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Mars InSight’s escorts: Michigan Engineers built first deep-space CubeSats

The MarCO mission opens new space exploration opportunities that aren’t possible with large, expensive probes.|Medium Read
Michigan Engineer Levi Weintraub pauses to enjoy the sunset near Nampula, Mozambique.

Two-wheeled teacher

7,500 miles of riding, wrenching and coding.|Short Read
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Leader in vehicle lightweighting honored with recent alumni award

A mechanical engineering alumna is recognized for her efforts to integrate emerging technologies into vehicles. |Short Read
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Virtual design and construction leader wins alumni Distinguished Service Award

Award winner has generously given his time and talent to support Michigan Engineering projects and activities. |Short Read
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Computing visionary honored by Michigan Engineering

The highest accolade from the Michigan Engineering Alumni Board goes to a thought leader with a track record of predicting the industry’s future. |Short Read
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The art of cyber war with Isaac Porche

Porche shares the global state of cyber warfare, and how his time at Michigan led him to the front lines. |Long Read
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Advancing creativity and mentorship in engineering education

Impactful work in the fledgling Engineering Education Research program is recognized with prestigious awards |Medium Read

Alumni Spotlight: Mike O’Connell

In this Q&A, IOE alum and advisory board member, Mike O'Connell, talks about the value of unexpected experiences and a close cohort.|Medium Read
Dr. Eric Karl

Advancing the future of circuit design with Intel’s Dr. Eric Karl

Karl (BSE MSE PhD EE) talks about how his time at Michigan helped prepare him for his dream job at Intel and a career advancing embedded memory technology and circuits.|Medium Read
Kurt Rohloff

Data security for a safer world

ECE alum Kurt Rohloff helped create one of the world’s best homomorphic encryption software libraries, and he reflects on how his time at Michigan helped shape his career. |Medium Read
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Alumna Prof. Adrienne Stiff-Roberts honored with the Willie Hobbs Moore Distinguished Lectureship

The Duke University Professor delivered a virtual talk on enabling hybrid thin films for optoelectronics and shared her memories of Michigan. |Medium Read
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CEE alumnus elected to National Academy of Engineering: A Q&A with Paul Freedman

Freedman is recognized for his contributions to the development and application of science-based computer models for watershed assessment, remediation and management.|Medium Read
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Automotive research team recognized for research excellence

The ARC works to solve a broad set of issues pertaining to the modeling and simulation of ground vehicle systems.|Short Read
Dr. Bouman shows the first ever image of a black hole - a red/orange ring that's brighter on the bottom than the top

Katie Bouman wows U-M community with insiders look at the black hole imaging project

Speaking to a full house in Rackham, Dr. Katie Bouman - Michigan ECE alum - explained the history and science of the project that gave us the first ever photo of a black hole. |Medium Read
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Alumnus Peter Wurman inducted into National Inventors Hall of Fame

Wurman and his cofounders were recognized for their invention of the Kiva system, a revolutionary warehouse order fulfillment system that uses mobile robots and control software to bring inventory shelves to workers.|Short Read
Professor Scott Fogler and 2019-2020 AIChE Officers

Chemical Engineering at 2019 AIChE Meeting

The student chapter and the chapter's advisor, H. Scott Fogler, received recognition at the 2019 AIChE Student Conference.|Short Read
Abhaya Datye

2019 Weber Lecture celebrates legacy of Professor Emeritus Walt Weber, Jr.

ChE PhD alumnus Abhaya K. Datye delivers first Weber Lecture since death of event's namesake|Short Read

IOE Advisory Board achieves goal in first fundraising effort

U-M IOE Professor and Chair, Brian Denton, explains the role of the IOE Advisory Board and highlights their recent fundraising efforts. |Short Read