Gravity’s impact on bone cells— experiments heading to the International Space Station
11/07/2022
11/07/2022
Mechanical engineers at the University of Michigan are tackling mysteries of bone density loss in space and on Earth.
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Stanford University Names World’s Top 2% Scientists, 2021
10/21/2022
10/21/2022
Stanford University recently released an update of the list that represents the top 2 % of the most-cited scientists in various disciplines. The report was prepared by a team of experts led by Professor John Ioannidis.
UM-ME welcomes two new faculty
10/14/2022
10/14/2022
The UM-ME Department is pleased to welcome our new faculty members Sita Syal and Hugo Villasanti.
Jeanne Rosario named 2022 ME Alumni Merit Award Recipient
10/03/2022
10/03/2022
The award recognizes alumni who have made a difference in their field and in the world and was presented to Jeanne at the Alumni Awards Dinner on Friday, September 23, 2022.
Dawn Tilbury receives ASME DSCD 2022 Henry M. Paynter Outstanding Investigator Award
10/03/2022
10/03/2022
The award is given biennially by the Dynamic Systems and Control Division (DSCD) of ASME to a DSCD member who has demonstrated sustained outstanding research contributions, either basic or applied, as a mechanical engineering professional to fields of interest to the DSCD.
ME assistant research scientist awarded Carbon Neutrality Acceleration Program grant
09/27/2022
09/27/2022
Alauddin Ahmed, Assistant Research Scientist in Mechanical Engineering, was awarded a Carbon Neutrality Acceleration Program grant by the Graham Sustainability Institute at U-M for his project on pulling carbon dioxide from the atmosphere.
UM-ME lab working to create safer electric vehicle batteries featured on WXYZ Detroit
09/22/2022
09/22/2022
The UM Battery Lab, led by Mechanical Engineering Professor Jeff Sakamoto, is working to create safer electric vehicle batteries that last longer.
UM-ME assistant professor speaks at The Grainger Foundation Frontiers of Engineering 2022 Symposium of the National Academy of Engineering
09/22/2022
09/22/2022
James Holly, Jr., Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering, spoke on the need for faculty to have a robust understanding of social inequity, to utilize cultural knowledge as an asset, and to leverage insights from perspectives of racially-marginalized peoples in engineering classrooms.
NASEM welcomes UM-ME associate professor to committee on smart manufacturing
09/22/2022
09/22/2022
Chinedum Okwudire, Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Miller Faculty Scholar, was selected to serve on a National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (NASEM) ad-hoc committee formed to develop options for a national plan for smart manufacturing technology development and deployment.
Dr. Jian Cao delivers 2022 S.M. Wu Distinguished Lecture in Manufacturing
09/16/2022
09/16/2022
Dr. Cao’s lecture, titled “Bring Flexibility and Innovation to Manufacturing Processes,” focused on how to integrate fundamental process mechanics, process control, and techniques, including machine learning, to achieve effective and efficient predictions of a material’s mechanical behavior during manufacturing processes.