Category: Features
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How to Disrupt – Lessons from Tony Fadell
A tech visionary who has reinvented industries tells us how it’s done
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Out of the Cold War’s shadow
“My God, what have we done?” The new technology of nuclear nonproliferation
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Building a Stronger Haiti with Chocolate
Meet the Michigan Engineer who walked away from a six-figure career to help farmers and create jobs, building Haiti’s first bean-to-bar chocolate operation in her hometown.
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Racing for Control
Flying on hydrofoils means more speed and more risk for the America’s Cup. With the boats and technology moving faster than ever, can these Michigan alumni help their team find the engineering solutions it needs to win in 2017?
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Into the Storm
The most turbulent region of a hurricane holds secrets about its potential for destruction. Michigan Engineering’s newly launched satellite system can reveal how these storms intensify in a warming world.
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Are We Fighting Cancer Wrong?
Chemotherapy. Radiation. Surgery. Doctors go after the tumors that they can see.
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Courage to Resist
In the escalating struggle between the individual and the state, technology favors the powerful. That’s why this Michigan computer scientist and his team of researchers revel in righting the balance.
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Innovation Is for Finishers
Entrepreneurs are helping universities deliver on the promise that taxpayer-funded research will drive economic growth, and lately, universities are doing much more to help them succeed.
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Unstoppable
While faculty steer the ship, graduate students are the engines that drive university research.
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From the Edge of the Arctic
At the top of the world, the climate is changing fast. A Michigan Engineer tracks the planet’s vital signs.
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Hacking Healthcare
Jenna Wiens, an assistant professor of computer science and engineering at U-M, might add extra years to your life, thanks to one of her algorithms.