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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

High School Lab Researcher has Chance for Her Experiment to be Launched into Space
High School Lab Researcher has Chance for Her Experiment to be Launched into Space

Studying the effects of microgravity on cytoskeleton wins a top 5 spot for high school student in the Genes in Space Competition.

Professor Andre Boehman Named a 2019 American Chemical Society Fellow
Professor Andre Boehman Named 2019 American Chemical Society Fellow

A total of 70 fellows were named for 2019.

ME PhD Student Yujing Song winner of 2019 Precision Health Scholars Award
ME PhD Student Yujing Song winner of 2019 Precision Health Scholars Award

Nine awards were given with grants ranging up to $80,000

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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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