$2M project aims to partner humans with robots for safer jobsites.
Infrastructure
“Robot assistants” project aims to reinvent construction industry
Glen Daigger and Nancy Love receive Wesley W. Horner Award from ASCE
Their winning paper explores integrated urban water management systems.
$9.95M for “smart intersections” across Ann Arbor
Technology embedded in existing infrastructure will provide data to connected and automated vehicles, bolstering safety.
The Importance of Mobility Education: A Q&A with Jim Sayer, PhD
We need to expand the way we think of mobility in terms of not only what affects ourselves, but how the way we move affects the overall system.
Sensor technology aims to help US cities extend the life of aging pipelines
Transformative pilot project in Detroit could help cities across U.S. deal with overdue pipeline upgrades.
Removing and reusing phosphorus from agricultural runoff
Glen Daigger and his research team are developing a biological system that can capture the phosphorus in the water without use of chemicals.
Improving construction worker safety with wearable sensors
Wearables track heart rate, fatigue and stress.
From resilience to adaptation: The case of hurricanes
Researchers bring together interdependent data to build communities that are resilient to disasters.
Researchers share innovative ideas in concrete for a more sustainable future
Speakers at the symposium “From Lab to Site: Innovation in Concrete” discussed climate change, 3D printing, “smart” buildings, research potential and collaboration.
Funding a new transportation revolution: Liu congressional testimony
Professor Henry Liu addresses House committee on the need for a national surface transportation research agenda.
Funding a new transportation revolution: Liu congressional testimony
Professor Henry Liu addresses House committee on the need for a national surface transportation research agenda.
New grant enables research on extremely durable concrete
CEE Professor Victor Li leads a project to reduce energy and emissions through more durable concrete.
Why we do experimental research
A perspective by CEE Professor James K. Wight
CEE researchers receive Raymond C. Reese Research Prize
CEE PhD student Tung-Yu Wu and Profs. Sherif El-Tawil and Jason McCormick receive award recognizing outstanding contributions to the application of structural engineering research.
Tom O’Rourke discusses resilient infrastructure in Richart Lecture
O’Rourke’s lecture highlighted the agents of change that lead to improved policies, better approaches and more resilient infrastructure.
Smart infrastructure financing: Why data could be the answer
A Q&A with the professor who is exploring new ways to finance infrastructure, with help from a blockchain company.
CEE ASCE student chapter tours San Francisco
The U-M student chapter of the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) traveled to San Francisco on October 13-16.
Smart mobility solutions for Benton Harbor
NSF grant facilitates community partnerships working toward innovative transportation solutions.
Joint U-M and GLWA team wins inaugural Intelligent Water Challenge
University-utility partnership designs a system to demonstrate the value of smart water technologies.
Fresh funding ideas to fix Michigan’s failing infrastructure
Fintech and digital financing could move infrastructure financing into the 21st century.
