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Cheap Solar with NanostructuresNanotechnology could reduce the cost of the most expensive part of a solar power plant by 75 percent. The Department of Energy has funded a $1.4M project to develop new solar concentrators.
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Autonomy for Space Missions
Necmiye Ozay has earned a NASA Early Career Faculty award for a project to help future space missions operate without human intervention in the strange, dynamic environment of outer space.
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A World Leader in Controls
Stéphane Lafortune was named Fellow of the International Federation of Automatic Control. He has been a leading researcher in the field of discrete event systems (DES) for the last 25 years.
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Pioneering Engineering Education Research
A new initiative at the College of Engineering has brought U-M into the spotlight in the field of Engineering Education Research (EER). Cindy Finelli is leading the way in ECE.
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Hands-On Robotics
Check out this new video about the course Hands-On Robotics, which provides an introduction to the broadly interdisciplinary field of robotics while encouraging open-ended problem solving.
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Undergrads Seek Secrets of the Brain
Eight undergrad students worked on cutting edge brain research in Germany this summer through the Int. Program for the Advancement of Neurotechnology.
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ECE Robots Wow Conference
U-M hosted the 2016 Robotics: Science and Systems Conference, and ECE got the chance to show off a few of its many robots.
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Celebrating a Leader in Control
Friends, colleagues, and former students of Demos Teneketzis celebrated his 65th birthday with a Workshop on Information, Decisions, and Networks in his honor. Videos of the talks are available.
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A Better Life Through Engineering
Jasprit Singh retired after 30 years at U-M. Now, as president and co-founder of the company Gurmentor, Inc., he continues his mission to make life better through technology.
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Student Teams Compete Around the Globe
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Students Row Blue! to Victory
The Michigan Mens Rowing team won their 9th consecutive national championship with four EECS students rowing in their toughest category. Their succesful season qualified the team to compete abroad in the most prestigious boat race series in the world
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Solar Car Defends National Title
Despite nearly-sunless conditions in the final two days, the University of Michigan Solar Car team has successfully defended their decade-long reigning championship winning the 2016 American Solar Challenge for the sixth consecutive time.
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Strong Finish for UM::Autonomy
The UM::Autonomy team took 6th place in the world at this year's RoboNation RoboBoat Competition, where teams build autonomous, robotic boats to navigate and race through an aquatic obstacle course.
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Baja Wins Big
The U-M Baja Racing Team made huge waves this season. Along with their second consecutive overall 1st place finish, they also received the seasons highest honor, the Mike Schmidt Memorial Award.
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