A new application for the Android smartphone shows users and software developers how much power their applications are consuming. PowerTutor was developed by doctoral students and professors at the University of Michigan.

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Held on North Campus on Nov. 19, Serious Games Expo was a showcase of simulation and game-type activities being used for teaching and skill mastery in education, medicine, business and industry. A flight simulator is one example of a serious game--a type of activity designed to foster deep, multidisciplinary, sensory learning.

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A new center at the U-M College of Engineering will enable fundamental research on low-temperature plasmas--ionized gases with vast potential for practical technological advancements in fields such as energy, lighting, microelectronics and medicine. The Center for Predictive Control of Plasma Kinetics: Multi-phase and Bounded Systems is funded by a $10-million, 5-year grant from the U.S. Department of Energy.

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Ideas are bubbling up across campus as part of MPowered Entrepreneurship's second annual 1,000 Pitches competition. Smartphone applications, greener living schemes and proposals to bolster the state's economy are just a few of the categories in which students are brainstorming.

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Take measures to stay healthy, and if you become ill take these steps. Those who become ill with the flu should stay home until they are fever free for 24 hours, without the use of fever-lowering medication. Students must notify all instructors if they become ill and need to miss class.

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Ford Motor Co. and U-M are working together to discover the next frontier of in-car-communications.

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An upcoming job fair and networking event will bring together high-energy, entrepreneurial students and like-minded small companies.

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U-M has topped Harvard and all other U.S. universities for the amount of public interest measured by media coverage, Internet traffic and social media mentions, according to an independent national analysis.

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Engineering Pathway has announced that Comprehensive Assessment of Team Member Effectiveness (CATME)/Team-Maker has been named Premier Courseware of 2009. CATME was created by a nationwide group of engineering educators, including Cindy Finelli, director of CRLT-North. The CATME and Team-Maker system is receiving heavy use, demonstrating that these tools fill a previously unmet need for managing teams and assessing team skill development. A total of 647 instructors are using the tool at 202 different institutions with 26,750 unique student users.

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A student engineering company has received a $16,700 grant to develop materials for longer-lasting hip replacement joints. The grant is from the National Collegiate Inventors and Innovators Alliance and it will allow the students to improve upon the design of their magnetically-assisted artificial joint. Their technology operates on a similar conceptual basis as MagLev trains, which utilize electromagnetic forces to lower friction between the train and track. Find out more in the Center for Entrepreneurship's fall newsletter.

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Modern tissue engineering developed at the University of Michigan could improve the function of prosthetic hands and possibly restore the sense of touch for injured patients. Daryl Kipke, a professor in the Department of Biomedical Engineering, contributed to this research.

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In a development that could lead to more complete recovery from torn anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injuries in humans, University of Michigan researchers have grown and repaired knee ligaments in rats from bone marrow stem cells harvested from the rats' own bones.

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For the fourth time in the University of Michigan Solar Car Team's history, the students placed third in a biennial 1,880-mile race across Australia.

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Ford Motor Company and the University of Michigan are working together to develop software that could one day allow drivers to customize the performance of their hybrid vehicles.

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Following the success of last year's inaugural Clean Energy Prize competition--conceived to help move clean energy technologies from the laboratory to commercial production--DTE Energy and U-M have broadened the scope of the competition. For Year 2, the rules have been changed to encourage participation from more Michigan colleges and universities.

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An international collaboration between U-M and Fraunhofer has launched two more joint research teams to address the increasing global demand for more efficient and sustainable technologies for transportation. All proposals were peer-reviewed and judged on originality, scientific visibility and possible economic impact by Michigan Memorial Phoenix Energy Institute and Fraunhofer, together with the Office of the Vice President for Research.

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The the Internet Observatory Report is a landmark two-year study of global Internet traffic that offers detailed trend data and analysis. The report is the result of a two-year collaboration between U-M, Arbor Networks, and Merit Network. At U-M, research was led by Prof. Farnam Jahanian, Chair of CSE and co-founder of Arbor Networks, and graduate student Jon Oberheide.

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Shepherd Intelligent Systems (SIS), an innovative provider of real-time mobile and wireless public transportation tracking systems, has partnered with the Ann Arbor Transportation Authority (AATA) "TheRide" for a pilot project. SIS is one of a dozen student-run businesses that received start-up support from the University of Michigan College of Engineering's Center for Entrepreneurship and other local firms via the TechArb business incubator, where the young entrepreneurs shared space, equipment and ideas with one another.

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Jerome Lynch, associate professor of civil and environmental engineering and associate professor of electrical engineering and computer science, has been named to Popular Science magazine's Brilliant 10. Dubbed "The Bridge Whisperer," Lynch has pioneered a "sensor skin" that continuously monitors bridges for weak spots and alerts inspectors to invisible structural problems before they become dangerous.

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U-M is among the nation's leaders in creating startup ventures based on university technology. To build on that success, U-M technology transfer officials have created the new Michigan Venture Center, a one-stop hub for entrepreneurs, investors and faculty inventors.

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Prospective students soon will get a feel for U-M's cutting-edge engineering as it applies to North Campus tours.

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Security measures at Michigan Stadium for the remainder of the U-M home football games will continue to be adjusted. No bags of any size will be permitted in the stadium, officials with the U-M Department of Public Safety announced.

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Global engagement efforts have more than doubled at several U-M schools and departments this decade, and university leaders attending the Provost's Forum on Internationalization on Thursday offered even more ideas to promote these contacts - the theme of the ongoing Accreditation 2010 effort.

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Prospective students soon may get a feel for Michigan Engineering's cutting-edge nature in tours that are a first of their kind for colleges anywhere: They'll be rolling across North Campus atop a Segway personal transporter.

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U-M President Mary Sue Coleman gives State of the University address on Monday, October 5, 2009. Several College of Engineering highlights are included.

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