Category: Campus & Community
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The box that rocked the universe
Meet the U-M researcher who helped pioneer the CubeSat—and a new era in space exploration.
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What makes a champion?
MRover participants on their team, their national victory, and building a community
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Solar car “Aevum” to test solutions ahead of next World Solar Challenge
An unusual two years in the making, the car is equipped with sensors to explore how the team can improve its design further before the 2023 race.
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This bot’s got game
Building a ball-chucking, bar-climbing, battle-ready robot in 72 hours.
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New U-M robotics undergraduate program to meet surging demand for roboticists
An inclusive-by-design degree program centers on how an embodied intelligence senses, reasons, acts and works with humans to establish a pipeline of people-first roboticists.
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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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Former NSF director becomes first chair of Michigan Engineering’s Robotics Department
Dawn Tilbury to lead department after laying blueprint for convergent robotics research at the College a decade ago.
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Expert take: Engineering for the success of humanity
Three Michigan Engineering faculty help to elevate communities and systems through a people-first approach to teaching.
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New teaching awards highlight outstanding Michigan Engineering instructors
Awards recognize instructors who provide an exceptional engineering education experience for undergraduate students.
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Opinion: five megatrends higher education must address
The University of Michigan’s aerospace engineering department recently completed a strategic review of the changing aerospace landscape and identified five megatrends that will shape the future
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Three new executive directors join Michigan Engineering
The new hires will lead the Office of Student Affairs, Online & Professional Education and the Center for Entrepreneurship.
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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.