News

New Paper Published in Nature Communications titled, “Exact exchange-correlation potentials from ground-state electron densities”
10/04/2019

ME Professor Vikram Gavini, U-M Chemistry Professor, Paul Zimmerman, and ME Post-doc fellow, Bikash Kanungo, have been working on this challenge and have had their paper titled, “Exact exchange-correlation potentials from ground-state electron densities” published in Nature Communications on October 3, 2019, explaining their findings on solving the problem.

Going Beyond ME: Matt Pirone
09/25/2019

Dual master’s student, Matt Pirone, tells his story of working with the Global Information Engagement Program (GIEP) on a project in Cape Town, South Africa.

ME Research Team a Finalist for the 2019 Gordon Bell Prize
09/24/2019

Research from the Computational Materials Physics group, directed by Associate Professor Vikram Gavini, selected as a finalist for the ACM Gordon Bell Prize.

Outstanding Work in Cutting Fluids Earns Award for Professor Steve Skerlos
09/23/2019

Dr. Steve Skerlos, founder and CTO of Fusion Coolant Systems and professor of mechanical, civil, and environmental engineering at the University of Michigan, has been named ThomasNet’s September 2019’s Champion for Industry.

ME Department Chair Receives ASME Nadai Medal
09/06/2019

Tim Manganello/BorgWarner Department Chair of Mechanical Engineering, Ellen Arruda, has received the 2019 ASME Nadai Medal.

Huei Peng is Honored with Two Awards from ASME
08/29/2019

Peng has been awarded The Yasundo Takahashi Education Award and The Rufus Oldenburger Medal.

ME Welcomes Five New Faculty
08/27/2019

The ME department is pleased to welcome our new faculty members Solomon Adera, Ashley Bucsek, Heather Cooper, Jon Estrada, and Nima Fazeli to the team.

NSF Grant Awarded to Allen Liu Launches New Osteoporosis Study to Outer Space
08/19/2019

A deeper look into bone cellular development and the effects of microgravity should bring a much better understanding of the condition.

Control Engineering Practice Award presented to Anna Stefanopoulou
08/16/2019

The American Automatic Control Council (AACC) award recognizes impactful contributions to the modeling, analysis, and control of advanced vehicle powertrain systems.

Faculty Member Named Fellow of the U.S. Association for Computational Mechanics
08/14/2019

Krishna Garikipati receives a fellowship for work in numerical methods applied to nonlinear problems.