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Joshua Setnicky (HKN President) and Prof. Stéphane Lafortune

Stéphane Lafortune Voted HKN 2019 Professor of the Year in ECE

An expert in discrete event systems, Lafortune is currently teaching a sophomore level class in Signals and Systems.|Short Read
Guzdial at SIGCSE ceremony

Guzdial receives SIGCSE outstanding educator award

Guzdial is a leading expert in the field of computing education, and was one of its earliest researchers.|Short Read
Three people analyzing lab data

Innovating in Education

For Michigan Engineering to stay ahead of the curve, it must clear the path for faculty to innovate, and for students to explore|Medium Read
FIRST LEGO Team Gladstone

Aerospace Engineering Prof. James W. Cutler help FIRST LEGO team build solar oven

5th grade student from Gladstone FIRST LEGO League Robotics Team gets help with their solar oven from Aerospace Prof. James W. Cutler|Short Read
FIRST LEGO Tour Feature

Aerospace Engineering tour inspires local FIRST LEGO League team

FIRST LEGO League team #37463, The Hyper Novas, tour the Department of Aerospace Engineering to learn more about the space theme of this year’s competition|Short Read
Mark Guzdial lecture

Transforming tools for some into a language for all

The efforts of computing education researcher Mark Guzdial span the challenges facing a young field|Long Read
Students inside Associate Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Cindy Finelli's class EECS 215

$1.8M for ‘active learning’, a step toward broader change in higher education

Rare in engineering education research, the project involves a randomized control trial to determine if it’s effective. |Short Read
Portrait of Volker Sick

Volker Sick receives president’s international education award

Sick is the recipient of U-M's President's Award for Distinguished Service in International Education, established in 2017 to recognize and celebrate the extraordinary efforts of U-M faculty and staff who keep the university on the leading edge of international education for our students.|Medium Read

ISD alumna receives C3E award

ISD alumna Dr. Chris LaFleur is a recipient of the 2017 C3E Award. |Short Read

‘Sensors in a Shoebox’ empower citizens to gather data about communities

Civil engineering and education researchers are working together with Detroit teens.|Short Read

Campus of the future: It’s about connections, not tech

Op-ed from Michigan Daily by contributor and MSE professor Joanna Millunchick.|Medium Read

Q&A with Sharon Glotzer

The new chemical engineering chair lays out her vision for expanding the curriculum into the high-demand areas of data science and science & technology policy.|Medium Read