Category: History
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How to disrupt
A tech visionary who has reinvented industries tells us how it’s done
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How to Disrupt – Lessons from Tony Fadell
A tech visionary who has reinvented industries tells us how it’s done
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Aero pioneers: Computers in control
Many faculty were pioneers in the field, helping to lay the groundwork for areas such as control theory, wireless communication and traffic management.
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Auto connect: Gasoline automobiles to Mcity
Early proximity to global auto hub leads to strong expertise and leadership that lasts to this day
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Five year plan: The North Campus story
The Five Year Plan to tame 300 acres of outlying wasteland north of the Huron River would take nearly 40 years to complete.
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Claude Shannon: information icon
Early theoretical solutions led to practical applications that continue to power our digital world.
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Walter Lay: Automotive engineering pioneer
The Michigan program in automotive studies rose alongside and in cooperation with nearby Detroit automakers.
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Early innovators: Biomedical engineering upstarts
Research spawns companies that forge advancements in numerous fields.
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Early and often: Biomedical engineering rises
Naturally evolving collaborations and adept leaders combine to forge early breakthroughs
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The Michigan-Coulter partnership: Accelerating translation
A pivotal program catapults promising biomedical technologies from lab to marketplace.
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LASIK: The bladeless scalpel
Accidental discovery leads to bladeless version of popular permanent vision correction surgery.