In the news: Michigan Engineering experts August 9-13

Alex Halderman says copies of an election management system’s hard drive would be a security breach and could lead to someone developing and testing an attack method against the software. Halderman is a professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science.

Gabor Toth explains that an extreme space weather event like the U.S. experienced in 1859 would destroy the country’s power grid, and how engineers are working to improve space weather prediction models to curb risks. Toth is the Bram van Leer Research Professor and Research Professor, Climate and Space Sciences and Engineering.

Volker Sick tells the Los Angeles Times that if we want to curb climate change we need individual action, policy action and new technology all to play a role. Sick is an Arthur F. Thurnau Professor, DTE Energy Professor of Advanced Energy Research and Professor of Mechanical Engineering.