Science and Technology
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U-M startup wins Clean Energy Prize
A startup company built on the inventions of graduate students in UM-Dearborn Prof. Pravansu Mohanty won the 2011 Clean Energy Prize.
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Electrified
Cristi Landy is part of GM’s big bet on plug-in technology and the Chevy Volt.
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Teens experience engineering at U-M Detroit Center
More than 100 high school students from across the city are building robots in the University of Michigan Detroit Center, thanks to the Michigan Engineering Zone.
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Sustainable mobility
Automakers at the 2010 North American International Auto Show have big hopes for their new vehicles—hipper, more fuel-efficient, environmentally sound cars.
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Back to his roots
After graduation, Karl Rosaen moved from Michigan to Silicon Valley, where he worked on the now-famous Google Android phone. So when he wanted to start his own high tech firm, where did he go? Back home to Michigan, of course. A story about hope for a new economy.
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Students help to bring the Internet to rural Africa
Residents of rural Kenya now have e-mail accounts and Internet access thanks in part to the work of U-M engineering students.
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Turnaround?
After years of effort, false starts, and faulty decisions, the U.S. auto industry is remaking itself. U-M, with its historic ties to the carmakers, continues to push Detroit’s technology and policy forward.
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Video: U-M 'ballast-free ship' could cut costs while blocking aquatic invaders
University of Michigan researchers are investigating a radical new design for cargo ships that would eliminate ballast tanks, the water-filled compartments that enable non-native creatures to sneak into the Great Lakes from overseas.
