Author: michiganengineering
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U-M CEE Engineers Pioneer Automation for Wheelchair Users
Merging manual control with automated navigation, Michigan researchers are redefining the future of assistive mobility.
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Biodiesel wastewater treatment: Capturing carbon and valuable chemicals
A new experimental design tests catalyst stability in an electrochemical method for treating environmental waste streams while capturing valuable co-products
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Sustainable cement: An electrochemical process to help neutralize cement industry CO2 emissions
The reaction produces carbon-negative calcium carbonate to replace limestone as the primary feedstock and green hydrogen as the fuel for cement kilns
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Mcity Launches Digital Twin, Providing Free Virtual Testing for Autonomous Vehicles
By enabling millions of simulated miles, the tool accelerates development, reduces costs, and prepares technologies for real-world deployment while lowering barriers to advanced mobility research.
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U-M CEE to Help Lead Adoption of Autonomous Transportation Technologies Through DARPA Contest
Professor Henry Liu is the Principal Investigator of this interdisciplinary effort.
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Mcity opens for remote testing of autonomous vehicle technologies, calls for federal standards
The opening coincides with a new industry partnership project announced at the NVIDIA AI Summit.
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Unlocking ocean power: $3.6M for community-centric wave energy converters
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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Traditional infrastructure design often makes extreme flooding events worse
Massive 2014 flooding event in southeast Michigan showed why systems thinking beats local thinking in flood protection.
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An invisible mask? Wearable air curtain, treated to kill viruses, blocks 99.8% of aerosols
Headworn tech from U-M startup could protect agricultural and industrial workers from airborne pathogens.
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Women caregivers are stressed: Transportation infrastructure could help
Supporting independent travel for children, older adults and people with disabilities could give working women a break
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New funding supports carbon dioxide conversion research
Working towards combating climate change, the project focuses on developing an innovative hybrid nano-catalyst to efficiently convert carbon dioxide into methanol.
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Bridge in a box: Unlocking origami’s power to produce load-bearing structures
Foldable origami with thick panels opens a world of possibilities
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Improving traffic signal timing with a handful of connected vehicles
Communities could reduce costs and cut vehicle emissions—all in the name of shortening your trip.
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Urine-to-fertilizer effort part of NSF Regional Innovation Engine
U-M involved in Great Lakes consortium to support sustainable economic growth
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Can you hear the music: Q&A with Ann Jeffers
The CEE professor discusses her new memoir and her tortured path to where she is today.
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Building Flint’s trust in its drinking water
Even with lead service line replacement, the city’s water has issues that require public education FLINT—Flint residents have learned to question everything in the decade since the city’s drinking water first began showing signs of lead contamination. Even now, after seven straight years with water meeting federal safety guidelines, the lack of trust remains for…
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$7.5 million to predict and communicate flood risk
Engineers, atmospheric scientists, psychologists and anthropologists team up to develop better flood predictions and ensure decision-makers can understand them.
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$9.8M to boost connected vehicle research and expand Ann Arbor deployment
New funding aims to enable a safer, more equitable and efficient mobility system.
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Moving out
While flood-resiliency efforts continue, Indonesia plans to abandon Jakarta as its capital.
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Peecycling
Progress continues for upcycling urine as a safe agricultural fertilizer.