Author: Kate McAlpine
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Affordable lead sensor for home, city water lines
A new electronic lead sensor, potentially costing around $20, could keep an eye on home and city water quality, alerting residents and officials to the presence of lead within nine days. The University of Michigan researchers are seeking partners to bring the technology to market. The Flint water crisis showed the nation that old water…
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New grad program: Engineering education research
New program turns a researcher’s eye on engineering education in the service of better teaching, learning and diversity at U-M and beyond.
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Are We Fighting Cancer Wrong?
Chemotherapy. Radiation. Surgery. Doctors go after the tumors that they can see.
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Renovated nuclear reactor building opens as world-class labs
Inside the new Nuclear Engineering Labs, researchers in the nation’s top-ranked nuclear engineering program will focus on advancing nuclear security, nonproliferation, safety and energy.
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Rotating Detonation Engine: The Old Is New Again
Michigan Engineers re-visit early research of legendary Arthur Nicholls to create a brave new future.
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“Rediscovered” engine for more efficient power plants
U-M led research on the rotating detonation engine in the 1960s–then the US abandoned the design. Now it returns.
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Ultrashort light pulses for fast “lightwave” computers
Extremely short, configurable “femtosecond” pulses of light demonstrated by an international team could lead to future computers that run up to 100,000 times faster than today’s electronics.
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Most complex nanoparticle crystal ever made by design
Extraordinary nanoparticle crystals are possible by harnessing particle shape in addition to using DNA as smart glue.
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Synthetic tooth enamel may lead to more resilient structures
Tooth enamel has changed very little over millions of years — and it is remarkably resistant to shock and wear.
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U-M first in line for new bird-inspired walking robot
Crashworthy biped expected to run faster than an 8-minute mile and conquer the Wave Field.
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Innovation Is for Finishers
Entrepreneurs are helping universities deliver on the promise that taxpayer-funded research will drive economic growth, and lately, universities are doing much more to help them succeed.
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Unstoppable
While faculty steer the ship, graduate students are the engines that drive university research.