Category: Alumni
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Restoring Michigan Central and many other high-profile Detroit landmarks: Larry Brinker Jr.
A University of Michigan Engineering alum is behind $2 billion of Detroit’s redevelopment over the past decade.
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Crafting world-class wooden boats and a Great Lakes legacy in Boyne City: Ben Van Dam
A University of Michigan Engineering alum cultivates craftsmanship and community for local and global impact.
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Accelerating pharmaceutical advances with organoid technology
Madeline Eiken (PhD BME ’25) is commercializing organoid technology that could spur new treatments for disease and reduce animal testing.
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Creating opportunity for Detroit Public Schools students
Jhawan Davis (BSE IOE ’19) built an organization that has opened doors for hundreds of Detroit Public Schools students.
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Protecting whales–and fisheries
Ryan Halonen (MSE NAME ‘05) co-designed a modified crab trap that protects humpback whales while enabling crabbers to do their jobs.
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Generosity gives new faculty space to grow
A gift from a former student helps attract the best and brightest to teach and research at the University of Michigan Engineering.
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Powering the next generation of nuclear energy
Rita Baranwal’s (MS MSE ‘96, PhD ‘98) helps lead a team developing the world’s first mass-produced microreactor.
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From IOE to the NBA
Ujwal Bharath (BSE IOE ’16) is building epic experiences for Chicago Bulls fans.
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Building the moments that build futures
ECE alum is making sure that education works for all.
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Zurbuchen, formerly of U-M, NASA, honored by Center for Entrepreneurship
Honors recognize a career spent combining innovations and entrepreneurship.
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Launching the world’s largest space telescope
Robby Swoish (BS AERO ’06, MS CLaSP ’07) helped deploy the James Webb Space Telescope.
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Treating cancer with sound waves
Zhen Xu (MS BME ’03, PhD ’05) co-invented the revolutionary cancer treatment histotripsy.