Research & News

• Bill Joy to present Goff Smith Lecture
  Bill Joy, Michigan Engineering alumnus (BSE CompE '75, DEng Hon. '04), co-founder of Sun Microsystems and partner, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, will deliver the Goff Smith Lecture, the College's premier lecture, October 15 at 4 p.m. in Stamps Auditorium on North Campus. Join us. Free and open to the public.  Read more Tune in for the live webcast
• Watch the 2009 Mellor Lecture
  Marissa Mayer, vice president, Search Products & User Experience, Google, and its first female engineer, presented the James R. Mellor Lecture on September 21.  Watch the video
• U-M President Mary Sue Coleman welcome video
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• Students design electrostatic thruster
  Students have designed a new electrostatic thruster technology to propel small satellites.  Read more about NanoFET Watch a video
• $2 million emerging frontiers grant
  A group of faculty has received a $2 million grant from the National Science Foundation Office of Emerging Frontiers in Research and Innovation (EFRI) to convert microalgae to liquid fuels.  Read more about the grant
• New deans
  New associate deans for entrepreneurial programs, research and graduate education and academic affairs began assignments this fall. 
• Student teams
  Hands-on learning is central to the Michigan Engineering student experience.  Read more about student teams and projects Watch a video

Bits - Brief Items

• Igniting an era of innovation
  Rick Snyder, co-founder, CEO and chair, Ardesta, presented an Entrepreneurship Hour Lecture on September 18.  Watch the video
• 1,000 Pitches returns
  Entrepreneurial students, faculty and staff are creating video pitches for the second installment of the 1,000 Pitches competition.  Read more about 1,000 Pitches
• Center for Entrepreneurship newsletter
    Download the September issue PDF

Alumni & Giving

• Public service -- Michigan Engineer fall issue
  Michigan Engineer profiles more than 60 alumni, students and faculty involved in public service.  See the page-turning version Read the magazine
• 17 distinguished alumni honored
  Circuit-theory pioneer Prof. Ernest Kuh, Mobius Microsystems CTO Michael McCorquodale, DoubleClick co-founder Kevin O'Connor and CEO Jerry Levin were among CoE alums recognized at the annual Alumni Society Awards Dinner.  Find out more
• Give a real-world education to the next generation
  The Michigan Engineering Fund provides $300,000 in undergraduate scholarships annually, plus support for hands-on student projects and lab upgrades.  Please make your gift today
• Alumni Profile
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