Aspiring Selves

In the final year of her biomedical engineering PhD, Sumeyra Emre is a dedicated researcher, growing mother, wife and partner, proud Muslim woman, and aspiring role model.

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Duo Security co-founders Dug Song and Jon Oberheide

Change or be changed

In its startup days, Duo Security brought a punk-rock ethos to tech security and stuck up for the little guy. Now that the company is worth billions, will it be even better – or will it change its tune?

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Built By Humans. Ruled By Computers.

The great and terrible consequences of an algorithmic world.

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Putting the AI in aviation

Persuading a field to face its future

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On-Ramp to a Driverless Future

Transforming an industry is complicated. Here’s how southeast Michigan is leading the way.

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Ripple Effect

What’s happening in Detroit, with the help of the Michigan Engineering Zone, may help solve Michigan’s economic manpower problem.

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The threat that never sleeps: Can science stop superbugs?

Traditional antibiotics are losing the battle with bacteria and Michigan engineers are stepping into the breach.

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Joi Mondisa

Creating Better Engineers

Understanding mentorship and community to create engineers.

Why do smart students fail and how do social systems influence their success? |Long Read

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Q&A with Samuel Ting

Nobel Laureate and Michigan Engineer

Samuel C.C. Ting received the Nobel Prize in 1976, with Burton Richter, for discovering the subatomic J/ψ particle. He is the principal investigator for the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer experiment on the International Space Station, a $2 billion project installed in 2011. Here, Ting (BS ’59 Eng Phys, Eng Math, MS ’60 LSA, PhD ’62 LSA) talks about his time at Michigan, the discovery that brought the November Revolution in physics, and the most sophisticated particle physics experiment in space. |Long Read

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How to Disrupt

Lessons from Tony Fadell

A tech visionary who has reinvented industries tells us how it's done |Long Read

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Out of the Cold War’s Shadow

The new technology of nuclear nonproliferation

"My God, what have we done?" |Long Read

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Something Groovy This Way Goes

Before “geek” was “cool,” Michigan Engineers still found time for fact-finding, fashion -- and fun.

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