The MBioFAR program aims to recognize and provide the most meritorious mid-career faculty with additional discretionary resources — $250,000 per year for two years for each awardee — to facilitate innovative and higher-risk research that might not otherwise be supported by conventional granting agencies.
Mechanical engineers at the University of Michigan are tackling mysteries of bone density loss in space and on Earth.
In a recent commentary, published in the European Journal of Neuroscience (EJN, May 2022), research conducted by the Gourgou group at the University of Michigan was cited as being of “primal importance” to study of spatial learning.
Talia Moore, Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering, has been selected to receive the Ralph E. Powe Junior Faculty Enhancement Award from the Oak Ridge Associated Universities organization.
U-M ME professor Elliott Rouse and his team published a paper in Nature Biomedical Engineering entitled, “Design and clinical implementation of an open-source bionic leg.”
The American Society of Biomechanics recognizes Shorya Awtar for his outstanding work in translational biomechanics research, entrepreneurship, and societal benefit.
Andre Boehman and Shorya Awtar have both received awards from the American Society of Mechanical Engineers.
Luetkemeyer is one of 22 early-career scientists who make up the third cohort of Schmidt Science Fellows. The selection process for the 2020 Schmidt Science Fellows began with almost 400 nominated candidates from more than 80 world-leading science and engineering institutions.
Rachel Vitali’s dissertation on the advancing of inertial measurement unit technology acknowledged for ProQuest honorable mention.
Activity trackers, smart watches, glucose monitors, and other wearable biosensor technology are a growing part of our lives. Now, ME Research Associate Professor Mihaela Banu is putting her research where our mouths are, with a collaborative initiative to develop a new smart, cyber-physical dental implant system.