College of Engineering
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July 20, 2023
Henry Russel lecturer, award winners named for 2023
Karin Muraszko has been selected as the university’s 2023 Henry Russel Lecturer, while Alison R. Davis Rabosky, Oliver Haimson, Justin Heinze and Elliott Rouse will receive Henry Russel Awards.
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June 27, 2023
NSF provides $18M to advance materials research at U-M
More efficient computing and recyclable rigid plastics are two projects to be undertaken by a new materials research science and engineering center at U-M.
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June 20, 2023
Astrophysics, nuclear fusion centers receive $27M
Two Centers of Excellence for studying basic science surrounding how hot plasmas behave, funded by the National Nuclear Security Administration, have been awarded to U-M researchers.
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June 19, 2023
Campus briefs
Short news items from around the University of Michigan.
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June 7, 2023
U-M leads $7.5M effort to harness atomic-scale defects
A $7.5 million project led by U-M aims to understand how atom dislocations could be used as “nano-pipelines” to possibly enable faster, more efficient information processing in next-generation electronic devices.
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June 5, 2023
U-M receives $3.1M to transform post-stroke mobility treatment
Supported by a $3.1 million grant from the National Institutes of Health, U-M researchers will focus on how stroke affects two fundamental properties of the ankle joint during human walking.
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May 24, 2023
U-M launches institute to accelerate quantum research, education
U-M will invest $55 million to launch a multidisciplinary Quantum Research Institute and recruit up to eight new faculty members with expertise in quantum.
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May 22, 2023
Heritage Project — Kelly Johnson to the rescue
The U.S. Army Air Force wanted Clarence “Kelly” Johnson to build a top-secret jet plane that would need to fly more than 500 miles per hour to combat a new Nazi fighter.
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May 15, 2023
Can artificial intelligence teach machines to be curious?
We know more about Mars than our own oceans and lakes. Artificial intelligence may help provide answers by “teaching” machines to more effectively map what lies beneath the waves.
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May 9, 2023
AI could run a million microbial experiments per year
An artificial intelligence system that enables robots to conduct autonomous scientific experiments could a drastic leap forward in areas from medicine to agriculture to environmental science.
