Author: Kate McAlpine
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The US has a new most powerful laser
Hitting 2 petawatts, the NSF-funded ZEUS facility at U-M enables research that could improve medicine, national security, materials science and more.
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Off-road autonomy and digital twins: a Q&A with Bogdan Epureanu
Going beyond driving or tele-operating single vehicles, an up-to-date digital environment is needed to help humans operate fleets of autonomous vehicles.
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AI isn’t just for computer science anymore: how engineers in every discipline are teaching it
Equipping engineers for a world with AI is more than prompt engineering—many will design neural networks, foundation models and more to help solve problems in their careers.
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Advanced microelectronics: Why a next-gen semiconductor doesn’t fall to pieces
The mechanism holding new ferroelectric semiconductors together produces a conductive pathway that could enable high power transistors.
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Remote repairs: $10.3M to discover metal 3D-printed part longevity
3D-printing metal parts could save weeks of downtime, but DARPA wants a way to certify how long they’ll last.
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Mark Daskin and Mark Guzdial named AAAS Fellows
Fellowship in the AAAS is one of the highest honors accorded to US researchers.
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Brain-like computer steers rolling robot with 0.25% of the power needed by conventional controllers
Analog computing is making a comeback with hardware that processes and stores information in the same location, similar to biological neurons.
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What industry wants: model-based systems engineering
A course takes students from customer concept to design or prototype inside two semesters, often mentored by engineers at big name corporate sponsors.
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Magnetic switch traps quantum information carriers in one dimension
Innovations in quantum sensing and computing could follow the discovery of how chromium sulfide bromide responds to magnetic fields.
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Two Michigan Engineering researchers named 2025 Sloan Research Fellows
Early-career computer engineers honored for their work on graph network algorithms and machine perception.
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Bridging gaps in rural health care with AI-powered mobile clinics
General practitioners with AI help could make diagnoses, run and interpret tests, and perform procedures like specialists.
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Mammal-like tails most promising for acrobatic robots
Roboticists have preferred the simplicity of lizard-like tails, but mammal-style tails may be both lighter and higher performance for turning a robot’s body in space.