Category: History
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‘Principled action’
A retrospective on the impactful U-M career of departing dean Alec D. Gallimore.
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Reframing Michigan’s Aeronautical Past
Aviation Artifacts Rescued
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Robert J. Vlasic: Remembering an engineer, entrepreneur and philanthropist
Vlasic, whose gift established the endowed position of Robert J. Vlasic Dean of Engineering, died at the age of 96.
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Honoring the past and sizing up nuclear’s future at the Phoenix rededication
The Michigan Memorial Phoenix Project, conceived as a war memorial following World War II, remains relevant in the face of climate change and international conflict.
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Apollo 15 at 50: A celebration of the all-Michigan crew’s mission and the future of space exploration
July 30 virtual event highlights future lunar and deep space missions, the technologies to get there, and U-M’s research contributions to space exploration.
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Q&A with Samuel Ting
Samuel C.C. Ting received the Nobel Prize in 1976, with Burton Richter, for discovering the subatomic J/ψ particle. He is the principal investigator for the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer experiment on the International Space Station, a $2 billion project installed in 2011. Here, Ting (BS ’59 Eng Phys, Eng Math, MS ’60 LSA, PhD ’62 LSA)…
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Fred B. Pelham: building bridges
The first African-American Michigan engineering graduate established a sturdy reputation for designs that last.
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G.G. Brown: Mentor and pioneer
A leader whose methods and means were ahead of their time, Brown remains a Michigan icon.
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Ed Lesher: Aircraft Hall of Famer
This aeronautics professor taught students in mid-air and flew into record books.
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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.