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2/1/2021

Why your first driverless car is decades, not years, away

The technology needed to realize the dream of fully autonomous personal vehicles is growing steadily. But so is the list of hard-to-solve problems....
1/18/2021

How can UM-Dearborn decarbonize its commuting culture?

Associate Professor Wencong Su breaks down some technology and culture changes that could help us cut carbon emissions from personal vehicles....
10/26/2020

How wearable technology can help you get the most out of physical therapy

A UM-Dearborn engineering professor鈥檚 RehabBuddy system could take some of the guesswork out of at-home physical therapy....
10/7/2020

The biometrics revolution is here. Are we ready?

UM-Dearborn professor Hafiz Malik breaks down the risks and rewards of integrating facial recognition, palmprint and other biometric technologies into more parts of our daily lives....
9/30/2020

Construction on the new ELB is nearing the finish line

Despite challenges posed by the pandemic, UM-Dearborn鈥檚 new Engineering Lab Building is set to be 鈥渟ubstantially complete鈥 by the end of October....
9/16/2020

Why we may need to think small 鈥 not big 鈥 to green the energy grid

A UM-Dearborn graduate student is working to fulfill the promise of electric 鈥渕icrogrids.鈥...
8/31/2020

How Tony England transformed engineering at UM-Dearborn

The College of Engineering and Computer Science鈥檚 retiring dean talks candidly about his push to reinvent the engineering culture at UM-Dearborn 鈥 and the work that still lies ahead....
8/3/2020

Why humanlike robots are such a mind-bending engineering challenge

For a long time, science fiction has helped us imagine life alongside robots that move just like us. But realizing that dream is still a technological moonshot....
7/14/2020

UM-Dearborn launches new engineering program for makers, creatives and designers

Could this be the future of engineering education?...
5/18/2020

The enduring wisdom of fuzzy logic

In an era where we expect our machines to think and act more like us, a quirky branch of computer science is getting a fresh look....