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Who we stand for as engineers – Puerto Rico relief effort

by Joseph Xu
Michigan Engineering
October 17, 2017
Hispanic Michigan Engineering Graduate students worked to gather relief supplies for Puerto Rico.| Short Read
Hispanic Michigan Engineering Graduate students worked to gather relief supplies for Puerto Rico for Puerto Rico Rises-Ann Arbor, a group co-founded by IOE Alumnus Rose Figueroa.
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Black Engineers convention comes to Detroit and ECE is there to welcome the record-breaking 14,000 attendees

At this year’s convention for the National Society of Black Engineers, U-M professors, students, and alums came together with the other attendees to share experiences, offer career advice, and explore how to positively impact society.| Medium Read
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Seth Guikema and Thomas Chen win U.S. Public Health Service Engineering literary award

U-M IOE's Seth Guikema and Thomas Chen have won the 2019 Robert C Williams Engineering Literary Award from the U.S. Public Health Service. | Short Read
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NSBE 45 focuses on bettering communities and networking

Members gathered in Detroit to attend over 100 professional workshops and panels. | Medium Read
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Ice-proofing big structures with a “beautiful demonstration of mechanics”

'You're missing a trick,' mechanical engineer tells materials scientist. | Medium Read
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Sensing technology could keep seniors safe. | Medium Read
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Great Lakes ice cover forecasts: A new approach enables local predictions

New approach can reliably predict months in advance whether ice will form in a given winter, as well as the timing of ice onset. | Medium Read

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Research News
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How to hack your deadline: Admit it’s uncertain

Two simple steps can take the fear out of drop-dead dates. | Short 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

A Jetsons future? Assessing the role of flying cars in sustainable mobility | Medium Read
Campus & Community
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Prof. J. Alex Halderman named a 2019 Andrew Carnegie Fellow

Halderman will work to further educate lawmakers, future cybersecurity experts, and the public about how to ensure that election results can relied upon and verified | Short 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
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

Election security: Halderman recommends actions to ensure integrity of US systems | Short 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
In the News
Detroit Free Press April 1, 2019
Black engineers convention to help push more minority students into jobs
Alec Gallimore, the Robert J. Vlasic Dean of Engineering, the Richard F. and Eleanor A. Towner Professor, an Arthur F. Thurnau Professor, and a professor both of aerospace engineering and of applied physics is quoted in the Detroit Free Press.
Wired April 22, 2019
Kitty Hawk, flying cars, and the challenges of ‘going 3D’
AERO professor Ella Atkins discusses the FAA's capability to keep up with autonomous aviation safety regulations.
Detroit Free Press April 19, 2019
Experts weigh in on how much Michigan’s heavy trucks damage the state’s roads
UMTRI senior research associate Steve Karamihas explains the variables that make protecting vulnerable roads a challenge in Michigan
Eurekalert! April 17, 2019
In lung disease, crackling and wheezing can be more than just a sign of sickness
BME professor James Grotberg explains a paradigm shift for how doctors understand what they hear through a stethoscope.
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