Our home, the G.G. Brown Building, recently received a $46 million addition and an additional $50 million in renovations. The improvements provide state-of-the-art, student-centric instructional space. They also enable transformative research that combines core mechanical engineering with emerging technologies.
Project support
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Wooldridge Combustion Laboratory
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Wilson Student Team Project Center
Automotive & Future Transportation
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Automotive Research Center
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Automotive Structural Durability Simulation Center
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Barton Research Group
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General Motors/University of Michigan Automotive Collaborative Research Laboratory: Advanced Manufacturing Division
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General Motors/University of Michigan Smart Materials & Structures Collaborative Research Laboratory
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Powertrain Control Laboratory
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Walter E. Lay Automotive Laboratory
Biomechanics & Biosystems Engineering
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Bio-MicroElectro Mechanical Systems Lab
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Biomechanics Research Laboratory
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Biomechanics Research Laboratory
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Human Biomechanics and Control Laboratory
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Integrated Biosystems and Biomechanics Laboratory
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Perkins Research Group
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Soft Tissue Mechanics Laboratory
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Epureanu Research Group
Controls
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Powertrain Control Laboratory
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Structural Dynamics and Controls Lab
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Variable Gravity Research Laboratory
Design
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Compliant Systems Design Laboratory
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Design Lab
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Environmental and Sustainable Technology Laboratory
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Global Health Design Initiative
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Laboratory for Innovation in Global Health Technology (LIGHT)
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Optimal Design Laboratory
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Precision Systems Design Lab
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Sensory Augmentation and Rehabilitation Laboratory (SARL)
Dynamics and Vibrations
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Laboratory for Automation and Mechanical Structures (LAMS)
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Vibrations and Acoustics Laboratory: Microsystems
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Epureanu Research Group
- Structural Dynamics and Controls Lab
Energy
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Michigan Industrial Energy Center (MIEC)
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Energy Storage and Materials Simulation Lab
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Fuel Cell Control Systems Laboratory
Fluids
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Cavitation and Multiphase Flow Laboratory
- Laboratory for Turbulence Physics and Computation
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Scientific Computing and Flow Physics Laboratory
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Technical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory
Manufacturing
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Center for Dimensional Measurement and Control in Manufacturing
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Center for Laser Aided Intelligent Manufacturing
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Center for Lasers and Plasmas for Advanced Manufacturing
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Center for Intelligent Maintenance Systems
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Engineering Research Center in Reconfigurable Machining Systems
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Integrated Manufacturing Systems Laboratory
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S.M. Wu Manufacturing Research Center
Mechanics & Materials
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Materials Characterization Lab
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Mechanical Properties of Materials Laboratory
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Laser Materials Processing Laboratory
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Mechanical Testing Lab
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Smart Materials and Structures Laboratory
Mechatronics & Robotics
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Rehabilitation Robotics Group
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Haptix Laboratory
Micro/Nano Engineering
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Microsystems Technology and Science Laboratory
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Nanomechanics Laboratory
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The Violi Group
Multi-scale Computation and Computational Mechanics
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Computational Mechanics Laboratory
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Computational Mechanics Laboratory
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Computational Physics Group
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Laboratory for Turbulence Physics and Computation
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Algorithmic Synthesis Laboratory
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Automated Modeling Laboratory
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The Violi Group
Thermal Sciences
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Heat Transfer Physics
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Laboratory for Transport & Interaction in Porous Media
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Solid State Thermal Physics Laboratory
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Quantitative Laser Diagnostics Laboratory
Algorithmic Synthesis Laboratory
Website: http://www-personal.umich.edu/~kazu/research-areas.html
Coordinator: Kazu Saitou
3007 EECS
Phone: 734-763-0036
Fax: 734-647-3170
Algorithmic Synthesis Laboratory (ASL) investigates theories and methods for modeling, abstraction, and algorithmic synthesis of mechanical, industrial, and biomedical systems. We emphasize the mathematical abstraction rooted on the fundamental understanding the target systems and the algorithmic generalization utilizing the tools in mechanical, industrial, computer science and engineering, including but not limited to, geometric and kinematic reasoning, image and pattern recognition, stochastic planning and optimization. Members of the laboratory are exposed, through our collaborators and sponsors, to broad application domains ranging from mechanical and industrial engineering to medical and pharmaceutical engineering.
Automated Modeling Laboratory
Coordinator: Jeffrey Stein
G029 Auto Lab
Phone: 734-763-7388
Fax: 734-764-4256
The Automated Modeling Laboratory focuses on the development of methodologies and tools to assist engineers with their system modeling and simulation tasks. The objective of our research is to develop algorithms and software tools that facilitate the systematic development of models. This includes documentation about the models assumptions, accuracy, range of validity, quality, etc.
Automotive Fuel and Combustion Technology
Website: http://boehman.engin.umich.edu/
Director: Andre Boehman
2007 Auto Lab
The Automotive Fuel and Combustion Technology (AFACT) group is devoted to studies of fuel chemistry, combustion and pollution control for combustion engines, and more generally for compression and spark ignition combustion processes. The mission of AFACT is to investigate and solve problems related to combustion engine emissions through innovation in engine combustion, exhaust aftertreatment and fuel formulation research. Typically, there are more than a dozen students, including some undergraduate laboratory assistants, involved in the research with the AFACT group at any given time.
Automotive Research Center
Website: http://arc.engin.umich.edu/
Primary Investigator: Bogdan Epureanu
2043 Auto Lab
The Automotive Research Center (ARC) is a University-based U.S. Army Center of Excellence for advancing the technology of high fidelity simulation of military and civilian ground vehicles. It represents the key basic research partner of the U.S. Army DEVCOM Ground Vehicle Systems Center (GVSC) in Warren, Michigan. The ARC was established in 1994 at the University of Michigan. Our partnership base has evolved over the years to meet the research needs of our Army sponsors and now include Wayne State University, Oakland University, University of Iowa, Clemson University, Virginia Tech, Michigan Tech, Mississippi State University and University of Alabama Birmingham.
Automotive Structural Durability Simulation Center
Director: Jwo Pan
1123 Auto Lab
Phone: 734-764-9404
The purpose of the Automotive Structural Durability Simulation Center is to work with industry to solve real engineering problems in the area of automotive structural durability. Center researchers accomplish this by developing techniques for automotive components modeling, subsystem and full vehicle dynamic simulation, stress and fatigue life prediction, and design optimization.
Barton Research Group
Website: http://brg.engin.umich.edu/
Director: Kira Barton
2160 G.G. Brown
Phone: (734) 764-7293
Research in the Barton Research Group (BRG) combines the development of novel sensing and control strategies with experimental implementation. Equal part theory and application, the focus of the research is on innovative strategies for improving the performance of a wide range of systems. Current research topics include the exploration of novel sensing and control techniques for improving the coordination and precision motion control of multiple systems. The versatility of these strategies will be demonstrated through applications ranging from autonomous vehicles to emerging manufacturing processes.
Bio-MicroElectro Mechanical Systems Lab
Coordinator: Nikos Chronis
2178 GG Brown
Biomechanics Research Laboratory
Website: http://me.engin.umich.edu/brl/
Director: James Ashton-Miller
Affiliated Member: Kathleen Sienko
3216 GG Brown
Phone: 734-936-0366
Fax: 734-763-9332
The Biomechanics Research Laboratory (BRL) maintains an international reputation for research excellence. Investigations in BRL are aimed at exploring the mechanical causes of neuromuscular and musculoskeletal disabilities, diseases, and injuries. The lab seeks to gain basic insights into problems that have wide socioeconomic impact, from spine deformities in the young to falls in the elderly. Fundamental research is carried out that seeks to understand how the brain coordinates and controls a myriad of muscles in human locomotion and how aging affects that control. Scientific hypotheses are formulated and tested using experimental and analytic tools. The insights gained are used in medicine, ergonomics, kinesiology, psychology and other fields to improve preventive, diagnostic, therapeutic, and rehabilitative techniques.
Cavitation and Multiphase Flow Laboratory
Coordinator: Steve Ceccio
1077 Autolab
The Cavitation and Multiphase Flow Laboratory is devoted to the study of a wide variety of multiphase flows, including gas-liquid flows, solid-gas flows, three-phase flows, cavitating, and boiling flows on both the laboratory and full scales.
Center for Dimensional Measurement and Control in Manufacturing
Director: Jun Ni
3001F EECS
Phone: 734-615-4315
Fax: 734-763-5700
The Center for Dimensional Measurement and Control in Manufacturing is a National Science Foundation – Industry/University Cooperative Research Center. The Center maintains a strong industry/university cooperative research program with three focused thrust areas: (1) dimensional measurement principles and systems, (2) dimensional control for machined parts, and (3) dimensional control of stamped parts. The Center brings together expertise from mechanical engineering, industrial and operations engineering, electrical engineering and computer science, and materials science and engineering, to address research needs and challenges in dimensional measurement and control.
Center for Intelligent Maintenance Systems
U-M Co-Director: Jun Ni
1206 HH Dow
Phone: 734-936-2918
Fax: 734-936-0363
Center for Intelligent Maintenance Systems (CIMS) is concentrated on bringing about innovations on predictive maintenance technologies, including intelligent machine degradation assessment methodologies, e-prognostics, and e-diagnostics to enable manufacturers and customers to have products and machines with near-zero breakdown conditions. The IMS plans to develop intelligent prognostics software such as digital Watchdog Agent TM (prognostics on a chip and algorithm) for in-situ machine degradation assessment and remote monitoring as well as web-enabled agents for internet augmented intelligent maintenance and e-service business decision-making systems (e.g. e-business tools).
Center for Laser Aided Intelligent Manufacturing
Website: http://claim.engin.umich.edu/
Director: Jyoti Mazumder
1132 / 1133 / 1134 / 1136 GG Brown
Phone: 734-647-6824
Fax: 734-763-5772
The Center for Laser Aided Intelligent Manufacturing (CLAIM) is a university/corporate partnership dedicated to advancing the applications of laser technology to such materials processing/manufacturing applications as welding, drilling, cladding, chemical vapor deposition, ablation, direct metal deposition and surface treatment.
Center for Lasers and Plasmas for Advanced Manufacturing
Website: https://clpam.engin.umich.edu/
Coordinator: Jyoti Mazumder
2041 GG Brown
Center Mission: The University of Michigan Center for Lasers and Plasmas for Advanced Manufacturing is created to develop a fundamental understanding of laser-aided intelligent manufacturing to reduce lead-time for concept-to-product manufacturing for U. S. industry.
Wooldridge Combustion Laboratory
Website: http://wooldridge.engin.umich.edu/
Contact: Margaret Wooldridge
2156 GG Brown
Phone: (734) 936-0349
The Wooldridge Combustion Laboratory at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor focuses on high-temperature chemically reacting systems which are critical to widespread applications, including synthesis methods for advanced materials, power and propulsion generation, and chemical processing. Professor Wooldridge’s research program spans these diverse areas and focuses on experimental studies to enable major developments in materials, fuel chemistry, and combustion devices.
Compliant Systems Design Laboratory
Website: http://csdl.engin.umich.edu/
Director: Sridhar Kota
2231 GG Brown
Phone: 734-936-0357
Fax: 734-647-3170
The Compliant Systems Design Laboratory (CSDL) develops novel engineering solutions by utilizing mechanical compliance in design. The lab also develops analytical and computational tools for synthesis and analysis of compliant mechanisms integrated with actuators to form compliant system. Applications include microelectromechanical systems (MEMS), Adaptive Structures, and Product Design for No-Assembly (DNA).
Computational Mechanics Laboratory
Director: Greg Hulbert
Affiliated Member: Zheng-Dong Ma
3001B / 3005 / 3007 EECS
Phone: 734-936-2925
Fax: 734-647-3170
Established in 1988, supports more than 20 doctoral students, post-doctoral scholars and visiting professors working with Professors Greg Hulbert and Noboru Kikuchi, facilities include more than 15 engineering workstations, along with a multimedia presentation lab.
Computational Mechanics Laboratory
Website: http://www-personal.umich.edu/~kikuchi/CMLWEB/indicator.html
Coordinator: Noboru Kikuchi
Affiliated Member: Zheng-Dong Ma
3005 EECS
Phone: 734-615-8180
Email: kikuchi@umich.edu
Computer methods for mechanical engineering are intended. More specifically, basis for CAE including design optimization and nonlinear mechanics is the main research topic. Many CAE related computer codes have been developed, and they are still now integrated in some commercially available CAE software.
Computational Physics Group
Website: https://sites.google.com/umich.edu/krishna/
Director: Krishna Garikipati
3003 EECS
Phone: 734-936-2925
The Computational Physics Group works on theoretical and computational aspects of problems in Biological Physics, Materials Physics and Mechanics, using methods of nonlinear continuum mechanics, numerical analysis and applied mathematics.
Design Lab
Director: Steve Skerlos
3007 EECS
Phone: 734-763-0036
Fax: 734-647-3170
The Design Laboratory of the University of Michigan, from its creation in 1989, has been a leader in innovative application of engineering design. Our faculty span the breadth of the Design Science horizon and we are constantly stretching those boundaries into even more novel areas such as MEMS, Environmental Design, and Smart Materials and Structures. Our main strength is our team spirit. Collaboration and interdisciplinary research and education produce a unique mix of talent and experience here. With so many players in such a variety of areas, we bring more to the field.
DOE EFRC: Mechano-Chemical Understanding of Solid Ion Conductors (MUSIC)
Director: Jeff Sakamoto
MUSIC focuses on understanding an emerging branch of science involving mechanical and chemical phenomena that affect advanced battery designs. U-M and eight partner institutions will explore the use of ceramic ion conductors as replacements for the traditional liquid or polymer electrolytes in common lithium-ion batteries for electric vehicles and in flow cells for storing renewable energy in the grid.
Energy Storage and Materials Simulation Lab
Website: http://www.umich.edu/~djsiege
Coordinator: Donald Siegel
Email: djsiege@umich.edu
Phoenix Memorial Energy Institute Laboratory
The Energy Storage and Materials Simulation Lab (ESMS Lab) aims to address the materials and systems-level challenges facing the development of efficient methods for high-density energy storage. Our primary emphasis is on applications in transportation (fuel cell and battery electric vehicles) and power generation (enabling base-load intermittent sources). We make extensive use of high-performance computing, and have additional expertise in the areas of mechanical properties of materials, surface & interface science, metallic alloys, and multi-scale modeling.
Engineering Research Center in Reconfigurable Machining Systems
Website: http://erc.engin.umich.edu
Director: Yoram Koren
Affiliated Member: Dawn Tilbury, Elijah Kannatey-Asibu Jr., James Moyne, Jun Ni
1100 HH Dow
Phone: 734-763-9999
Email: erc_staff@umich.edu
Fax: 734-763-5700
In 1996, with an 11-year grant from the National Science Foundation, leading manufacturers and the State of Michigan, Professors Yoram Koren and A. Galip Ulsoy inaugurate the Engineering Research Center for Reconfigurable Manufacturing Systems (RMS). It was a massive response to industry’s need for speedier transformation of manufacturing in an era of overwhelming technological change. The RMS Center was the first NSF-sponsored ERC in the U-M College of Engineering.
From 2007 to 2010 the ERC/RMS has continued its stream of innovations, funded by sole industry support. ERC/RMS methodologies, patents and machines have been implemented in industry and improved product quality and factory productivity by significant margins. Professor Koren was the Center Director from its launch in 1996 through 2010 and Professors Ulsoy and Jun Ni have served as deputy directors.
Total funding for the Center through 2009 was $48M. The testbed, facilities, student areas and conference rooms were built and furnished using ERC/RMS.
Environmental and Sustainable Technology Laboratory
Director: Steve Skerlos
2190 GG Brown
Email: skerlos@umich.edu
The Environmental and Sustainable Technology Laboratory (EAST) is dedicated to technology, knowledge, and policy innovations that reduce the impact of engineering design and manufacturing decisions on the environment. Primary activities include the life cycle evaluation of technology systems and fundamental research leading to novel technologies that minimize environmental and health risks in manufacturing.
Epureanu Research Group
Website: www-personal.umich.edu/~epureanu
Director: Bogdan Epureanu
Phone: (734)-647-6391
Fax: (734)-647-9379
Our research group is located in the Mechanical Engineering Department at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. We focus on biological and epidemiological systems, aerospace and automotive structures, and turbomachinery. Examples include creating novel mechano-chemical dynamic models of nanoscale intracellular transport processes, developing the next generation of highly sensitive diagnosis and monitoring techniques, discovering novel methods for forecasting tipping points in complex systems such as disease epidemics and ecological systems, developing innovative reduced order models of multi-physics systems such as Li-ion batteries and complex structures, creating advanced system identification and control methodologies for smart structures and fluid-structural systems. We blend novel methods and theory with fundamental experiments in linear and nonlinear dynamics from macro to nano-scale.
Fuel Cell Control Systems Laboratory
Website: https://fuelcell.engin.umich.edu/
Director: Anna Stefanopoulou
Affiliated Member: Huei Peng
Phoenix Memorial Laboratory, Room 3039
The experimental set-up in the Fuel Cell Control Systems Laboratory allows the implementation of multivariable controllers, fault detection, and diagnostic algorithms for the regulation of reactant flow and pressure, stack temperature, and membrane humidity. It is anticipated that the development and testing of real-time control and diagnostic systems will accelerate the use of Fuel Cells by enhancing their safety, increasing their efficiency, and ensuring their robustness in real world applications. The lab collaborates with The Schatz Energy Research Center, Ford Motor Company, United Technologies, National Science Foundation and the Automotive Research Center.
Global Design Laboratory
Website: http://globaldesign.engin.umich.edu/
Director: Jesse Austin-Breneman
Research in the Global Design Laboratory is aimed at developing improved process and support tools to help design teams make better decisions when facing complex system design tasks. By bridging the foundations of formal complex system design with a deep understanding of actual practice, our work provides insight into the design of complex engineering systems and delivers strategies for reaching a better global design.
Current research topics include the use of multi-disciplinary optimization to model expert design teams and developing support tools to help engineers improve their system-level thinking. These strategies are applied in a variety of areas, from aerospace to automotive design to emerging markets.
Global Health Design Initiative (GHDI)
Website: https://globalhealthdesign.engin.umich.edu/
The Global Health Design Initiative provides students with an opportunity to address global health challenges through clinical immersion and design coursework. Students have performed design ethnography at hospitals in Ghana, Ethiopia, Kenya, Nicaragua, and China to identify and prioritize healthcare challenges that can be partially addressed through engineering design. The overarching objectives of such clinical immersion experiences are to provide students with an opportunity to apply and further develop design ethnography skills, establish intercultural and interdisciplinary communication skills, and gain an understanding of the local and broader contexts of design.
General Motors/University of Michigan Smart Materials & Structures Collaborative Research Laboratory
Website: http://sms.engin.umich.edu/
University Co-Director: Diann Brei
The mission of the GM/UM SMS CRL is to exploit the emerging capabilities of smart materials and structures to create and support innovative advanced device technologies for automotive applications of value and interest to GM and extension to dual technologies for strategic partners.
Haptix Laboratory
Website: http://haptixlab.engin.umich.edu/
Director: Brent Gillespie
The Haptix Laboratory is home to a set of research projects aimed at developing and applying human/machine interface devices to exploit the human sense of touch (haptics).
Heat Transfer Physics
Website: https://htp.engin.umich.edu/
Director: Massoud Kaviany
2186 / 3108 GG Brown
Phone: 734-764-3487
Fax: 734-647-3170
In our Heat Transfer Physics research, we seek this atomic-structure design (including nanostructures and quantum confinements) and optimization of the carrier energy kinetics (transition rates). This is rendered in the figure below. Our current research projects include laser cooling of solids, phonon recycling in transistors, phonovoltaic, α-voltaic, and phonocatalysis. We work on high figure-of-merit thermoelectric materials around the role of phonons. We are also working on the molecular dynamics explanation of the thermoreceptor gating.
Integrated Manufacturing Systems Laboratory
Director: Jun Ni
1100 HH Dow
The Integrated Manufacturing Systems Laboratory is the largest manufacturing laboratory in the US, with numerous machine tools, measurement and inspection systems and other research equipment. This facility houses the activities of the Engineering Research Center for Reconfigurable Machining Systems (ERC-RMS) and the S. M. Wu Manufacturing Research Laboratory.
Integrated Biosystems and Biomechanics Laboratory
Website: http://me.engin.umich.edu/ibbl/
Coordinator: Jianping Fu
Phone: 215-746-2266
Email: jpfu@umich.edu
Our group’s research interests lie at the nexus of micro/nanoengineering, biophysics, biology, and biotechnology. Specifically, we focus on developing integrated, technology and biology based translational approaches to address critical challenges in human immune and neurological diseases. We integrate micro/nanoengineering tools and systems biology methods with new discoveries of mechanobiology, epigenetics, and classic signaling networks to provide transformative diagnostic and therapeutic solutions targeting immune and neurological diseases. We are also interested in developing novel synthetic biomimetic tools and platforms for understanding cancer biology, prevention, early detection, diagnosis, and treatment.
Laboratory for Automation and Mechanical Structures (LAMS)
Coordinator: Galip Ulsoy
2277 GG Brown
Phone: 734-763-2227
Email: ulsoy@umich.edu
The focus of research in LAMS is in two areas: (1) Automation of mechanical systems, and (2) dynamics and vibration of mechanical structures.
Laboratory for Innovation in Global Health Technology (LIGHT)
Website: http://sienkolab.engin.umich.edu/drupal/node/77
Coordinator: Kathleen Sienko
1109 / 3121 GG Brown
Phone: 734-764-8308
Email: sienko@umich.edu
The Laboratory for Innovation in Global Health Technology focuses on the co-creative design of low-cost and simple technology solutions to healthcare challenges in resource-limited settings.
Laboratory for Transport & Interaction in Porous Media
Director: Massoud Kaviany
2186 / 3108 GG Brown
Phone: 734-764-3487
Fax: 734-647-3170
The Laboratory on Transport and Interaction in Porous Media synthesizes and analyzes porous media for heat and mass transfer applications. The approach of the lab combines the fundamentals of thermal transport (phonon, electron, fluid particle, and photon) and interaction (energy coversion), with special functions for this particular medium. Scientists/engineers trained in this discipline acquire the knowledge in fundamental sciences, with a large range of length and time scales and physical and chemical phenomena, and in scores of applications, that directly affect the industry and the environment.
Laboratory for Turbulence Physics and Computation
Director: Rayhaneh Akhavan
2016 GG Brown
Phone: 734-763-1048
Fax: 734-647-3170
The Laboratory for Turbulence Physics and Computation seeks basic insight into the complex physics of turbulent flows through numerical simulations in order to develop novel turbulence control and turbulence modeling strategies.
Laser Materials Processing Laboratory
Website: http://asibu.engin.umich.edu/
Director: Elijah Kannatey-Asibu Jr.
1109 / 1133 GG Brown
Phone: 734-936-0408
Email: asibu@umich.edu
The Laser Materials Processing Laboratory conducts research in many facets of laser manufacturing including weld pool fluid flow, heat affected zone microstructure, thermal analysis of dual beam laser welding, on-line monitoring of laser weld quality, and process monitoring.
Materials Characterization Lab
Coordinator: Ellen Arruda
3121 GG Brown
Mechanical Properties of Materials Laboratory
Website: http://www-personal.umich.edu/~thouless/
Director: Michael Thouless
2157 GG Brown
The Mechanical Properties of Materials Laboratory does numerical and experimental research in the fracture and deformation of engineering materials.
Mechanical Testing Lab
Coordinator: Ellen Arruda
1025 GG Brown
Microsystems Technology and Science Laboratory
Coordinator: Katsuo Kurabayashi
Affiliated Member: Edgar Meyhofer, Kazu Saitou, Steve Skerlos
SSEL/EMAL/MEMS
Nanomechanics Laboratory
Website: http://www.umich.edu/~nanomech/
Director: Edgar Meyhofer
1100 GG Brown
The research interest/mission/fields of the Nanomechanics Laboratory include molecular and cellular biomechanics, single molecule biophysics, biomolecular nanotechnology, cell physiology, comparative functional morphology and ultrastructure, development of microscopy-based techniques for the manipulation and detection of single molecules.
Optimal Design Laboratory
Website: http://ode.engin.umich.edu
Director: Panos Papalambros
3200 EECS
Phone: 734-647-8401
Fax: 734-647-8403
The Optimal Design (ODE) Laboratory is dedicated to research in design methods and tools that improve the design process and the quality of designed artifacts. The analytical decision-making paradigm is used to study product development methods from an interdisciplinary perspective that includes engineering, business, psychology, art and architecture. Studies in automotive systems, such as hybrid propulsion technologies, are specifically emphasized.
Perkins Research Group
Website: http://www.ncp.engin.umich.edu/
Director: Noel Perkins
Phone: (734) 936-0403
Our lab employs wireless sensors to measure human motion in the contexts of athletic performance, soldier performance, human health and rehabilitation, and worker safety and health. Our research translates data harvested from tiny inertial sensors to yield quantitative metrics of human performance for myriad applications. In a separate line of research, we study the mechanics of single molecule DNA and DNA/protein interactions and the mechanics of viruses.
Powertrain Control Laboratory
Website: http://www-personal.umich.edu/~annastef/PCL_Lab.html
Director: Anna Stefanopoulou
G008, 1082 Auto Lab
Phone: 734-936-0424
Fax: 734-764-4256
The Powertrain Control Laboratory’s research addresses the theory and design of control systems for internal combustion engines and advanced powertrains. The lab focuses on transient system behavior for engines equipped with innovative mechanisms: electronic primary throttle, intake runner valves, air by-pass valve, variable camshaft timing actuators, variable valve timing actuators, exhaust gas recirculation valves, variable nozzles turbine and hybrid turbochargers.
Precision Systems Design Lab
Website: http://psdl.engin.umich.edu/
Coordinator: Shorya Awtar
Affiliated Member: Pramod Sangi Reddy
2009 GG Brown
Email: awtar@umich.edu
Fax: 734-64-3170
This lab conducts research in the design of high-precision high-bandwidth motion systems for macro, micro and nano scale applications. Our design philosophy is based on the principles of Precision Engineering and Mechatronics, and relies heavily on the engineering disciplines of kinematics, mechanics, dynamics and controls.
Quantitative Laser Diagnostics Laboratory
Director: Volker Sick
1123 / 2007 Auto Lab
Phone: 734-647-9607
We focus on developing and applying laser-based and other optical measurement techniques to enable studies of mass and energy transfer at high pressures and high temperatures in mechanically restricted and vibrating environments, such as present in IC engines, stationary combustion, and multi-phase mixing processes to address the next generation of questions in combustion research.
Rehabilitation Robotics Group
Website: http://rehabrobotics.umich.edu/
Coordinator: Dan Ferris
Affiliated Members: Brent Gillespie, C. David Remy, Kathleen Sienko
1402 Washington Heights Ann Arbor, MI 48109
Phone: 734-647-2740
The University of Michigan Rehabilitation Robotics Group consists of 11 faculty members working in the field of rehabilitation robotics. Rehabilitation robotics is the field of science and engineering concerned with powered devices for improving function or mobility in individuals with disabilities. It includes powered devices for movement therapy (e.g., after a stroke or spinal cord injury) and of robotic devices for the chronic assistance of human function (e.g., powered prosthetics and orthotics). The group has members from five different units – Biomedical Engineering; Kinesiology; Mechanical Engineering; Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation; and Psychology. Each Rehabilitation Robotics Group member directs a research laboratory developing and/or testing technologies to aid in the rehabilitation of individuals with neurological or musculoskeletal disabilities.
S.M. Wu Manufacturing Research Center
Website: http://wumrc.engin.umich.edu/
Director: Jun Ni
Affiliated Member: Albert Shih
1051 / 1100 HH Dow
Phone: 734-764-5299
Email: wu_group@umich.edu
Fax: 734-936-0363
The S. M. Wu Manufacturing Research Center conducts basic and applied research in manufacturing science and engineering. Its broad scope of research consists of six different research laboratories for: assembly and materials joining, dimensional measurement, drill research, in-process quality improvement, machine tools and machining, and sheet metal stamping and material forming.
Scientific Computing and Flow Physics Laboratory
Website: http://www-personal.umich.edu/~ejohnsen
Director: Eric Johnsen
2043 Lay Auto Lab
Phone: 734-764-2122
Research in the Scientific Computing and Flow Physics Laboratory draws from applied mathematics, numerical analysis, physical modeling and high-performance computing to develop new techniques for numerical simulations and modeling of fluid mechanics problems. We use these techniques to uncover the basic physics underlying complex multiscale flows, including multiphase flows, unsteady flows, high-speed flows and shock waves, turbulence and mixing, interfacial instabilities, plasma dynamics and non-newtonian flows. Our work applies to biomedical engineering, energy, aeronautics, turbomachinery and naval engineering.
Sensory Augmentation and Rehabilitation Laboratory (SARL)
Website: http://sienkolab.engin.umich.edu/drupal/node/78
Coordinator: Kathleen Sienko
1109 / 3121 GG Brown
Phone: 734-764-8308
Email: sienko@umich.edu
The Sensory Augmentation and Rehabilitation Laboratory focuses on the design, development, and assessment of medical devices, especially for balance-impaired populations such as vestibular-deficient patients, patients with sensory deficits (peripheral neuropathies), and the elderly. We also study the effects of aging (and specialized balance disorders) on postural control and balance as well as the design of preventative and rehabilitative devices for these populations.
Smart Materials and Structures Laboratory
Director: Diann Brei
Affiliated Member: Jon Luntz
2203 GG Brown
The Smart Materials and Structures Laboratory designs smart structures, with particular concentration on the development of innovative actuators incorporating smart materials such as piezoelectrics, electrostrictives, and shape memory alloys. Lab researchers are interested in continuing research in actuators as well as branching out into other smart structure applications such as vibration control, shape control and health monitoring.
Soft Tissue Mechanics Laboratory
Website: http://stml.engin.umich.edu/
Director: Ellen Arruda
1025 / 3126 GG Brown
The Soft Tissues Mechanics Laboratory (STML) at the University of Michigan studies the soft tissues of the human body, such as skin and heart. The goal is to build on the current understanding of the mechanics of these tissues through experimentation and modeling. At this time, there is particular interest in measuring the constitutive behavior of soft tissues and in developing a better constitutive model that relates the complex structure of the tissue to its mechanical response. Research in the STML is divided into three areas: experimental investigation, constitutive modeling, and finite element simulations.
Solid State Thermal Physics Laboratory
Director: Kevin Pipe
2211A GG Brown
Phone: 734-763-6624
Email: pipe@umich.edu
Fax: 734-647-3170
The Solid State Thermal Physics Laboratory conducts research in heat transfer at micro and nano size scales, especially examining electronic/optoelectronic devices and thermoelectric/thermionic effects.
Structural Dynamics and Controls Lab
Website: http://sdcl.engin.umich.edu/
Director: Kon-Well Wang
2271 GG Brown
Phone: (734) 764-8464
Fax: (734) 615-8089
The research missions of the Structural Dynamics and Controls Lab (SDCL) are to develop better understanding of the dynamic characteristics of mechanical structures, and to create novel analysis, design, and control methodologies for achieving better system performance (e.g. low vibration, high stability, high precision, etc.).
Technical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory
Website: http://www.personal.engin.umich.edu/~drd/
Director: David Dowling
1021 Autolab
The Technical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory is used to conduct research in a wide range of fluid mechanical and acoustic topics. It currently houses research efforts involving multi-dimensional measurements of liquid polymer flow, detection and localization of hydroacoustic sound sources in reverberant environments, and instrumentation development work for high Reynolds number wall-bounded turbulent flows.
Variable Gravity Research Laboratory
Coordinator: Bill Schultz
Research areas include bubble dynamics, dryout/rewetting of heated surfaces under microgravity conditions, pool boiling curves in microgravity, and origin of the dynamic growth of vapor bubbles associated with vapor explosions.
Vibrations and Acoustics Laboratory: Microsystems
Website: http://microsystems.engin.umich.edu/
Coordinator: Kenn Oldham
1106 GG Brown / 2200 EECS
Phone: (734) 936-3824
Fax: 734-647-3170
The Vibrations and Acoustics Laboratory conducts research in vibrations, acoustics, structural dynamics, nonlinear dynamics, and wave propagation.
The Violi Group
Website: http://www.umich.edu/~violilab/
Coordinator: Angela Violi
2024 GG Brown
Phone: 734-936-0575
The research carried in this laboratory aims to develop a multiscale computational nanoscience to study the formation and fate of nanoparticles in the environment. The use of multiscale methods, such as the Kinetic Monte Carlo technique combined with Molecular Dynamics, makes it possible to follow the transformations that occur during nanoparticle formation and their interactions with other systems in a chemically specific way, providing information on both the chemical structure and the configuration of the system (i.e. their agglomerates).
Walter E. Lay Automotive Laboratory
Coordinator: André Boehman
Affiliated Members: John Hoard, George Lavoie, Huei Peng, Volker Sick, Jason Siegel, Anna Stefanopoulou, Margaret Wooldridge
2045 W. E. Lay Automotive Lab
Phone: 764-8464
Email: autolab-info@umich.edu
True to its namesake, former Mechanical Engineering professor Walter E. Lay (BSE ME ’15), the Lay Automotive Lab has supported education and research since the early 1900s. Today, the Lab’s research interests are wide-ranging but generally associated with: alternative fuels, batteries, engine friction, combustion, engine controls, emissions control, fuel efficiency, laser diagnostics applied to engines, vehicular electronics design, vehicle aerodynamics and vehicle powertrain design. It encompasses 20 engine test cells, a five-bay vehicle laboratory, machine shops, and instructional and computer laboratories, including Fluid Mechanics. Michigan Engineering’s proximity to Detroit — the heart of the nation’s auto industry — has made the Lay Automotive Lab a vital contributor to industry.
Virtual tour of the Autolab research labs
Wilson Student Team Project Center
Coordinator: Don Geister
Website: http://teamprojects.engin.umich.edu/
Wilson Center Building, 2603 Draper Dr.
Description: meets a critical need by providing students with dedicated space and facilities of teams to compete nationally, 10,000 square-foot center, located behind the Francios-Xavier Bagnoud Building and adjacent to Wave Field.