What do you get when you give some of the brightest and most motivated student minds access to world-class faculty and facilities and present them with extremely difficult problems to solve?
Mechanical engineers who have a positive impact on the world around them...
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The University of Michigan will lead a suite of projects involving multiple institutions to boost understanding of solid-state EV power cells.
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A framework bridging computational modeling and practical application helps rapidly screen materials for storing methane, improving practical use of the natural gas
The Electrochemical Society University of Michigan Student Chapter has been selected as a 2024 Chapter of Excellence by the Electrochemical Society.
Faculty members in the Department of Mechanical Engineering are extending their work beyond the walls of the G. G. Brown through Coursera Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs).
Yatin Shankar Narayanan, a second-year MSE Mechanical Engineering student, has been awarded the 2024-25 Rackham International Student Fellowship
David Kwabi's electrochemical carbon capture technology has been licensed by a U-M startup to be developed for commercial-scale use.
Margaret Wooldridge discusses report from the National Academies, calling for increased research into another greenhouse gas to target for removal.