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Transforming Futures

DARPA extends grant to continue project for designing and manufacturing in outer space

Now Open: ME Branded Store

Visit the new U-M Mechanical Engineering webstore to order department branded clothing items, hats, and bags. A portion of the proceeds will be donated to the ME Impact Fund which supports department needs such as critical student support, research, team projects, and more.

Realizing Breakthroughs

The research could make offshore renewable energy more reliable and a better neighbor to marine life, also enabling laboratory testing of larger prototypes.

Owen Sayer
Meet ME: Owen Sayer, BSE ’25, MSE ’26
June 30, 2025

From serving as president of Pi Tau Sigma to working at Toyota, Owen Sayer’s journey as a mechanical engineering student at U-M has been defined by embracing diverse experiences that have helped him grow personally and professionally.

Pulse IVL™ uses high-frequency pulsatile pressure waves to fracture arterial calcium.
ME alumnus Robert Chisena helps shape the future of cardiovascular disease treatment
June 26, 2025

Robert Chisena graduated from U-M with his PhD in Mechanical Engineering in 2019. Since then, he’s been helping to revolutionize the treatment of cardiovascular disease through Amplitude Vascular Systems (AVS), a start-up he co-founded during his time in ME.

Kon-Well Wang
Kon-Well Wang elected Honorary Member of ASME
June 26, 2025

Kon-Well Wang has been awarded Honorary Membership by the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME). Honorary Membership is one of the highest honors bestowed by the ASME Board of Governors.

James Ashton-Miller
Retirement Q&A: James Ashton-Miller
June 25, 2025

After 42 years with the U-M Department of Mechanical Engineering, James Ashton-Miller will retire from active faculty status on June 30. See what he had to say in this retirement Q&A!

Solomon Adera
Solomon Adera wins 2026 Henry Russel Award
June 20, 2025

The Henry Russel Award is considered the University’s highest honor for faculty at the early to mid-career stages of their career.

Single grains of a scandium-zinc quasicrystal have 12 pentagonal faces.
First quantum-mechanical model of quasicrystals reveals why they exist
June 17, 2025

Quasicrystals couldn’t be simulated with quantum mechanics because of their irregular atomic patterns. A new method overcomes this challenge.

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Simulating Bus Airflow
By simulating how particles exhaled from passengers on a bus would travel through the vehicle under various conditions, researchers at the University of Michigan have been able to develop guidelines for how to operate campus buses more safely during the COVID-19 pandemic.