In the news: Michigan Engineering experts July 26-30

Richard Rood explains that climate change will increase the severity of weather in the Detroit area, leading to increased wear on its infrastructure. Rood is a professor of climate and space sciences and engineering.

Ella Atkins says that a software issue preventing human pilots to regain control from automated software, resulting in a crash, should be patched immediately. Atkins is a professor of aerospace engineering and professor of electrical engineering and computer science.

Terese Olson’s research looking at permanently destroying PFAS at a molecular level is featured. Olson is a civil and environmental engineering associate chair and an associate professor of civil and environmental engineering.

MLive details the Apollo 15 mission, was was helmed by astronauts David Scott, James Irwin and Al Worden — an all U-M crew.

A number of Michigan Engineering experts are interviewed on the upcoming infrastructure deal, discussing adaptive design and carbon dioxide-infused concrete to address climate change.

The impact and history of the University of Michigan Space Physics Research Laboratory is featured in the Free Press. Sue Lepri as an associate professor of climate and space sciences and engineering and the Space Physics Research Laboratory’s academic program director.