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ME Gears Up To Celebrate 150 Years!

2016-17 ME Annual Report released

Mechanical Engineering March 2018 Newsletter

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From left: Dr. Corina Sandu, Dr. Mircea Gradu (SAE President), Dr. Ravi Thyagarajan, Dr. Anna Stefanopoulou and Dr. John Wagner

Stefanopoulou elected SAE fellow

04/17/2018

The SAE's highest grade of membership, the Fellow status recognizes and honors long-term members who have made a significant impact on the Society's mobility technology through leadership, research, and innovation.

$The atom density distributions along the x axis, i.e., the ⟨ 111 ⟩ direction, for structures S1–S5. The vacancy cluster’s fractional coordinate along the x axis is about 0.8. It clearly shows that for high strain rates 10^6 and 10^8s^(-1), the vacancy clusters are ripped into parts, while such behavior is not observed for lower strain rates.$

Fan group's recent study on dislocation-obstacle interaction published in Physical Review Letters

04/10/2018

A recent research by U-M ME Ph.D. student Zhiton Bai and Assistant Professor Yue Fan, entitled "Abnormal Strain Rate Sensitivity Driven by a Unit Dislocation-Obstacle Interaction in bcc Fe," was published in the March 2018 Physical Review Letters.

ME 150th Anniversary Distinguished Lecture Series: Parviz Moin

04/06/2018

Moin's lecture will occur on April 20th and is titled "Reduced Order Modeling of Wall Turbulence"

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A tiny device offers insight into how cancer spreads

Building Leaders

Who change the world

Researchers have developed a fluidic device to track over time which cancer cells lead the disease’s invasive march.
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In an innovative, bullet-shaped car, the University of Michigan Solar Car Team took an historic second place in the Bridgestone World Solar Challenge

Future Discovery

Built on an unshakeable foundation

In an innovative, bullet-shaped car, the University of Michigan Solar Car Team took a historic second place in the Bridgestone World Solar Challenge.
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Skerlos' research shows the climate action window could close as early as 2023

Hard Problems

Huge impact

Professor Skerlos' research shows the climate action window could close as early as 2023.
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