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In the foreground, a large metal piece of equipment with many wires and sensors protruding. In the background, a man smiles while placing an object on the instrument.

First 3D look at ductility-boosting ‘twinning’ behavior in lightweight magnesium alloy
08/07/2025

Piecing together the lightweight alloy’s complex mechanical properties moves towards use in cars to extend fuel economy.

Two images of micro-mirror technologies. One shows a single thin-film piezoelectric micro-mirror assembled at the tip of a microendoscope. The other image shows the assembly of a microendoscope based on a scanning micro-mirror.

$6M to establish new National Center for Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering at U-M
07/30/2025

The center will focus on the development of microsystem-based optical imaging technologies with ME professors Kenn Oldham and Thomas Wang as principal investigators.

Graphic with photos of ME PhD students Andrew Seelhoff and Anushka Rathi. Text says "Congratulations! 2025 NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Recipients

Two ME PhD students awarded National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship
07/22/2025

Two ME PhD students have been awarded 2025 Graduate Research Fellowships from the National Science Foundation.

Figure 1: BESS Demonstration Rack with mobile gantry system carrying gas sensors to sample around the enclosure.

Research Team from University of Michigan Selected as Recipient of UL Research Institutes’ Inaugural Discoveries in Safety Science Grants Program
07/10/2025

A team of researchers from U-M was recently named a recipient of UL Research Institutes’ inaugural Discoveries in Safety Science Grants program, for work on a robotic gas sensing system for battery safety in energy storage systems.

Meet ME: Owen Sayer, BSE ’25, MSE ’26
06/30/2025

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.

Kon-Well Wang elected Honorary Member of ASME
06/26/2025

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.

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ME alumnus Robert Chisena helps shape the future of cardiovascular disease treatment
06/26/2025

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.

Retirement Q&A: James Ashton-Miller
06/25/2025

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 wins 2026 Henry Russel Award
06/20/2025

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
06/17/2025

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