http://www.engin.umich.edu/newscenter en-us Wed, 23 May 2012 10:18:49 Wed, 23 May 2012 10:18:49 Plone CMS webmaster@engin.umich.edu webmaster@engin.umich.edu (Web Master) http://www.engin.umich.edu/newscenter/pressReleases/u-m-engineering-professors-receive-presidential-honor For their research and teaching achievements, engineering professors Anna Michalak and Max Shtein each received a Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers at a White House ceremony on December 19, 2008. http://www.engin.umich.edu/newscenter/pressReleases/u-m-engineering-professors-receive-presidential-honor http://www.engin.umich.edu/newscenter/pressReleases/president-obama-and-five-other-leaders-including-charles-vest-to-receive-honorary-u-m-degrees The president of the United States, the founder of the Center for the Education of Women, a renowned jazz musician, a pioneer in solar innovation, a legendary broadcast journalist and a former U-M provost now serving as president of the National Academy of Engineering will receive honorary degrees at spring commencement. http://www.engin.umich.edu/newscenter/pressReleases/president-obama-and-five-other-leaders-including-charles-vest-to-receive-honorary-u-m-degrees http://www.engin.umich.edu/newscenter/pressReleases/liquid-saltwater-is-likely-present-on-mars-new-analysis-shows Salty, liquid water has been detected on a leg of the Mars Phoenix lander and therefore could be present at other locations on the planet, according to analysis by a group of mission scientists led by a U-M professor. This is the first time liquid water has been detected and photographed outside Earth. http://www.engin.umich.edu/newscenter/pressReleases/liquid-saltwater-is-likely-present-on-mars-new-analysis-shows http://www.engin.umich.edu/newscenter/pressReleases/conference-to-address-future-mobility-energy-security The future of mobility, energy security and soldier safety will be discussed by leading researchers and engineers from universities, the U.S. Army, and the domestic automotive industry at the Automotive Research Center's (ARC) annual conference. http://www.engin.umich.edu/newscenter/pressReleases/conference-to-address-future-mobility-energy-security http://www.engin.umich.edu/newscenter/pressReleases/tauber-institute-wins-inaugural-ups-smith-prize The Tauber Institute for Global Operations, a joint venture between the College of Engineering and the Ross School of Business, has won the first UPS George D. Smith Prize for effective and innovative preparation of students to be good practitioners of operations research, management science or analytics. http://www.engin.umich.edu/newscenter/pressReleases/tauber-institute-wins-inaugural-ups-smith-prize http://www.engin.umich.edu/newscenter/pressReleases/fetchnotes-u-m-student-startup-launches-note-taking-system-1 Fetchnotes, a U-M student-founded startup, will launch on Friday a public version of its cloud-based system for jotting and organizing quick notes to self. The company will release a new Android, iPhone and desktop app for its system that attracted more than 3,300 users in invitation-only beta since October. http://www.engin.umich.edu/newscenter/pressReleases/fetchnotes-u-m-student-startup-launches-note-taking-system-1 http://www.ur.umich.edu/update/archives/120410/sacua The Senate Advisory Committee on University Affairs (SACUA) on Monday elected Kimberlee Kearfott, a professor in the College of Engineering and Medical School, to chair the university faculty governance system for the coming year. http://www.ur.umich.edu/update/archives/120410/sacua http://www.engin.umich.edu/newscenter/pressReleases/self-driving-cars-and-other-autonomous-machines-on-agenda-at-robotics-day Robotics Day 2012 will showcase cutting-edge robotics research going on at U-M, at other Michigan universities and in government and industry. http://www.engin.umich.edu/newscenter/pressReleases/self-driving-cars-and-other-autonomous-machines-on-agenda-at-robotics-day http://www.engin.umich.edu/newscenter/pressReleases/robotics-day-senator-levin-demos-and-a-talk-on-self-driving-cars Robotics Day. 9 a.m. – 4:30 p.m., April 9, 2012: Self-driving cars, smart wheelchairs and a remote-controlled Segway that is mapping campus in four dimensions are a few of the latest robotic systems that will be discussed or demonstrated at Robotics Day 2012. http://www.engin.umich.edu/newscenter/pressReleases/robotics-day-senator-levin-demos-and-a-talk-on-self-driving-cars http://www.engin.umich.edu/newscenter/pressReleases/u-m-researcher-involved-in-10-million-project-to-advance-computer-programming-1 Making computer programming faster, easier and more intuitive is the goal of a new $10 million National Science Foundation project that involves a Michigan Engineering researcher and is based at the University of Pennsylvania. http://www.engin.umich.edu/newscenter/pressReleases/u-m-researcher-involved-in-10-million-project-to-advance-computer-programming-1 http://www.engin.umich.edu/newscenter/pressReleases/artificial-synapses-could-lead-to-advanced-computer-memory-and-machines-that-mimic-biological-brains In a step toward computers that mimic the parallel processing of complex biological brains, researchers from HRL Laboratories, LLC, and the University of Michigan have built a type of artificial synapse. http://www.engin.umich.edu/newscenter/pressReleases/artificial-synapses-could-lead-to-advanced-computer-memory-and-machines-that-mimic-biological-brains http://aerospace.engin.umich.edu/newsevents/aiaa-tours-skunk-works-spring-2012 In a trip organized by U-M alumni, 16 aerospace engineering students embarked on an epic journey around Southern California to tour some of the most impressive aerospace facilities in the world. http://aerospace.engin.umich.edu/newsevents/aiaa-tours-skunk-works-spring-2012 http://umengineering.tumblr.com/post/19401703862/tornado-warnings-sounded-while-over-40-middle Tornado warnings sounded while over 40 middle school students from Michigan Technical Academy were visiting. They took shelter along with Dean Munson. http://umengineering.tumblr.com/post/19401703862/tornado-warnings-sounded-while-over-40-middle http://ur.umich.edu/1112/Mar19_12/3329-koren-to-discuss On March 27 at 4 p.m. in the Rackham Amphitheatre, Yoram Koren, the James J. Duderstadt Distinguished University Professor of Manufacturing and Paul G. Goebel Professor of Mechanical Engineering, will deliver his inaugural lecture as a DUP, with a reception following. The title of his talk is On Dreams and Timing. http://ur.umich.edu/1112/Mar19_12/3329-koren-to-discuss http://lablog.engin.umich.edu/2012/03/sound-of-solar-storm-and-walk-thru-of.html A composer and NASA fellow at Michigan Engineering is turning satellite measurements into sound as a new data mining approach. Here's a demonstration. http://lablog.engin.umich.edu/2012/03/sound-of-solar-storm-and-walk-thru-of.html http://www.michigandaily.com/arts/new-media-michigan?page=0,0 James Duderstadt, Elliot Soloway and others discuss the strong history of the U-M investment in technology, the priority placed on innovation and the technological and entrepreneurial successes that have emerged as a result. http://www.michigandaily.com/arts/new-media-michigan?page=0,0 http://umengineering.tumblr.com/post/18963742767/fips-was-hit-first From Mercury to near Earth, researchers at U-M have three pieces of equipment that have been tracking the largest space storm during this solar cycle. http://umengineering.tumblr.com/post/18963742767/fips-was-hit-first http://www.engin.umich.edu/newscenter/pressReleases/nerve-gas-litmus-test-could-sense-airborne-chemical-weapons-1 Nerve gases are colorless, odorless, tasteless and deadly. While soldiers carry masks and other protective gear, they do not have reliable ways of knowing when they need them in time. That could change, thanks to a new litmus-like paper sensor made at U-M. http://www.engin.umich.edu/newscenter/pressReleases/nerve-gas-litmus-test-could-sense-airborne-chemical-weapons-1 http://www.engin.umich.edu/newscenter/pressReleases/fukushima-lesson-prepare-for-unanticipated-nuclear-accidents-1 A year after the crisis at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in Japan, scientists and engineers remain largely in the dark when it comes to fundamental knowledge about how nuclear fuels behave under extreme conditions, according to U-M nuclear waste expert Rodney Ewing (NERS) and his colleagues. http://www.engin.umich.edu/newscenter/pressReleases/fukushima-lesson-prepare-for-unanticipated-nuclear-accidents-1 http://www.engin.umich.edu/newscenter/pressReleases/nuclear-experts-available-to-discuss-fukushima-one-year-later As the one-year anniversary of the Fukushima nuclear disaster in Japan approaches, nuclear experts from the Michigan Engineering Nuclear Engineering and Radiological Sciences program (ranked first in the nation) are available to discuss its aftermath and how it might inform the future of the field in the United States and abroad. http://www.engin.umich.edu/newscenter/pressReleases/nuclear-experts-available-to-discuss-fukushima-one-year-later http://ur.umich.edu/1112/Mar05_12/3244-three-named-collegiate Susan Montgomery (CHE) and two other U-M lecturers have been honored for outstanding contributions to instruction as 2012 recipients of the Collegiate Lecturer Program. The appointments are titles the three will retain throughout their careers at the university. http://ur.umich.edu/1112/Mar05_12/3244-three-named-collegiate http://www.engin.umich.edu/newscenter/pressReleases/a-new-way-to-cool-materials-with-light New findings by University of Michigan researchers overturn the previous understanding of how light and sound interact in the process called Brillouin scattering. http://www.engin.umich.edu/newscenter/pressReleases/a-new-way-to-cool-materials-with-light http://www.engin.umich.edu/newscenter/pressReleases/computational-sprinting-pushes-smartphones-until-they-are-tired-1 Computational sprinting is a groundbreaking new approach to smartphone power and cooling that could give users dramatic, brief bursts of computing capability to improve current applications and make new ones possible. http://www.engin.umich.edu/newscenter/pressReleases/computational-sprinting-pushes-smartphones-until-they-are-tired-1