micro/nano engineering – Mechanical Engineering

Down to the Last Drop
08/21/2023

The Energy Transport Laboratory has published a new study about droplet coalescence, an important process that affects droplet shedding on state-of-the-art oil-impregnated surfaces.

Professor Angela Violi pointing at chart on computer screen.

Nanobiotics: AI for discovering where and how nanoparticles bind with proteins
06/20/2023

A new tool in the fight against superbugs goes beyond protein folding simulations like AlphaFold, potentially revealing antibiotic candidates.

Formations of frozen droplets deliver new insights on next-generation ice-repellent surfaces
01/23/2023

Through careful analysis of lumpy ice dendrite formations, the Energy Transport Laboratory team gained new insights into the effects of oil viscosity, oil chemistry, and other contributing factors on new oil-impregnated materials.

Nadab Wubshet, 5th year ME PhD student in professor Allen Liu’s Lab, holding up a microfluidic chip that will be sent to the International Space Station.

Gravity’s impact on bone cells— experiments heading to the International Space Station
11/07/2022

Mechanical engineers at the University of Michigan are tackling mysteries of bone density loss in space and on Earth.

Nature Communications Publishes Research on Nanoscale Mechanics at vdW Heterointerfaces
04/07/2021

U-M ME Professor Wei Lu and his student Hossein Rokni have released a paper in Nature Communications entitled “Direct measurements of interfacial adhesion in 2D materials and van der Waals heterostructures in ambient air.

Research labs practice flexibility and creativity to create a new normal
08/03/2020

As research begins to ramp back up in G.G. Brown, we find out how faculty and students are making changes to safely re-enter their workspace.

Breakthrough Calorimeter Tool Gives Closer Look at Cell Growth
07/06/2020

Two graduate students develop a new calorimeter tool that increases the measurement sensitivity of metabolic heat output ten-fold.

Daly and Dasgupta Selected as Miller Faculty Scholars
03/30/2020

This award, endowed by engineering alumnus Larry Miller, is set up to recognize junior faculty members.

Mohsen Taheri Receives Rackham Predoctoral Fellowship
03/24/2020

The Rackham Predoctoral Fellowship supports outstanding doctoral students who have achieved candidacy and are actively working on dissertation research and writing. We seek to support students working on dissertations that are unusually creative, ambitious and impactful.

Stronger, stiffer, greener: Carbon-negative natural-fiber composites
03/10/2020

Lightening the weight of the machines that move people by land, sea and air is beneficial for many reasons, including improved fuel efficiency and the ability to carry higher payloads or added safety systems. A 10% reduction in the weight of a passenger car, for instance, leads to about a 6% improvement in fuel economy.