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Transforming Futures

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

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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.

Neil Dasgupta wins 2025 ASME Thar Energy Award
May 08, 2025

Neil Dasgupta, associate professor of mechanical engineering and materials science and engineering at the University of Michigan, has been named the 2025 ASME Thar Energy Design Award winner.

Mechanical engineering PhD student Ted Sender configures the physical MRZR vehicle platform, interfaced with a synthetic off-road environment in the Digital Engineering (DE) lab of the Automotive Research Center. A wraparound screen creates an immersive experience. This DE setup supports integrated autonomy and mobility testing in mission-relevant scenarios. Photo: Levi Hutmacher/Michigan Engineering
Off-road autonomy and digital twins: a Q&A with Bogdan Epureanu
May 08, 2025

Going beyond driving or tele-operating single vehicles, an up-to-date digital environment is needed to help humans operate fleets of autonomous vehicles.

ME Professor Kenn Oldham elected as ASME Fellow
May 01, 2025

Oldham joins approximately 3,000 of ASME's more than 75,000 active members to be recognized as a Fellow. ASME Fellows are members of the organization who "have been responsible for significant engineering achievements."

Yuefeng Jin, Ph.D candidate and a member of Bucsek Group works in Ashley Bucsek’s lab at the GG Brown building.
Synchrotron in a closet: Bringing powerful 3D X-ray microscopy to smaller labs
April 30, 2025

A new design makes a technique for studying metals, ceramics and rocks available in a standard laboratory, expanding access for students, academic researchers and industry.

Solomon Adera
ME Assistant Professor Solomon Adera awarded ASME Johnson & Johnson Consumer Companies, Inc. Medal
April 29, 2025

Adera was recognized for “excellence in research, teaching, mentoring, and professional contributions to ASME, InterPACK, and ITherm Conferences; and for extensive and distinguished service to students.”

Graphic celebrating the 2025-26 Rackham Predoctoral Fellowship recipients in the Department of Mechanical Engineering, Rachel Silcox and Archie Yao.
2025-26 Rackham Predoctoral Fellows Announced
April 23, 2025

Two Mechanical Engineering PhD candidates were awarded Rackham Predoctoral Fellowships for 2025-26 for their outstanding dissertation research.

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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.