nuclear nonproliferation: U-M participates in project monitoring nuclear reactors from afar | Medium Read
No sponge left behind: tags for surgical equipment | Medium Read
Microscale 3D printing for medicine | 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

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
U-M becomes first test bed for on-demand transportation system | 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

Chinese Falling Space Station | U-M Experts Weigh In | Short Read
Can sound be used as a weapon? 4 questions answered | Short Read
America is outsourcing innovation, and we need to bring it back | Medium 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
Scientific American April 17, 2018
Can AI really solve Facebook’s problems?
Florian Schaub, assistant EECS professor, is quoted.
The Washington Post March 29, 2018
University of Michigan’s outdoor drone lab takes flight
Jessy Grizzle, ME and EECS professor, is the director for Michigan Robotics. AERO professor Ella Atkins is also quoted.
Bloomberg March 23, 2018
The self-driving Uber in fatal crash didn’t have a vision problem
Matthew Johnson-Roberson, assistant EECS professor, is quoted.
The Washington Post March 23, 2018
The Energy 202: The White House wants to kill this popular energy program, but Rick Perry calls it ‘impressive’
Gregory Keoleian, CEE professor, led a study on the environmental impact of self-driving cars.
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
A professor embraces a contributing family member at the opening ceremony of the Adam Friedman Marine Hydrodynamics Laboratory.
Julie Young, Director of the Marine Hydrodynamics Laboratory, embraces a member of the Friedman Family at the re-opening of the renovated and renamed Aaron Friedman Marine Hydrodynamics Laboratory on Central Campus. |more »