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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

Spotlight

ME Celebrates 150 Years!

2017-18 ME Annual Report released

Lead. Discover. Inspire.

Recent News

Diann Brei
Diann Brei receives the 2019 SSM Lifetime Achievement Award

Brei to receive the award at the SPIE Smart Structures+Nondestructive Evaluation conference.

Angela Violi (Left) Margaret Wooldridge (Right)
Professors Violi and Wooldridge announced as Fellows of the Combustion Institute

Two department professors recognized for outstanding contributions to combustion.

University of Michigan research team matches world records of lithium-metal anode efficiency
ME research team matches world records of lithium-metal anode efficiency

Preparing for the future by doing the research now, ME researchers have matched a world record.

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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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