The Michigan Engineer News Center

3D printing 100 times faster with light

The new method also results in a stronger print than typical layered models. | Short Read

Colony of bacteria in culture medium plate. Getty Images

A ‘decathlon’ for antibiotics puts them through more realistic testing

Surprise findings could upend the current drug discovery approach for treating one of the most dangerous hospital-borne infections. | Medium Read

Cartilage could be key to safe ‘structural batteries’

The new prototype cells can run for more than 100 cycles at 90 percent capacity and withstand hard impacts and even stabbing. | Medium Read

Videos

6099 : A Search for the Self, the Soul, and the Way Out

Biopolymer for compostable diapers

Mars Habitat | University of Michigan Team BLiSS

Toward brain-like computing: New memristor better mimics synapses

Competition and cooperation, which regulate the strengthening and weakening of connections in the brain, can now be modeled directly. | Medium Read

Prof. Rood co-authors paper on Great Lakes water level change implications | Short Read

Combining the real and virtual worlds improves driverless vehicle testing | Medium Read

A new lead on a 50-year-old radiation damage mystery | Medium Read

Campus & Community

North campus’ Grove and Duderstadt during fall 2018. Photo: Evan Dougherty

Faculty and staff rewarded for promoting Michigan Engineering values

A new pilot program recognizes faculty and staff for their creativity, innovation and daring. | Short Read

Michigan RobotX team finds camaraderie in competition | Short Read

Embracing changing landscapes: autonomy, space exploration and diversity | Medium Read

Understanding at every level | Medium Read

Faculty Perspectives

Carol Menassa, CEE Professor, and Baddu Mantha, CEE PhD Student, test an environmental data collection robot their research. Photo: Joseph Xu

Is there a better way to control room temperature?

Researchers are working toward a future where furnaces and air conditioners could respond in real time to occupants' needs. | Medium Read

The web really isn’t worldwide – every country has different access | Medium Read

How recycling more steel and aluminum could slash imports without a trade war | Medium Read

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

Putting the AI in aviation

Features

On-Ramp to a Driverless Future

Ripple Effect

What’s happening in Detroit, with the help of the Michigan Engineering Zone, may help solve Michigan’s economic manpower problem.

The threat that never sleeps: Can science stop superbugs?

Traditional antibiotics are losing the battle with bacteria and Michigan engineers are stepping into the breach.

Creating Better Engineers

Understanding mentorship and community to create engineers.

In the News

United Press International January 14, 2019

Light powers faster 3D printing

CHE professor Mark Burns details new 3D printing that's faster and stronger than traditional methods.

Wired January 16, 2019

A poker-playing robot goes to work for the Pentagon

Michael Wellman, the Lynn A Conway Collegiate Professor of Computer Science and Engineering, discusses how AI might help in military decision-making with Wired.

The Washington Post January 11, 2019

AccuWeather developed a hurricane category scale, and it worries some meteorologists

CLaSP professor Richard Rood discusses on-going challenges of predicting hurricanes with Washington Post.

January 9, 2019

Climate’s big unknown: What’s happening beneath Antarctica’s ice?

CLaSP professor Richard Rood discusses the impact of climate change with the Wall Street Journal.

history

Five year plan: The North Campus story

Ed Lesher: Aircraft Hall of Famer

LASIK: The Bladeless Scalpel

Q&A with Samuel Ting

Photography