The Macro program is pleased to share that three Ph.D. students have been selected as Fall 2019 PPG Fellows! A generous gift from PPG has provided $5,000 in stipend support to each of these students. The fellows are: Philyong Kim, Lisha Zhang, and Muru Zhou.
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9/19/2019 – University Diversity and Social Transformation Professors Named
Professor Lola Eniola-Adefeso is one of the inaugural recipients of the University Diversity and Social Transformation Professorships. Congratulations! Read More
8/14/2019 – Summer 2019 PPG Fellows Selected
The Macro program is pleased to share that four Ph.D. students have been selected as Summer 2019 PPG Fellows! A generous gift from PPG has provided $5,000 in stipend support to each of these students. The fellows are: Abhishek Dhyani, Mira Diab El Harakeh, Dukhan Kim, and Julie Rieland.
7/31/2019 – Injectable ‘bone spackling’: A cell therapy approach to heal complex fractures
Q & A with Biomedical Engineering Professor Jan Stegemann, whose work in mice shows the promise of ‘microtissues.’ Read More
6/18/2019 – Cancer is smarter than you think: Q & A with Geeta Mehta
Professor Geeta Mehta recently published a paper in PLOS ONE, that discusses the current cancer bioengineering models and ways to improve them. Read More
6/11/2019 – Summer 2019 3M Fellows Selected
The Macro program is pleased to share that five Ph.D. students have been selected as Summer 2019 3M Fellows! A generous gift from 3M has provided $5,000 in stipend support to each of these students during the upcoming summer. The fellows are: Taeyong Ahn, Weijie Feng, Yanan Gong, Shamalee Goonetilleke, and Alyssa Travitz.
4/25/2019 – Ice-Proofing Big Structures with a “Beautiful Demonstration of Mechanics”
Professor Anish Tuteja and graduate researcher, Abhishek Dhyani developed a new ice-shedding coating for large surfaces. Read More
4/9/2019 – Ying Liu receives Teh-Sun Lee Award
Ying Liu has been selected to receive the annual Teh-Hsun Lee Award from U-M’s Rackham Graduate School. The award is presented annually to a Rackham student in memory of Dr. Teh-Hsun Lee. Dr. Lee was a proud alumnus with three degrees in Chemical Engineering from the University of Michigan, culminating with his PhD in 1954. Both he and his wife Mang-Shuen wanted to ensure that future students would have the same educational opportunities that they had experienced at Michigan. Dr. Lee passed away in 2011 at the age of 94 and left a bequest to Rackham to support international graduate students in engineering and the sciences. Congratulations Ying!
4/3/2019 – A Step Toward Recovering Reproduction in Girls Who Survive Childhood Cancer
Professor Ariella Shikanov developed a procedure that can boost ovarian follicle survival in mice by up to 75 percent. Read More
3/28/2019 – Joerg Lahann Awarded Collegiate Professorship
Congratulations to Professor Joerg Lahann on being named the Wolfgang Pauli Collegiate Professor of Chemical Engineering.
