Category: Features
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How Stephen Forrest shaped smartphones, flat-screens and the internet
His photodetectors underpin the internet. His OLEDs revolutionized smartphones and displays. His organic solar cells and heat-to-electricity tech could power the future.
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Frontier no more?
As space debris threatens satellites and astronauts, Michigan Engineers are working on solutions.
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The Experts’ Experts
Meet the team of trainers, technologists and mentors who make the Leaders and Best a little bit better.
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Autonomy from the inside out
A look at the next-gen semiconductors we need to power tomorrow’s fully self-driving vehicles
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Moving at the speed of need
How bold moves in COVID-19’s early days are powering new possibilities five years later.
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It’s all on the table
Can engineers piece together a carbon-neutral aviation system by 2050?
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Warmed by science. Powered by love.
12 years and thousands of miles later, Grace Hsia Haberl’s student project is still changing the world—one preemie at a time.
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The bumpy road to greatness
A rough 2024 season sparks frustration—but also leadership and learning—for the Michigan Baja team.
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The Highest Honor
University of Michigan Engineering counts 35 living NAE members among its ranks, and The Michigan Engineer has undertaken a multi-year mission to photograph them.
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Seeing the sun in a new light
For scientists, students and the rest of us, the April 2024 eclipse helped illuminate some of the sun’s deepest mysteries.
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New energy
Once derided as “forever 30 years away,” fusion energy has a new swagger. Will it last?