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Chemical Engineering

November 18, 2016

November 29 is Giving Blueday! | Short Read

November 29 is Giving Blueday! This year we are asking you to support the Department through gifts made to our Chemical Engineering Graduate Student Support Fund. From midnight through 11:59 p.m. EST on November 29th, you can be a victor for Michigan by making a gift to support. Your gift, no matter the size, will make a difference.

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Sandy Swisher
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Chemical Engineering

sandys@umich.edu

(734) 764-7413

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Engineering in the Valley of Death

Join the Department as it celebrates the research of graduate students through both oral and poster presentations. The keynote speaker is Dr. John Younger, co-founder and Chief Technology Officer at Akadeum Life Sciences, Inc.| Short Read

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An even smaller world’s smallest ‘computer’

The latest from IBM and now the University of Michigan is redefining what counts as a computer at the microscale. | Short Read

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How to color-code nearly invisible nanoparticles

With a bit of metal, nanoparticles shine in colors based on size. | Medium Read

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Mcity Driverless Shuttle launches on U-M’s North Campus

U-M’s North Campus is now home to the first driverless shuttle project in the U.S. focusing on user behavior research. | Medium Read

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The material that could power tomorrow’s solar cells

‘We estimate that a finished solar cell could be about ten times cheaper than an equivalent gallium arsenide cell.’ | Medium Read

CYGNSS’ ocean achievements pave way for land applications | Medium Read

Toward a stem cell model of human nervous system development | Medium Read

Europa’s ocean: New evidence from an old mission | 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

Volker Sick receives president’s international education award | Medium 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

Faculty Perspectives

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

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

Zuckerberg Capitol Hill testimony: Engineering experts offer comments | Short Read

‘I hacked an election. So can the Russians.’ | Short Read

The Wall Street Journal June 18, 2018

Can ultrasonic noise make you sick?

Kevin Fu, associate EECS professor, and his team showed how ultrasonic signals can combine to produce audible and potentially dangerous tones similar to the ones that the diplomats described.

Time June 13, 2018

Net Neutrality is officially dead. Here’s how the changes could affect you, according to experts

Florian Schaub, assistant EECS professor, is quoted.

Scientific American June 11, 2018

Could connected cars pose a new threat to smart cities?

Z Morley Mao, EECS professor, co-wrote the article with EECS PhD candidate Qi Alfred Chen.

CBC May 29, 2018

Mysterious brain injuries at embassies may be linked to common ultrasonic devices

Kevin Fu, associate EECS professor, and his team were able to recreate the ear-shredding screech reported by embassy workers.

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