Tag: Honors and Awards
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Enabling stroke victims to “speak”: $19M toward brain implants to be built at U-M
Marcus Foundation’s $30 million gift supports a collaboration between Stanford and U-M to help stroke victims regain the ability to read, write and speak.
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Amidst uncertainty, experts at U-M’s EV Center Symposium say continued innovation is key
Wider acceptance of EVs may have stalled, but addressing concerns like range and charging will provide the flexibility needed to compete with combustion engines.
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Mark Daskin and Mark Guzdial named AAAS Fellows
Fellowship in the AAAS is one of the highest honors accorded to US researchers.
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U-M’s Zhen Xu, histotripsy co-inventor, honored with endowed professorship from Li Ka Shing Foundation
Foundation looks to support histotripsy research at the place it was invented.
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U-M awarded up to $7.5M to bring heat-tolerant semiconductors from lab to fab
Open-source effort supports durable silicon carbide circuits that can operate at record high temperatures.
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Two Michigan Engineering researchers named 2025 Sloan Research Fellows
Early-career computer engineers honored for their work on graph network algorithms and machine perception.
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Materials scientist and chemical engineer from U-M elected into the National Academy of Engineering
Michigan Engineering now includes 35 NAE members among its active and emeritus faculty.
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Four emerging leaders at Michigan Engineering recognized by White House
The honorees’ work advances materials for clean energy and load-bearing applications, graph theory, and healthier cultures in engineering education.
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Krista Wigginton named associate dean for graduate and professional education
At a time when engineering careers are evolving, Wigginton aims to shape graduate education to foster students who can think critically and creatively.
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Twelve NSF CAREER awards received by early-career engineers
The five-year grants will support projects including energy-saving algorithms, underwater robot navigation and flexible wearable electronics.
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2024 AAAS Fellows include three Michigan Engineering professors
The Michigan researchers are honored for trailblazing work in targeted drug delivery, self-assembling nanostructures and unraveling the mysteries of solar storms.
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Optimizing the answer to ‘where?’
NAE profile: Mark Stephen Daskin, industrial and operations engineering