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ECE alum Mihir Sheth receives Young Innovator Award from Innovate UK for making a medical device that weans patients off ventilators quicker
  1. ECE alum Mihir Sheth receives Young Innovator Award from Innovate UK for making a medical device that weans patients off ventilators quicker

    Sheth is the co-founder of Inspiritus Health and has developed a simple to use, non-invasive medical device that keeps patients’ muscles engaged when they are on a ventilator to prevent muscle atrophy.

  2. Qing Qu receives CAREER award to explore the foundations of machine learning and data science

    His research develops computational methods for learning succinct representations from high-dimensional data.

  3. ‘Exciton surfing’ could enable next-gen energy, computing and communications tech

    A charge-neutral information carrier could cut energy waste from computing, now that it can potentially be transported within chips.

  4. Al-Thaddeus Avestruz receives CAREER Award to advance sustainable energy storage

    Using retired electric vehicle batteries, the project plans to enable widespread and equitable access to sustainable power and energy through sustainable energy storage.

  5. Three ECE students awarded Rackham fellowships

    Cheng-Hsun Lu,
    Shih-Chi Liao, and Jiale Zhang have been awarded the Rackham International Students Fellowship/Chia-Lun Lo Fellowship.

  6. New understanding of neurons in the hippocampus: they’re all the same

    A longstanding collaboration between engineers and neuroscientists leads to new insights into how neurons work in the hippocampus.

  7. Research on modeling time-variant systems earns Brockett-Willems Outstanding Paper Award

    Prof. Peter Seiler co-authored the paper that focuses on reachability analysis for a variety of systems, including aircraft control and autonomous vehicles.

  8. Quantum tech: Semiconductor “flipped” to insulator above room temp

    Discovery could pave the way to high speed, low-energy quantum computing.

    The post Quantum tech: Semiconductor “flipped” to insulator above room temp appeared first on Michigan Engineering News.

  9. Batteryless next-generation cellular devices could empower a more sustainable future

    PhD student Trevor Odelberg is looking to enable long range, highly reliable, and low-power cellular IoT devices that one day can run entirely on harvested energy, reducing battery waste and empowering devices to last for decades.

    The post Batteryless next-generation cellular devices could empower a more sustainable future appeared first on Michigan Engineering News.

  10. Research full speed ahead on manufacturable III-V materials for next-generation electronics

    A recent breakthrough in ferroelectric III-V semiconductors at the University of Michigan has been followed by several advancements and new funding to bring the technology closer to market.