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Frontier no more?
As space debris threatens satellites and astronauts, Michigan Engineers are working on solutions.
AI leaderboards can be trustworthy by following these tips
Methods for ranking chess players and athletes don’t always translate to AI. U-M researchers identify and outline best practices.
Charging into the future
Join the U-M Formula SAE team as they test their newest electric race car.
Waymo co-CEO Dmitri Dolgov discusses “prescience and patience”
The CSE alum details his journey from mathematical abstractions to vehicles safely navigating city streets.
People and Places
Sept 3, 2025
America’s pastime meets Michigan Engineering
The data science expert who’s helping the Detroit Tigers win
Written by: Gabe Cherry
April 2, 2024
The Highest Honor
Michigan Engineering counts 35 living NAE members among its ranks, and The Michigan Engineer has undertaken a multi-year mission to photograph them.
Written by: Marcin Szczepanski
Sept 3, 2025
The gift of time
Through support for the M-Engin program, alum Martin E. Chavez hopes to provide space for students to experience all that U-M has to offer.
Written by: Jessica Petras
Powered by engineers: the 128th Michigan Marching Band
The Michigan Marching Band has traditionally kept close ties with Michigan Engineering, and this year’s band is no exception. Among the more than 120 engineering students in this year’s band is Miguel Retto, a senior in industrial and operations engineering who will lead the band as drum major.
32%
of the Marching band is made up of engineering students
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Unbreakable bonds
The properties of PFAS are so great that we have used these chemicals widely—so widely that now they contaminate our water, our air, our land and our bodies. What can we do about it? Engineers have some ideas, although it’s not going to be easy.