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March 30, 2017

Safer rockets

Rocket combustion instability has been a challenge for aerospace engineers since the prototype engines of the Apollo space program. In an attempt to enable future engineers to better design rocket engines that do not fail, the Air Force has established a center of excellence for rocket combustor dynamics with Karthik Duraisamy, assistant professor of aerospace engineering, in collaboration with Purdue, MIT, and Wisconsin. In this video, Duraisamy outlines an initial computer simulation of rocket combustor dynamics.

March 29, 2017

Advancing economic development

From left, U.S. Rep. Jack Bergman, R-Watersmeet, talks with Larry Molnar and Paula Sorrell from U-M’s Institute for Research on Labor, the Economy and Employment at a Washington, D.C., breakfast Wednesday. Sorrell and Molnar were in Washington to promote IRLEE’s economic development activities around Michigan and the Upper Midwest, including a program to aid small defense contract suppliers facing uncertain economic times. (Photo by Mike Waring, Washington Office)

March 28, 2017

Democratic to authoritarian rule

Once thought to be largely on the way out, authoritarian rule has found its way back into world politics. This resurgence, along with an increasingly polarized political climate in the United States and abroad, will be the focus of the first U-M “teach-out” Friday in which seven history and political science experts will lead a global digital learning experience. In this video, Arun Agrawal, Samuel Trask Dana Professor, professor of natural resources, and faculty associate at the Center for Political Studies, discusses the factors that will drive the discussion.

March 27, 2017

Bangladesh collaborations

Martin Philbert, dean of the School of Public Health, listens to Afroz Huda, senior adviser for the Foundation for Charitable Activities in Bangladesh, during a February visit to to the South Asian nation. U-M researchers were in Bangladesh to explore collaborative opportunities for research partnerships that would study such issues as poverty, infant mortality and chronic health problems. (Photo by M. Ponir Hussain)

March 26, 2017

Burton Tower in maize and blue

In celebration of the university’s 200th year, the iconic Burton Tower will glow in new maize and blue lighting for the bicentennial’s UMich200 Spring Festival. Starting the week of April 3, the tower will be illuminated in white lights. The lights will transition to maize and blue and end with a multimedia light show supporting the “True Blue! A Tribute to Michigan,” event at Hill Auditorium on April 8. (Photo by Scott C. Soderberg, Michigan Photography)

March 23, 2017

Squirrel power

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Corey Seeman has taken tens of thousands of images of squirrels since embracing photography in 2007. Seeman, director of library services at the Stephen M. Ross School of Business’ Kresge Library, says he has taken at least one picture every day for nine years. This gallery from Michigan Today captures the varied facets of the campus’ furry residents. Interested in thousands of squirrel shots? View Seeman’s flickr gallery. (Photo by Corey Seeman)

March 22, 2017

Synthetic enamel

Unavoidable vibrations, such as those on airplanes, cause rigid structures to age and crack, but researchers at the College of Engineering may have an answer for that: Design them more like tooth enamel. In this video, Nicholas Kotov, Joseph B. and Florence V. Cejka Professor of Engineering, and professor of chemical engineering, materials science and engineering, and macromolecular science and engineering, explains his team’s work to develop a synthetic material with the structural benefits of enamel.

March 21, 2017

The big picture

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LSA senior Edna Hanafi’s photo of llamas crossing a road in the Andes is one of several highlighted in the International Institute’s annual photo contest, which documents the beauty and meaningful moments that students brought back to campus from their travels abroad.

March 20, 2017

Crystal structures app

Joanna Millunchick, Arthur F. Thurnau Professor, Presidential Bicentennial Professor and professor of materials science and engineering, is working to change the way people visualize crystal structures. In this video, Millunchick and her development partner, Duncan Abbot, CEO of Gwydion Inc., explain how an app that centers on virtual and augmented reality — technology more frequently used for video games — can create a new affordable platform that will be available to anyone worldwide with a printer and a smart phone.

March 19, 2017

Match Day 2017

The Medical School’s time-honored tradition of Match Day played out Friday as 170 members of the school’s Class of 2017 learned where they would be going for their residencies. In this video, students share the joy of learning where the next step in their medical careers will take them.