Category: Civil and Environmental Engineering
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Keeping Michigan’s waterfronts working from Grand Haven: Elizabeth Wilkinson
University of Michigan Engineering alum maintains 18 Lake Michigan harbors on Michigan’s west coast.
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New AI+ Engineering master’s programs and certificate launches on-campus and online
Enrollment opens for 12-credit and 30-credit programs for applied AI skills in seven engineering concentrations.
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Restoring Michigan Central and many other high-profile Detroit landmarks: Larry Brinker Jr.
A University of Michigan Engineering alum is behind $2 billion of Detroit’s redevelopment over the past decade.
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U-Michigan offers online construction engineering and management master’s
Institutional expertise in managing construction projects is not being passed along.
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Modeling particles reveals soil density impact on surface fault ruptures
The discrete element method models tens of millions of distinct particles to help understand this rare earthquake hazard and inform resilient civil engineering design.
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A fast method for measuring how well air disinfection works: see how it glows
Developed to measure the effectiveness of plasma-based air disinfection, the approach could eventually assess other techniques as well.
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Studying bird flu in the air to protect people and agricultural operations in Michigan and beyond
Understanding the virus that causes bird flu in livestock, and how to kill it, could help industrial farms prevent transmission.
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Did You Feel It? Expanding use of an earthquake crowdsourcing tool
The platform that rapidly maps earthquake damage can collect more global shaking intensity observations by supporting more languages and increasing social media traffic.
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Human exploration of Mars: National Academies give NASA their recommendations
A Michigan engineer who helped write the report explains the scientific community’s priorities for Mars exploration.
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Hurricane outages: analysis details the where, and who, of increased future power cuts
A new analytical tool from U-M provides guidance for municipal and emergency planning.
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AI increases accuracy of National Water Model flood predictions
AI designed to weed out errors bolsters forecasts and could reduce damage costs.
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Woven metamaterials inspired by baskets for stiff, resilient robots
Able to undergo repeated compressions without losing their shape, woven materials could form robots, exoskeletons, car parts, architectural components and more.