Category: Mechanical Engineering
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Two new devices protect health care workers, help patients during COVID-19
Clinicians and researchers published two proof-of-concept papers.
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Delivery robots help Ann Arbor restaurants weather COVID
U-M startup says robotic food deliveries have quadrupled.
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Grad student’s ventilator design sparks conversations with doctors and engineers
Affordable proof-of-concept device automates the manual squeezing required by bag valve masks.
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Repurposed industrial respirator could free ventilators for COVID-19 patients
University of Michigan researchers have developed a helmet solution to support patients, protect health care workers and safeguard hospital systems.
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For necessary eye exams, a new breath shield protects patients and doctors
Close proximity eye exams will need to continue during lockdown, calling for increased safety.
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How everyday products are supercharging methane, and what that means.
“Siloxanes” could be key to deriving bolstered energy production from biogas.
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Cracking the cochlea: U-M team creates mathematical model of ear’s speech center
New research paves the way for modeling the transduction of speech and music at the cochlear level.
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Open-source bionic leg: First-of-its-kind platform aims to rapidly advance prosthetics
‘This represents the future of research—rapid prototyping of open source robotic hardware and embedded systems with shared code.’
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Ice-proofing big structures with a “beautiful demonstration of mechanics”
‘You’re missing a trick,’ mechanical engineer tells materials scientist.
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U-M’s Automotive Research Center funded with $50M through 2024
With a focus on autonomy, ARC’s research will reduce the number of soldiers in harm’s way, changing the military paradigm.
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Toward brain-like computing: New memristor better mimics synapses
Competition and cooperation, which regulate the strengthening and weakening of connections in the brain, can now be modeled directly.
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Unlocking new soundwaves for better sonar and echolocation
“Acoustic fields are unexpectedly richer in information than is typically thought.”