Category: Faculty
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Amit Misra named AAAS fellow
Misra honored following research that has the potential to improve materials used in nuclear power reactors, automotive, aerospace and other structural applications.
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Toyota funds professorship in AI at U-Michigan
The new $2.5 million endowment to support a professorship is the second U-M sponsorship from Toyota
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Embracing changing landscapes: autonomy, space exploration and diversity
A Q&A with Anthony Waas, the new Richard A. Auhll Department Chair of Aerospace Engineering and Felix Pawlowski Collegiate Chair at the University of Michigan.
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Understanding at every level
From quantum physics to computer systems: a profile of Pinaki Mazumder, professor of electrical engineering and computer science.
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National Science Foundation selects U-M professor for senior post
Kon-Well Wang will focus on high-level strategy for the creation of 21st century engineers and the discovery of technologies.
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Michigan Engineering’s new DEI director
Sara Pozzi, a professor of nuclear engineering and radiological sciences, takes the reins of the College’s Diversity, Equity and Inclusion implementation committee.
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Nobel Prize for ‘the most powerful laser pulses known to humanity’
At U-M, Gérard Mourou advanced ‘chirped pulse amplification,’ leading to more precise LASIK eye surgery and pushing the limits of optical science.
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Blue Sky: Up to $10M toward research so bold, some of it just might fail
Inspired by startup funding models, Michigan Engineering reinvents its internal R&D grant structure.
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Choosing a hard question in soft matter
Mike Solomon is an AAAS fellow for his contributions in colloids and is the new dean of Rackham Graduate School.
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Q&A with Mingyan Liu
The incoming electrical and computer engineering chair talks about her vision for the future.
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Volker Sick receives president’s international education award
EXPERT As a young researcher at the University of Heidelberg in his native Germany, Volker Sick worked with universities and schools in several different countries, which helped him understand the value of collaboration between people with different experiences and viewpoints. “When I came to Michigan 21 years ago, I had that experience with me and…
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Learning to work like engineers
While the task is simple — build a device to sort balls by color — the lessons go much deeper.