Category: EECS: Electrical and Computer Engineering
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Enabling stroke victims to “speak”: $19M toward brain implants to be built at U-M
Marcus Foundation’s $30 million gift supports a collaboration between Stanford and U-M to help stroke victims regain the ability to read, write and speak.
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AI symposium: Michigan Engineering speakers share how they use AI in research
In addition to making predictions and scientific discoveries, engineers at the MIDAS symposium discussed improving AI’s interpretability and preventing misuse.
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U-M awarded up to $7.5M to bring heat-tolerant semiconductors from lab to fab
Open-source effort supports durable silicon carbide circuits that can operate at record high temperatures.
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Magnetic switch traps quantum information carriers in one dimension
Innovations in quantum sensing and computing could follow the discovery of how chromium sulfide bromide responds to magnetic fields.
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Bridging gaps in rural health care with AI-powered mobile clinics
General practitioners with AI help could make diagnoses, run and interpret tests, and perform procedures like specialists.
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Boosting AI model size and training speed with lightwave-connected chips
AI growth is capped by data transfer rates between computing chips, but transferring data with light could remove the ceiling.
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Light, flexible and radiation-resistant: organic solar cells for space
Some carbon-based solar cells already show no drop in performance after three years’ worth of radiation, and the cause of degradation in others could be preventable.
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Toward quantum for the real world: photonic team in running for center-level funding
A team led by the University of Michigan aims to bring the extraordinary accuracy of quantum laboratory measurements to real-world devices.
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Cancer management: Stent sensor can warn of blockages in the bile duct
New batteryless and wireless sensor tested in pigs.
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Space Force establishes $35M institute for versatile propulsion and power at U-M
To optimize power, efficiency and freedom to maneuver, engineers aim to demonstrate new technologies for power generation, electric propulsion and chemical rockets.
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$15M for game theory with AI agents, quantum semiconductors for microelectronics and photonics
The DoD funds efforts to incorporate AI agents into game theory and develop microelectronics that can withstand a hot day on Venus or carry quantum information.
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Twelve NSF CAREER awards received by early-career engineers
The five-year grants will support projects including energy-saving algorithms, underwater robot navigation and flexible wearable electronics.