Category: EECS: Electrical and Computer Engineering
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Walking and slithering aren’t as different as you think
New mathematical model links up slithering with some kinds of swimming and walking, and it could make programming many-legged robots easier.
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Photosynthesis copycat may improve solar cells
The new approach moves energy efficiently and could reduce energy losses converting light into electricity.
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Next generation neural probe leads to expanded understanding of the brain
The hectoSTAR probe, with 128 stimulating micro-LEDs and 256 recording electrodes integrated in the same neural probe, was designed for some stellar brain mapping projects
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In the news: Michigan Engineering experts August 1-5
Highlights include Science and Insider.
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In the news: Michigan Engineering experts July 25-29
Highlights include CNN and Popular Science.
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Kamal Sarabandi named Fawwaz T. Ulaby Distinguished University Professor of EECS
Prof. Sarabandi has distinguished himself as an educator, researcher, and inventor with wide-ranging impact
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Toward manufacturing semitransparent solar cells the size of windows
A peel-off patterning technique could enable more fragile organic semiconductors to be manufactured into semitransparent solar panels at scale.
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In the news: Michigan Engineering experts July 11-15
Highlights include Forbes and ABC News.
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Machine learning begins to understand the human gut
The new computer model accurately predicts the behavior of millions of microbial communities from hundreds of experiments, an advance toward precision medicine.
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Solar-powered chemistry uses carbon dioxide and water to make feedstock for fuels, chemicals
Producing synthesis gas, a precursor of a variety of fuels and chemicals, no longer requires natural gas, coal or biomass.
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‘Fake’ data helps robots learn the ropes faster
A way to expand training data sets for manipulation tasks improves the performance of robots by 40% or more
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In the news: Michigan Engineering experts June 13-17
Highlights include Fortune.