Entrepreneurship & Innovation
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March 28, 2016
Digital information project to help students with course decisions
As U-M students begin developing a plan for courses in advance of registration, a new tool called Course Profile can give them reliable data about their courses.
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March 21, 2016
American Center for Mobility forms board of directors, names CEO
John M. Maddox, who has been serving as assistant director of the Mobility Transformation Center, has been named chief executive officer of the new American Center for Mobility.
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March 7, 2016
U-M students to pitch innovative health, education solutions
Student teams representing 15 of U-M’s 19 schools and colleges are tackling challenges related to public health and education through the Innovation in Action program.
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February 25, 2016
CFE, Mcity collaborate to spur transportation innovation
The Center for Entrepreneurship in partnership with the Mobility Transformation Center is launching TechLab at Mcity, a collaborative effort to promote connected- and driverless-vehicle innovation.
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February 22, 2016
Better gender balance at latest MHacks hackathon
U-M’s seventh version of MHacks, which draws students from across the country in an effort to create cool things, involved participation by a lot more women.
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January 22, 2016
Contest offers student ventures chance at mentorship, prize money
Student teams will pitch 21 ideas hoping to be the last one standing in a unique, semester-long student venture competition called The Startup.
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January 11, 2016
Ford, U-M testing autonomous cars in snow at Mcity
Typical autonomous-vehicle sensors are useless on snow-covered roads, but researchers at U-M and Ford Motor Co. are collaborating on a solution.
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January 8, 2016
U-M names director, deputy director of Mobility Transformation Center
Huei Peng, professor of mechanical engineering, has been named director of U-M’s Mobility Transformation Center, and Carrie Morton has been appointed deputy director.
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December 1, 2015
Innovative gardens help manage stormwater, beautify Detroit
A U-M pilot project shows how vacant property in Detroit can be converted to “bioretention gardens” that help manage stormwater drainage while beautifying neighborhoods.
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December 1, 2015
University receives $5.4M for energy efficiency projects
Two new U.S. Department of Energy grants that total $5.4 million will let U-M engineering researchers work on “transformational” engine and battery projects.
