The Michigan Engineer News Center

U-Michigan, Ford open world-class robotics complex

The facility will accelerate the future of advanced and more equitable robotics and mobility | Medium Read

Guosong Zeng, a postdoctoral scholar at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, at work testing the artificial photosynthesis device developed by Zetian Mi, a professor of electrical and computer engineering at the University of Michigan.

Artificial photosynthesis devices that improve themselves with use

'Our discovery is a real game-changer. I’ve never seen such stability.' | Medium Read

An artistic render of someone spreading a virus in the air by coughing.

Coughs create complicated airflows. A new project explores how they spread viruses

U-Michigan and Auburn researchers will use cough simulators, lasers, mannequins, human subjects and computational modeling. | Medium Read

Videos

Learning to build accessible software systems remotely via Zoom

Measuring how dental procedures aerosolize particles to limit the spread of COVID-19

Hurricane forecasting satellite CYGNSS also monitors water over land.

Election lessons from Michigan

Election security expert J. Alex Halderman dissects Antrim County's election debacle to help future contests go more smoothly. | Medium Read

Streamlining aircraft | Long Read

$12.75M for reliable hypersonic engines and artificial photosynthesis | Medium Read

Wastewater treatment at one-third the size and cost | Medium Read

Campus & Community

We must do more to confront anti-Asian violence and hatred

Supporting our AAPI communities in the wake of Atlanta shooting. | Medium Read

U-M Battery Lab to join Michigan Materials Research Institute | Medium Read

U-Michigan professor appointed to FDA medical device security post | Medium Read

Engineering seeks to educate on societal racism, bias through new proposals | Medium Read

Faculty Perspectives

Mario Gutierrez consults Prof. Lola Eniola in a lab

Black biomedical scientists still lag in research funding – here’s why that matters to all Americans

In The Conversation, Omolola Eniola-Adefeso says "If science is to benefit all Americans, science first must be done by all Americans." | Short Read

How to make the robot revolution serve the people

Features

Six diversity myths

Stress Test

The Future of Lasers

A Face That Looks Like Mine

In the News

Bloomberg April 7, 2021

There’s another way to pay for infrastructure projects

Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering Peter Adriaens op-ed in Bloomberg explores the ways the U.S. can finance infrastructure improvements by packaging and selling data on their usage.

The Washington Post April 7, 2021

The revolution in satellite technology means there are swarms of spacecraft no bigger than a loaf of bread in orbit

Professor of Climate and Space Sciences and Engineering Brian Gilchrist's class where students built small satellites is featured in Washington Post.

Time March 29, 2021

‘Garbage freaking everywhere’ as Americans venture outdoors after a year of lockdowns

Professor Brian Love is quoted in Time.

The Hill March 2, 2021

What is bendable concrete, and how can it help fight climate change?

Global CO2 Initiative researchers explain how their work can contribute to curbing climate change.

history

Five year plan: The North Campus story

Ed Lesher: Aircraft Hall of Famer

LASIK: The Bladeless Scalpel

Q&A with Samuel Ting

Photography