Wave energy could power millions of homes, but to make a splash in the industry, the tech must balance engineering, socio-economic and environmental trade-offs.
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A $2.6M project will fine tune an advanced manufacturing approach that opens doors to more power-dense and sustainable magnetic materials.
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Michigan Engineering researchers lead a collaboration with the Mærsk Mc-Kinney Møller Center for Zero Carbon Shipping.
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The center will connect faculty, students, postdocs and US Navy engineers, building a community to find cutting-edge solutions to naval and marine engineering issues.
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NAE profile: Donald Winter, naval architecture and marine engineering, and aerospace engineering
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A professor and his wife set up a scholarship based on their experiences with getting to know their students
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New techniques for welding very different materials could enable better cars.
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The cohort of 36 new tenured and tenure-track faculty includes 11 faculty hired at the rank of professor or associate professor.
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Highlights include Forbes and ABC News.
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An open-source perception and movement system, to be developed with NSF funding, could enable robots that partner with humans in fires and disaster areas.
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