Michigan Engineering | University of Michigan How bold moves in COVID-19’s early days are powering new possibilities five years later.
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Moving at the speed of need
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Board approves project to expand EV battery research
The 25,000-square-foot addition will include three battery laboratories, auxiliary support areas, a substation and a facility for battery cell testing, among other capabilities.
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Magnetic switch traps quantum information carriers in one dimension
Innovations in quantum sensing and computing could follow the discovery of how chromium sulfide bromide responds to magnetic fields.
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Mammal-like tails most promising for acrobatic robots
Roboticists have preferred the simplicity of lizard-like tails, but mammal-style tails may be both lighter and higher performance for turning a robot’s body in space.
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Diversifying robotics with a one-of-a-kind collaborative teaching model
Toyota Research Institute and Amazon help fund the hybrid program that partners with Minority-Serving Institutions.
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Born to warm: Grace Hsia Haberl and Warmilu
Travel to Kenya with Grace Hsia Haberl (BSE MSE ‘12, MsE ‘13), co-founder and CEO of Warmilu, as she shares her University of Michigan-born non-electric infant warming blankets with hospitals, mothers and officials across the country. Called Incu-Blankets, the devices have warmed tens of thousands of babies in 23 countries.
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‘You all are going to create things that astonish us’
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman spoke to University of Michigan students about the future of AI and its implications for education and industry.
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Versatile knee exo for safer lifting
Helping out the quad muscles kept study participants lifting safely despite fatigue, with an algorithm that smoothly shifts between lifting and carrying tasks.
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An OLED for compact, lightweight night vision
Thinner than a human hair, the device amplifies and converts near infrared light into visible light with the potential for low power consumption and long battery life.
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In step toward solar fuels, durable artificial photosynthesis setup chains two carbons together
The system produces ethylene, an important ingredient of many plastics, with much higher efficiency, yield and longevity than competing systems.
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