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Ellen Arruda

Welcome to the Department of Mechanical Engineering (ME) at the University of Michigan (UM). We are one of the best mechanical engineering programs anywhere as measured by undergraduate and graduate program rankings, amount of high-quality space, research expenditures, global partnerships, and student-led efforts... read more  

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ME Celebrates 150 Years!

2017-18 ME Annual Report released

Giving Blueday is 12/3/2019!

Lead. Discover. Inspire.

Recent News

Albert Shih
Albert Shih Elected Fellow of the International Academy for Production Engineering

We congratulate Professor Shih on this prestigious honor.

Rich Strader
Watch the 2019 Michael Korybalski Lecture featuring speaker, Rich Strader

Rich Strader is the Vice President of Mobility Platforms and Products at Ford Motor Company and gave the 2019 Michael Korybalski Distinguished Lecture.

Shanna Daly honored with NSF Career Award
Shanna Daly honored with NSF Career Award

Shanna Daly has been awarded the National Science Foundation's CAREER Program Award.

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Videos

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The latest design of the arterial everter is a flexible tool with a tapered silicone tip that can spread the artery onto the coupler’s pins from almost any angle. The pins pierce through the artery and into the silicone without bending, and the tool’s shaft can be angled as needed. Credit: Carolyn McCarthy

Building Leaders

Who change the world

Reconstructive surgery tech gets its start in an ME 450 class -- the ‘arterial everter’ has now been licensed to Baxter.
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The jerboa - a bipedal desert rodent native to North Africa and Central Asia. Credit: Christian Baker

Future Discovery

Built on an unshakeable foundation

From rodent to robot: how a hopping mouse and information theory could inform robotic locomotion.
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A car in MCity

Hard Problems

Huge impact

Professor Peng works to improve vehicle efficiency and self-driving safety.
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