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Research

Jessalyn TamezApril 6, 2023

Jacqueline Hannan awarded an NSF Graduate Research Fellowship to further neonatal ventilation research

portrait of Jacqueline Hannan

U-M IOE PhD student Jacqueline Hannan has been awarded a Graduate Research Fellowship from the NSF. The purpose of the NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP) is to ensure the quality, vitality, and diversity of the scientific and engineering workforce of the United States.

Jessalyn TamezMarch 1, 2023

Responsive ankle exoskeleton algorithm handles changes in pace and gait

An ankle exoskeleton strapped to a human walking on a treadmill

The algorithm uses direct muscle measurement, with the potential to seamlessly support a user who switches between walking and running

Jessalyn TamezAugust 30, 2022

Helping people get back to work using deep learning in the occupational health system

Healthcare worker writes patient details on a piece of paper

University of Michigan researchers have produced a new prediction model using longitudinal information and deep learning to better predict the return to work time for people with occupational injuries.

Jessalyn TamezAugust 25, 2022

Preventing prescription dispensing errors using machine intelligence

Pills

In the United States over four billion prescriptions are dispensed every year. Of those four billion around 2.4 million are incorrectly dispensed, which can be a fatal error. A team of researchers from the University of Michigan looks to machine intelligence to help humans reduce their dispensing errors.

Jessalyn TamezAugust 1, 2022

The silent mental health crisis of engineering graduate students

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Research on graduate-level engineering student mental health is vastly under-studied. University of Michigan researchers take a closer look at what has been researched and what still needs to be addressed.

Jessalyn TamezJune 6, 2022

U-M student group CLAWS develops tools to help astronauts navigate space

People poses for a photo after a presentation to NASA

The University of Michigan Collaborative Lab for Advancing Work in Space participated in the NASA SUITS Challenge at the Johnson Space Center in Houston. They developed an augmented reality system to help astronauts navigate the moon.

Jessalyn TamezMay 4, 2022

Raed Al Kontar receives the National Science Foundation Career Award

photo of Raed Al-Kontar

This award is given by the National Science Foundation through their Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Program. As one of the most prestigious awards, it supports early-career faculty who have the potential to serve as academic role models in research and education and to advance the mission of their department.

Jessalyn TamezMarch 29, 2022

Jon Lee has been awarded a grant from the Air Force Office of Scientific Research

Jon Lee

University of Michigan Industrial and Operations Engineering (U-M IOE) G. Lawton and Louise G. Johnson Professor of Engineering, Jon Lee has been awarded a grant from AFOSR in the amount of $582,002 for his work on optimization for sensor networks.

Jessalyn TamezFebruary 14, 2022

Dr. Salar Fattahi receives a research grant from the Office of Naval Research

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University of Michigan Industrial and Operations Engineering (U-M IOE) Assistant Professor, Dr. Salar Fattahi has been awarded $430,556 from the Office of Naval Research (ONR) for scientific research regarding low-rank matrix factorization.

Jessalyn TamezFebruary 1, 2022

Do Third-Party Delivery Services Benefit Restaurants?

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U-M IOE researchers discovered that a restaurant can benefit from partnering with third-party delivery services if at least one of five conditions applies to them.

Michigan Chemical EngineeringDecember 21, 2021

Keeping the world connected, without sacrificing privacy

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Engineering assistant professor Raed Al Kontar outlines a new paradigm for connected devices.

frtlssNovember 11, 2021

Center for Ergonomics receives $1.1 million grant to study information automation vulnerabilities on modern flight decks

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The Federal Aviation Administration has awarded Nadine Sarter and her Human-Automation Interaction and Cognition (THInC) Lab in the UM Center for Ergonomics a three-year, grant to study information management on the flight deck of highly automated aircraft.

Michigan Chemical EngineeringJuly 9, 2020

How big data could optimize COVID-19 testing

A person in gloves holds up a q-tip to a vial labeled "COVID-19 Test"

Microsoft-supported project to coordinate site locations, supply distribution.

Michigan Chemical EngineeringJune 24, 2020

Hunger and COVID: Fighting pandemic-related food insecurity in Detroit

Detroit Skyline

Public policy and engineering team up to improve food access.

Michigan Chemical EngineeringJune 16, 2020

Turning faces into thermostats

photo of Eunshin Byon

An autonomous HVAC system could provide more comfort with less energy.

Michigan Chemical EngineeringApril 21, 2020

How much coronavirus testing is enough? States could learn from retailers as they ramp up

Portrait of Siqian Shen, featured researcher for this story

To control the coronavirus spread, the U.S. needs to get the most value out of the limited testing capacity it has.

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