Category: EECS: Electrical and Computer Engineering
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UK’s Royal Society elects Stephen Forrest, engineer and entrepreneur
Forrest’s work underpins commercial fiber-optic communications and OLED displays, with an eye to future generations of photovoltaics.
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A hardware-software co-design to efficiently run AI on edge devices
Adjusting state space models to work with a compute-in-memory architecture demonstrated energy-efficient processing of continuous event sequences.
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Meeting EV electricity demand: upgrade grid first, then add V2G chargers
Vehicle-to-grid (V2G) chargers enable utilities to use EVs like a mobile battery network, but when and where they are deployed will determine how cost-effective they are.
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AAAS welcomes four new fellows from University of Michigan Engineering
The honorees are recognized for contributions to human biology, fundamental physics, next-generation computing hardware and advanced vehicle control.
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Nanoscale hotspots in OLEDs may shorten their lifespans in phones, TVs
Concentrated rivers of current create flickering hotspots in conventional amorphous OLEDs, but crystalline designs may not have this problem.
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Exploring the fundamental limits of entangled quantum sensor networks
A new Michigan-led project aims to develop systems that reap the full benefit of quantum networks.
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Generosity gives new faculty space to grow
A gift from a former student helps attract the best and brightest to teach and research at the University of Michigan Engineering.
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A microfluidic chip monitors gases using integrated, motionless pumps
The integrated design achieves accurate micro gas chromatography and can help reduce the cost of monitoring chemical synthesis, natural gas pipelines or at-home air quality.
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AI tool predicts battery cycle life with just a few days’ data
A ‘learner,’ ‘interpreter’ and ‘oracle’ work together with minimal experiments to draw parallels between historical data and new battery designs.
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OLED lighting: Corrugated panel design extends longevity and efficiency
The new design uses microscale ridges to pack more OLED into a given lighting panel area and lasts 2.7 times as long, with 40% higher efficiency, compared to conventional devices.
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Building the moments that build futures
ECE alum is making sure that education works for all.
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World’s smallest programmable robots perform tasks
Microscale swimming bots developed by U-M and Penn take in sensory information, process it and carry out tasks, opening new possibilities in manufacturing and medicine.