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  1. A sewage surveillance effort to track COVID-19

    We don’t know much about how coronaviruses move through the environment. U-M and Stanford engineers aim to change that.

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  2. Programming around Moore’s Law with automatic code translation

    Most programs in use today have to be completely rewritten at a very low level to reap the benefits of hardware acceleration. This system demonstrates how to make that translation automatic.

  3. Medical supply chains are fragile in the best of times and COVID-19 will test their strength

    The pipeline of pharmaceuticals is easily disrupted.

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  4. Using machine learning to detect disease before symptoms manifest

    Prof. Alfred Hero speaks to ECE about his work using data to predict the transmission of infectious disease among people who are pre-symptomatic or asymptomatic and how it relates to COVID-19.

  5. Big data, small footprint

    How changing the rules of computing could lighten Big Data’s impact on the internet.

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  6. Designing lightweight glass for efficient cars and wind turbines

    Lighter, stiffer glass fibers could make composite materials thinner without sacrificing strength.

    The post Designing lightweight glass for efficient cars and wind turbines appeared first on Engineering Research News.

  7. Data security for a safer world

    ECE alum Kurt Rohloff helped create one of the world’s best homomorphic encryption software libraries, and he reflects on how his time at Michigan helped shape his career.

  8. Small, precise and affordable gyroscope for navigating without GPS

    Accurate gyroscopes are a bottleneck for backup navigation systems in autonomous vehicles.

    The post Small, precise and affordable gyroscope for navigating without GPS appeared first on Michigan Engineering News.

  9. Why automakers could pivot to making ventilators

    Perspective from engineers with experience in the auto industry.

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  10. Tackling COVID-19 problems with industrial engineering

    Lessons learned from optimizing retail could help optimize our COVID-19 response.

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