Category: Department Research News
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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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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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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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John Hiltz Receives 2024 U-M CEE Alumni Merit Award
Recognizing a Distinguished Career in Community Advancement and Engineering Excellence
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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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Sabine Loos explores Flood Impact in Nepal’s Chitwan Valley
This summer, CEE Assistant Professor Sabine Loos led a team of students and collaborators from the Center for Social Solutions (CSS) in conducting an in-depth study in Nepal’s Chitwan Valley as part of a pilot grant funded by the Institute for Social Research (ISR) and the College of Engineering. The project sought to blend engineering…
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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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Professors Vineet Kamat and Carol Menassa Awarded 2024 Provost’s Teaching Innovation Prize for Advancements in Engineering Education through Virtual Reality
By integrating virtual reality into the curriculum, they have fostered an innovative, experiential learning environment.
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Transforming how communities treat and perceive wastewater
CEE-Led Research Part of NSF Grant to Advance Equitable Water Solutions
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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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$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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“Self-driving” water systems: A Q&A with Branko Kerkez
Taking a people-first approach to water management
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Wastewater dashboard adds monkeypox, flu and more for five southeast Michigan communities
The results of monitoring for diseases beyond COVID-19 are now publicly available for Ann Arbor, Flint, Jackson, Tecumseh and Ypsilanti.
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Simulated terrible drivers cut the time and cost of AV testing by a factor of one thousand
New virtual testing environment breaks the ‘curse of rarity’ for autonomous vehicle emergency decision-making.
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U-M CEE Collaborates with the City of Ann Arbor, AECOM on Pilot Water Plant
Water treatment plant operations to start by June
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$5M to enable remote, next-generation autonomous vehicle testing at Mcity
‘Mcity 2.0’ will give researchers, many without testing resources, remote access to the Mcity Test Facility—creating a more equitable playing field in mobility.