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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
solar orbiter team member watch the sky as the rocket lifts off

Launching Solar Orbiter

For more than a decade, a U-M team helped develop the scientific payload aboard Solar Orbiter. Join them on launch night.|Medium Read
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Prof. Kevin FuFeatured Story

Probing tech’s soft underbelly

Tricks of the trade. |Short Read
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K-12 online learning platform from U-Michigan sees dramatic rise in use

Daily webinars available for teachers interested in exploring the free customizable tools. |Medium Read
Sara Pozzi runs a sample through a plutonium and uranium detector in the Nuclear Engineering LaboratoryFeatured Story

Iran’s centrifuges and nuclear nonproliferation: A Q&A with Sara Pozzi

Understanding nuclear enrichment and what it means for the “Iran nuclear deal.” |Medium Read
The Summit SupercomputerFeatured Story

Rewriting the rules for supercomputers

Machine learning will teach the world’s fastest machines to work smarter, not harder |Medium Read

Jerome Lynch elected to the ASCE Department Heads Coordinating Council

The ASCE Department Heads Coordinating Council serves to advance, facilitate and communicate educational and research matters among all Civil Engineering Departments, the profession and the Society.|Short Read
Brian Ellis

Brian Ellis awarded Sloan Foundation “net zero” grant

The Alfred P. Sloan grant funds projects furthering technologies that sequester carbon or have zero emissions. |Short Read
Chad Jenkins, CSE Associate Professor, poses with his research group's two robots, Odd Job and Cookie, in the Beyster Building on October 27, 2016

Technology that serves all: a single step could pave the way

A Q&A with Chad Jenkins.|Medium Read
Nikolaos Katopodes

Reflecting on an impactful career: CEE Professor Nikolaos Katopodes retires

Professor Nikolaos D. Katopodes is retiring after almost forty years at University of Michigan. |Medium Read
Dr. David Chesney

Engineering course challenges students to create tech solutions for COVID-19

'When caught in a situation such as this, creatively and positively helping others is always an excellent endeavor.'|Long Read
The morning sun rises on the Grove at North Campus of the University of Michigan.

Black computer scientists, including U-M professors, call to dismantle racism in the field

Signers raise the alarm on interpersonal and institutional racism as well as racial bias occurring from improper development and use of computing technology.|Short Read

ECE Stands with Black Lives Matter

Members of our community share their stories, their fears, and their hopes for a more inclusive, just future. |Long Read

Trump’s restrictions on Chinese students stifle American companies, universities and innovation

In an op-ed, Brian Denton shares his perspective on the damages done by placing restrictions on Chinese students in the U.S.|Short Read
Kevin J Maki, Director, Aaron Friedman Marine Hydrodynamics Lab, Department of Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering

Maki to take over as Director of Marine Hydro Lab

Effective June 1, 2020, Richard B. Couch Development Professor of Marine Hydrodynamics Kevin Maki will take over as Director for the Aaron Friedman Marine Hydrodynamics Lab. |Short Read
image of Susan Montgomery

Dr. Susan Montgomery retires from Chemical Engineering after 27 years

Montgomery transitions to a three-year period of phased retirement during which she will serve the College of Engineering as an academic coach|Short Read
Portrait of James Wight

James K. Wight elected Honorary Member of the American Concrete Institute

James Wight taught at U-M from 1973-2019 and has been elected to ACI's prestigious Honorary Membership. We’re reflecting on his career and his commitment to experimental research and to his students.|Medium Read
F. Estefan Garcia

New Faculty: F. Estéfan Garcia

Dr. F. Estefan Garcia will join the CEE Department as an Assistant Professor in January 2021.|Short Read