Tag: Aviation
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Two U-M engineering professors elected into National Academy of Engineering
University of Michigan Engineering now includes 34 NAE members among its active and emeritus faculty.
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Cars and planes could avoid hazardous ice and freezing rain with new sensors
Drivers can lose control when they hit invisible black ice, and freezing rain can lead to plane crashes. This pair of sensors could help avert disaster.
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AI for studying turbulence: A fresh look at an unsolved physics problem
Explainable AI helps find key drivers of turbulence, offering new insights that could improve flight safety and industrial efficiency.
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From waste to asset: Turning ethanol production CO₂ into jet fuel
Manufacturing sustainable aviation fuel with CO₂ byproducts of ethanol production could reduce carbon intensity by more than 80% compared to fossil fuels.
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New air mobility corridor to advance eVTOLs and beyond-line-of-sight UAVs
The newly designated airspace links U-M’s autonomy testbed with Detroit’s innovation district.
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Electric aviation: Batteries that stay strong for the flight duration
Borrowing methods from biology, a team of scientists and engineers designed and tested an electrolyte that keeps battery power delivery high, cycle after cycle.
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Opinion: five megatrends higher education must address
The University of Michigan’s aerospace engineering department recently completed a strategic review of the changing aerospace landscape and identified five megatrends that will shape the future
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Aerospace engineering grad student wins awards for aeropropulsive design optimization research advances
Anil Yildirim receives AIAA Air Breathing Propulsion Graduate Award and Best Student Paper in MDO at AIAA Aviation Forum
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Rewriting the rules for supercomputers
Machine learning will teach the world’s fastest machines to work smarter, not harder.
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Putting the AI in aviation
Persuading a field to face its future
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M-Air Net autonomous aerial vehicle outdoor lab opens
Michigan Engineering now hosts advanced robotics facilities for land, air, sea, and space.
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The X-HALE: A high altitude long endurance aircraft
The X-HALE’s flexibility and wing length could change the future of commercial flight.