The Startup Finale 2017

Michigan Engineering

May 9, 2017

The final teams fight for their chance to win the grand prize of $15,000.| Short Read

Explore:Campus & Community Center for Entrepreneurship Students Entrepreneurship Undergraduates

Contact

Christine Gordon
Student Affairs Program Specialist

Center for Entrepreneurship

gordc@umich.edu

(734) 763-2903

3350 Duderstadt Center

The electrons absorb laser light and set up “momentum combs” (the hills) spanning the energy valleys within the material (the red line). When the electrons have an energy allowed by the quantum mechanical structure of the material—and also touch the edge of the valley—they emit light. This is why some teeth of the combs are bright and some are dark. By measuring the emitted light and precisely locating its source, the research mapped out the energy valleys in a 2D crystal of tungsten diselenide. Credit: Markus Borsch, Quantum Science Theory Lab, University of Michigan.

Mapping quantum structures with light to unlock their capabilities

Rather than installing new “2D” semiconductors in devices to see what they can do, this new method puts them through their paces with lasers and light detectors. | Medium Read

Pioneering a way to keep very small satellites in orbit

More than 250 students had a hand in a satellite scheduled to launch on January 17th, the first in space for a project to keep nanosats in orbit by harnessing Earth’s magnetic field. | Medium Read

$9.95M for “smart intersections” across Ann Arbor

Technology embedded in existing infrastructure will provide data to connected and automated vehicles, bolstering safety. | Medium Read

Videos

Removing and reusing phosphorus from agricultural runoff

Sensors for monitoring condition of 100-year-old Detroit water pipe

Simulating aerosolized particles to improve bus safety during COVID-19

more videos »

Research News

‘Peecycling’ payoff: Urine diversion shows multiple environmental benefits when used at city scale

New study is the first in-depth analysis of the environmental performance and benefits of large-scale urine recycling relative to conventional wastewater treatment and fertilizer production. | Medium Read

Touchless respiratory and heart rate measurement for COVID-19 health screening | Medium Read

Chemistry and energy: Machine learning to understand catalyst interactions | Medium Read

Coordination and collaboration are critical to U.S. leadership in plasma science: a Q&A with the Plasma 2020 Decadal Study co-chair | Medium Read

Campus & Community

Steady leadership

With the announcement of Alec Gallimore’s second term as dean, we look back at the results from his first term’s strategic vision. | Medium Read

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

A DEI culture shift | Medium Read

How a COVID-19 app built at U-Michigan is helping businesses stay open | Medium Read

Faculty Perspectives

Strategies to help support students during a pandemic

Mentoring in the time of COVID-19. | Medium Read

The pandemic has revealed the cracks in US manufacturing: Here’s how to fix them | Short Read

Advanced mobility is about more than technology. Our workforce should reflect that. | Short Read

Before we put $100 billion in AI | Short Read

In the News

Detroit Free Press January 5, 2021

Michigan winters, as generations have known them, may be coming to an end

Professor of Climate and Space Sciences and Engineering Richard Rood explains how states like Michigan and Wisconsin are seeing warmer winter temperatures faster than other places around the country.

SlashGear January 11, 2021

Experimental cubesat heading to orbit will test a new propulsion method

Michigan Engineering's student-built cubesat is featured in SlashGear.

WXYZ January 7, 2021

20 ‘smart intersections’ coming to Ann Arbor

Details on a nearly 10M project to bring more smart intersections to Ann Arbor is detailed in WXYZ.

Bloomberg January 4, 2021

Stimulus law program to scrub carbon from air draws skeptics

Arthur F. Thurnau Professor Volker Sick explains why removing carbon dioxide from the environment is necessary as industry continues to burn fossil fuels.

The Startup Finale 2017

Five year plan: The North Campus story

Ed Lesher: Aircraft Hall of Famer

LASIK: The Bladeless Scalpel

Q&A with Samuel Ting