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A sewage surveillance effort to track COVID-19
We don’t know much about how coronaviruses move through the environment. U-M and Stanford engineers aim to change that.
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Medical supply chains are fragile in the best of times and COVID-19 will test their strength
The pipeline of pharmaceuticals is easily disrupted.
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Big data, small footprint
How changing the rules of computing could lighten Big Data’s impact on the internet.
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Designing lightweight glass for efficient cars and wind turbines
Lighter, stiffer glass fibers could make composite materials thinner without sacrificing strength.
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Small, precise and affordable gyroscope for navigating without GPS
Accurate gyroscopes are a bottleneck for backup navigation systems in autonomous vehicles.
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Scenes from campus
Life on North Campus changes abruptly with COVID-19.
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Why automakers could pivot to making ventilators
Perspective from engineers with experience in the auto industry.
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Tackling COVID-19 problems with industrial engineering
Lessons learned from optimizing retail could help optimize our COVID-19 response.
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Containment efforts appear to step down the spread of COVID-19 from the exponential norm
Deaths in China reflect a slower expansion of the new coronavirus, suggesting a fractal network.
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Engineering Events: Earth Day at 50
Michigan Engineering faculty are hosting teach-ins on a range of Earth Year topics.