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Courtney Peckens honored for Ford Foundation Fellowship Program 2012

Civil and Environmental Engineering
April 16, 2012
CEE student, Courtney Peckens, was selected for honorable mention for the Ford Foundation Fellowship Program 2012 Dissertation Competition.| Short Read

Ms. Courtney Peckens, was selected for honorable mention for the Ford Foundation Fellowship Program 2012 Dissertation Competition. She is advised by Jerry Lynch. Congratulations to Courtney for being selected for honorable mention. This is a highly competitive program and attests to the high quality of her application and our graduate students.

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CEE PhD student Arthriya Suksuwan receives CERRA Student Recognition Award

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CEE student receives ASCE scholarship award

CEE undergraduate student Kelly Ni was recognized by the ASCE Southeast Michigan Branch Committee on Younger Members.| Short Read
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Solving the sun’s super-heating mystery with Parker Solar Probe

Probe will go where no spacecraft has gone and measure a process never directly observed before. | Medium Read
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Open-source bionic leg: First-of-its-kind platform aims to rapidly advance prosthetics

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Research News
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Building a language of touch: Nadine Sarter Q&A

How do we improve the communication and coordination between humans and machines? | Medium Read

A quicker eye for robotics to help in our cluttered, human environments | Medium Read

Hydrogen fuel cells: With a database of 500,000 materials, researchers zero in on best bets | Medium Read

U-M’s Automotive Research Center funded with $50M through 2024 | Short Read
Campus & Community
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In water system engineering, local is the new global

Engineering students must learn how ‘decentralized’ systems offer flexible, cost-effective solutions that empower communities. | Medium Read

An international effort launches to determine best CO2 utilization technologies | Medium Read

NSBE 45 focuses on bettering communities and networking | Medium Read

The race to zero carbon emissions | Medium Read
Faculty Perspectives
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Op-ed: How Michigan Engineering increased the number of women in college leadership

In The Chronicle of Higher Education, Alec Gallimore outlines the long–and short–term strategies. | Medium Read

Climate change is driving rapid shifts between high and low water levels on the Great Lakes | Short Read

Water stays in the pipes longer in shrinking cities – a challenge for public health | Short Read

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In the News
USA Today May 30, 2019
Floods, tornadoes, snow in May: Extreme weather driven by climate change across US
CLaSP professor Richard Rood tells USA Today that climate change is causing more extreme weather events across the U.S.
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One of the biggest mysteries surrounding the Sun may soon be solved
CLaSP associate professor Justin Kasper explains how Parker Solar Probe can help prove a theory for why the Sun's outer atmosphere is warmer than its surface.
Wired May 21, 2019
GM gives all its vehicles a new soul
Mechanical Engineering Professor Anna Stefanopoulou explains the impact of connected, data-collecting vehicles in Wired.
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Atmospheric methane levels are going up—and no one knows why
CLaSP Assistant Professor Eric Kort told Wired that atmospheric methane is a wicked, but solvable problem for the planet.
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