Category: Faculty Perspectives
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How to revive American shipbuilding: A Q&A with Matthew Collette
American shipbuilding rusted away in the 1970s and ’80s. Congress and the White House want it back, but how do we do it effectively?
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Off-road autonomy and digital twins: a Q&A with Bogdan Epureanu
Going beyond driving or tele-operating single vehicles, an up-to-date digital environment is needed to help humans operate fleets of autonomous vehicles.
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A new era in AI health research: A Q&A with Jenna Wiens
A co-director of U-M’s AI & Digital Health Innovation discusses the custom-built digital environment that will power tomorrow’s health AI research.
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AI, computation and scientific discovery: A Q&A with Karthik Duraisamy
The director of the Michigan Institute for Computational Discovery and Engineering discusses the institute’s past and future.
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Q&A: Transportation insecurity in Detroit and beyond
Alexandra Murphy discusses why 36% of Detroiters have trouble getting where they need to go and how a new tool could guide better transportation solutions.
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Educating People-First Engineers: A Q&A with Cindy Finelli and Erin Cech
Preparing the next generation of engineers to consider public welfare when developing new technologies.
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Q&A: Getting serious about atmospheric methane removal
Margaret Wooldridge discusses report from the National Academies, calling for increased research into another greenhouse gas to target for removal.
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Geothermal at Davos: a Q&A with Karthik Duraisamy
Karthik Duraisamy, a University of Michigan professor of aerospace engineering, participated in a roundtable on geothermal energy at the World Economic Forum.
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Solar powered, point-of-use plasma disinfection tool for clean water on demand
John Foster’s group is developing a plasma-device for disinfecting water on-demand that will be solar- or human-powered.
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Q&A with Henry Liu, Mcity’s new director
University of Michigan’s mobility research center has been realigned under Michigan Engineering.
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Opinion: After a summer of weather horrors, adapting to climate change is an imperative
In a perspective piece for Washington Post, Richard Rood says response to climate change requires an adaption mindset in addition to mitigation efforts.
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Opinion: The lack of diversity in engineering is like a disease (but there is a cure)
In an op-ed Brian Denton and co-author Elena Gerstmann say that while the STEM workforce is growing rapidly, many groups are underrepresented.