Category: Research
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Hunger and COVID: Fighting pandemic-related food insecurity in Detroit
Public policy and engineering team up to improve food access.
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Turning faces into thermostats
An autonomous HVAC system could provide more comfort with less energy.
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How much coronavirus testing is enough? States could learn from retailers as they ramp up
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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Making wind power more predictable: A Q&A with Eunshin Byon
Predictive modeling could help power companies get more consistent output from renewables.
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Tackling COVID-19 problems with industrial engineering
Lessons learned from optimizing retail could help optimize our COVID-19 response.
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Logistics during COVID-19: Researcher creates an operations model cheat sheet
A University of Michigan engineering researcher has pulled together a cheat sheet.
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Why automakers could pivot to making ventilators
Perspective from engineers with experience in the auto industry.
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Stronger, faster, further
Charting a path to powered exoskeletons: A Q&A with Leia Stirling
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How self-driving car subsidies could carry us through the ‘dark age’ of deployment
A game-theory approach identifies which policy could support autonomous vehicles’ market penetration—and environmental benefits
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What humans want, in an automated car
U-M researchers examined how a person’s perception of safety in an autonomous vehicle was influenced by its “personality” traits.
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How opt-out organ donation could affect U.S. waiting lists
A lack of consent plays a role in preventing donation from up to 40% of otherwise eligible donors.
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An inclusive autonomous shuttle for those with physical disabilities
Proof-of-concept service will gather systematic, real-world data to put users first.
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Three professors inducted into NAE
The new inductees join 33 other University of Michigan members.
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Hurricane Florence: U-M researchers forecast impacts
More than 2 million people could lose power, and flooding is the major concern for several reasons.
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U-M becomes first test bed for on-demand transportation system
Hail, hail a free ride on North Campus
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Predicting a hurricane’s impact with big data
A research team prepares weather models that will predict a storm’s impact on the electrical infrastructure.