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2/7/2019 – Sharon C. Glotzer elected to the National Academy of Engineering

Posted on February 7, 2019February 10, 2019 by jpollak

Professor Sharon Glotzer has been elected to the 2019 class of the National Academy of Engineering (NAE). Election to NAE is among the highest professional distinctions accorded to an engineer. Read More

1/24/2019 – Professor Kim receives 2018-2019 College of Engineering Faculty Award

Posted on January 24, 2019February 10, 2019 by jpollak

Professor Jinsang Kim is the recipient of the Jon R. and Beverly S. Holt Award for Excellence in Teaching for 2018-2019. This award honors faculty who have demonstrated sustained excellence in curricular development, instruction, and guidance.

1/11/2019 – 3D Printing 100 Times Faster with Light

Posted on January 11, 2019February 5, 2019 by jpollak

Professor Tim Scott co-led the development of a new 3D printing approach. Read More

A new way to 3D print, developed at the University of Michigan, uses two lights to control the solidification of resin, enabling complex shapes to be pulled from a vat at 100 times the print speed of conventional 3D printers. Image credit: Evan Dougherty

1/10/2019 – Cartilage could be key to safe “structural batteries”

Posted on January 10, 2019February 10, 2019 by jpollak

Kotov Lab draws inspiration from cartilage to develop new battery technology. Read More

12/10/2018 – Two Awards Grant More than 1.5 Million Hours on Two of the World’s Fastest Supercomputers

Posted on December 10, 2018February 5, 2019 by jpollak

Professor Sharon Glotzer’s research group receives INCITE and Early Science Awards for crystallization studies. Read More

11/27/2018 – Professor Chen named AAAS Fellow

Posted on November 27, 2018February 8, 2019 by jpollak

Professor Zhan Chen has been named a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 2018, an honor bestowed upon AAAS members by their peers. He was recognized for his distinguished contributions to the field of chemistry, particularly for the development and application of sum frequency generation vibrational spectroscopy to the characterization of surfaces and interfaces.

11/15/2018 – Nanofiber Carpet Could Mimic Gecko Feet, Polar Bear Fur

Posted on November 15, 2018February 8, 2019 by jpollak

Professor Joerg Lahann discovers a new method for making arrays of fibers that are hundreds of times thinner than human hair. Read More

Gecko foot seen from underneath

10/31/2018 – Glotzer, Larson Receive Prestigious American Physical Society Prizes

Posted on October 31, 2018February 10, 2019 by jpollak

Professors Sharon Glotzer and Ronald Larson were announced as the recipients of two prestigious awards. Glotzer was selected as the winner of the Aneesur Rahman Prize for outstanding achievement in computational physics research, and Larson received the Polymer Physics Prize for outstanding achievement in polymer science. Read More

9/21/2018 – U-M Faculty to Pursue Battery Breakthroughs as Part of Nationwide Initiative

Posted on September 21, 2018February 5, 2019 by jpollak

Professors Jeff Sakamoto, Adam Matzger, and Anne McNeil are involved in ambitious research to develop next-generation batteries. Read More

8/1/2018 – STEM education: A Taste of Research for K12 teachers

Posted on August 1, 2018February 5, 2019 by jpollak

Macro students Rose Cersonsky, Ayse Muniz, and Alyssa Travitz hosted the second annual REACT Workshop. Read More