Jianping Fu invited to join boards of prestigious academic journals
11/28/2023
11/28/2023
Fu is a leading researcher in mechanobiology, stem cell bioengineering, developmental bioengineering, microfluidics, and BioMEMS.
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Rethinking Standards for Accessibility – An honorable mention for the James T. Neubacher Award
11/28/2023
11/28/2023
Don Wirkner, ME’s Instructional Lab Services Manager, has received an honorable mention for this award in recognition of his team’s work to identify and address accessibility problems with industry standard equipment setups.
Dr. Janet Ellzey delivers 2023 Michael Korybalski Distinguished Lecture
11/22/2023
11/22/2023
Ellzey’s lecture, titled “Humanitarian Engineering: Educating Bold, Responsible, and Innovative Leaders,” focused on humanitarian engineering, the application of engineering solutions to low-income or marginalized communities, a growing field in the US and worldwide.
Material simulation with quantum accuracy wins Gordon Bell Prize
11/17/2023
11/17/2023
The prestigious award offered by the Association for Computing Machinery goes to the team of U-M mechanical engineering professor Vikram Gavini.
4 Tips to thrive in your undergrad
11/16/2023
11/16/2023
We gathered the top tips for undergraduates from a recent event where current students discussed their challenges with recent alumni.
Margaret Wooldridge named senior fellow of Michigan Society of Fellows
11/15/2023
11/15/2023
The Society of Fellows, under the auspices of the Rackham Graduate School, was founded in 1970 by seven U-M faculty members, including then-president Robben Fleming, to stimulate cross-disciplinary awareness and exchange.
Going Beyond ME: Lucy Spicher
10/30/2023
10/30/2023
ME PhD candidate, Lucy Spicher, spent the past summer in Southern India with the Global Health Design Initiative. Putting her ME knowledge to work, Lucy conducted a clinical needs assessment at a healthcare center for physical medicine and rehabilitation.
James Holly, Jr. receives NSF CAREER Award for work in engineering education
10/25/2023
10/25/2023
Holly, Jr.’s project, “Learning from Black Intellectualism: Broadening Epistemic Foundations in Engineering Education to Empower Black Students and Faculty,” aims to change how engineering is taught and thought about.
Aaron Towne awarded Young Investigator Program award
10/18/2023
10/18/2023
His project, “A Probabilistic Transition Model for Hypersonic Boundary Layers,” seeks to give designers of hypersonic military equipment better information about real-world flight conditions.
Research from the Liu lab highlighted in NASEM proceedings
09/26/2023
09/26/2023
The NSF-funded research from Liu’s lab is featured in the proceedings entitled Understanding the Rules of Life.