Category: Aerospace Engineering
81 results found
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Thruster for Mars mission breaks records
The most powerful Hall thruster the world has ever seen showed its mettle at NASA Glenn
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Record-breaking second place for Solar Car Team
The national champions celebrate the most successful world race finish in team history.
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Overview: Solar Car Team goes small to win big at World Solar Challenge
Meet Novum: a long, skinny, single-fairing solar car
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Solar Car virtual garage
Explore and compare the various U-M solar car designs.
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Aero Throwback: Better ways to get to a football game
The early days of Michigan’s flying clubs are full of adventure, mishaps and tenacity.
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New U-M Robotics Building named in honor of Ford Motor Company gift
The gift will accelerate construction.
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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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Queen of the hurricanes: An engineer and feminist for the ages
Elsie MacGill, the world’s first female aircraft designer, drew strength from the women who came before her.
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Michigan design selected for NASA’s NextSTEP toward a crewed Mars mission
The spacecraft engine that will help take humans to Mars may be based on a University of Michigan prototype.