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March 4, 2018

#SocialScholars

School of Education professor Liz Kolb shows graduate student Conall Walsh how she uses Twitter to network with other teachers. Kolb is among a number of faculty members who have developed a social media presence that they consider a valuable way to share their knowledge outside the academic world. (Photo by Scott C. Soderberg, Michigan Photography)

February 22, 2018

X-HALE

The X-HALE is a very flexible, long-winged aircraft designed and built by Carlos Cesnik, professor of aerospace engineering. In this video, Cesnik explains how the longer wings could cut aircraft emissions by 10 percent, due to reduced drag, decreasing the cost of flying.

February 20, 2018

Active attacker preparedness

With the nation’s attention focused on the school shooting in Florida, the Division of Public Safety and Security has outlined the measures U-M takes to prepare for, handle and hopefully prevent active attacker situations. Such situations can cause disbelief, panic and disorientation. This video, which includes simulated scenes of an attack, offers tips on how to react.

February 20, 2018

VBID goes nationwide

A health insurance concept that grew from U-M research may soon reach millions of people covered by Medicare, allowing them to keep more dollars in their wallets while getting treated for chronic diseases. In this video, A. Mark Fendrick, professor of internal medicine, and health management and policy, shares how the Value-Based Insurance Design program for improving patient care went from a discussion between two U-M physicians to a federal pilot program now expanding to all 50 states.

February 19, 2018

Free speech teach-outs

For the next several weeks, the Office of Academic Innovation will present a teach-out series focusing on free speech on college campuses, in journalism and in sports. In this video, President Mark Schlissel discusses the importance of exploring the tensions and challenges surrounding free speech in various aspects of society.

February 18, 2018

Origami noise barrier

Mechanical engineering researchers at U-M have developed a reconfigurable, origami barrier that can be tuned to block traffic noise at different times throughout the day. In this video, Manoj Thota, a graduate student research assistant in mechanical engineering and lead author on the research, and Kon-Well Wang, Stephen P. Timoshenko Collegiate Professor of Mechanical Engineering and professor of mechanical engineering, explain how the system works.

February 14, 2018

UM-Dearborn’s next chancellor

Domenico Grasso and his wife, Susan, are introduced during Thursday’s Board of Regents meeting. The regents approved Grasso as the next chancellor for UM-Dearborn, effective Aug. 1. Current Chancellor Daniel Little is stepping down July 31, after guiding the Dearborn campus for the past 18 years. (Photo by Scott C. Soderberg, Michigan Photography)

February 14, 2018

Calming the tremors

After 20 years of bothersome hand tremors, Harry Hahn, an active retiree, finally found relief through a procedure called deep brain stimulation. In this video, Parag Patil, associate professor of neurosurgery, anesthesiology, and biomedical engineering; and Kelvin Chou, Thomas H. and Susan C. Brown Early Career Professor of Neurology, and professor of neurology, and neurosurgery, explain how deep brain stimulation works, and what the results look like.

February 13, 2018

Risk aware autonomy

In this video, Dhanvin Mehta, a graduate student research assistant in electrical engineering and computer science, describes his work on the Risk Aware Multi-Policy Decision Making algorithm to help guide robots in uncertain environments with constantly changing variables, such as for autonomous vehicles driving among pedestrians who can suddenly change direction or speed without signaling.

February 12, 2018

Border Crossers

Students across campus will work with visiting artist Chico MacMurtrie this semester on a 40-foot robotic sculpture that explores the notion of borders and boundary conditions. This video explores the ideas behind the project, which is led by the Institute for the Humanities and symbolizes the humanities in action.