Category: Research
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Faster path planning for rubble-roving robots
Splitting the path into difficult and easy terrain speeds up path planning for robots that use “hands” to maintain balance on uneven ground.
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Most powerful laser in the U.S. to begin operations soon, supported by $18.5M from the NSF
With first light anticipated in 2022, the NSF will provide five years of operations funding, ramping up as the ZEUS user facility progresses to full capacity.
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In the news: Michigan Engineering experts August 2-6
Highlights include Wired and CNN.
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High Efficiency Ultraviolet Light Emitting Diodes to sterilize pathogens, including COVID-19
Research led by Prof. Zetian Mi has been honored with the 2020 Editor-in-Chief Choice Award from “Photonics Research.”
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In the news: Michigan Engineering experts July 26-30
Highlights include The Conversation, MLive and Bridge Michigan.
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$20M NSF AI-EDGE Institute aims to transform 5G and beyond networks
U-M is a core member of a new NSF-led Institute that is a collaboration between 11 institutions, three government research labs, and four global companies.
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Apollo 15 at 50: A celebration of the all-Michigan crew’s mission and the future of space exploration
July 30 virtual event highlights future lunar and deep space missions, the technologies to get there, and U-M’s research contributions to space exploration.
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Apollo 15 — 50th anniversary
The all U-M crew was the U.S. Apollo program’s fourth lunar landing, and the first to use the Lunar Roving Vehicle.
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Answers Inc. – A brief history of U-M’s Space Physics Research Laboratory
For 75 years, SPRL has sent instruments skyward to help us better understand Earth, space, our sun and more.
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In the news: Michigan Engineering experts July 19-23
Highlights include the CBC and MLive.
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University of Michigan hosts students from MDOT Transportation Diversity Recruitment Program
Michigan Department of Transportation interns visit the University of Michigan to learn about graduate school programs.
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In the news: Michigan Engineering experts July 12-16
Highlights include The New York Times.