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11/11 College of Engineering
Michigan Engineering Entrepreneurship: 1,000 Pitches and a new home for TechArb
Despite the flagging economy, the spirit of entrepreneurship is thriving at the University of Michigan College of Engineering. Competitions and spin-offs make that spirit of entrepreneurship palpable at the College.
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11/08 College of Engineering
Michigan Engineering Homecoming Weekend (MEHW)
Images from Michigan Engineering Homecoming Weekends--current and past years.
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10/28 College of Engineering
Solar Car Team finishes third in world race
For the fourth time in the U-M Solar Car Team's history, the students placed third in a biennial 1,880-mile race across Australia.
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10/26 College of Engineering
Social entrepreneurship: BLUE Lab in Jamaica
U-M College of Engineering students recently led several initiatives for sustainable development in Jamaica through BLUE Lab.
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10/16 College of Engineering
2009 Goff Smith Lecture: Bill Joy, The Promise of Green Technologies
Bill Joy (BSE CompE '75, D.Eng. hon. '04) presented the 2009 Goff Smith Lecture on October 15. A Michigan Engineering alumnus, Joy co-founded Sun Microsystems, and designed and wrote Berkeley UNIX--the backbone of the Internet.
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10/05 College of Engineering
2009 James R. Mellor Lecture: Google's Marissa Mayer
Marissa Mayer, vice president, Search Products & User Experience, Google, and its first female engineer, presented the 2009 James R. Mellor Lecture, the College's societal-impact lecture, on September 21. Watch the lecture video.
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10/02 College of Engineering
Cell phones as classroom computers to be implemented in Inkster Schools
Professor Elliot Soloway has developed educational software for cell phones that can turn them into affordable personal computers. His software is called the Mobile Learning Environment. After a successful test during the Inkster schools' summer session, the school system plans a full implementation for the next school year.
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