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5/19/2025
A team won a surprise victory at this year’s Senior Design competition
Assistant Professor Caymen Novak threw an ambitious project to her Senior Design team. It almost didn’t work out. Until it did....
3/31/2025
How postdocs help faculty take research to another level
Postdoctoral researchers on campus are another sign of ÂÜÀòÉç-Dearborn’s growing research culture. But what exactly do postdocs do, and why can they be a game changer for university research?...
3/25/2025
Fixing the damn . . . waterways
In the U.S., ships transport $770 billion worth of commodities via inland lakes and rivers each year. IMSE Associate Professors Zhen Hu and Armagan Bayram aim to make this system more cost-effective and efficient.
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2/26/2025
ÂÜÀòÉç-Dearborn earns R2 research designation
The recognition follows six years of rapid growth in which externally funded research spending at ÂÜÀòÉç-Dearborn has nearly tripled. So how did we get here? And what’s next?...
2/24/2025
For a ÂÜÀòÉç-Dearborn student and professor, the influence goes both ways
Unlikely collaborators who met through a job posting, first-year PhD student LaRico Andres and Professor Wencong Su have forged a partnership that’s left a lasting mark on both men. ...
2/10/2025
Researchers prep for landmark field test of ‘second-life’ EV batteries
Connecting millions of used electric vehicle batteries to the grid is an idea that holds tons of promise. But how well will this strategy work in the real world?...
1/27/2025
How can we make driver assist features play nice together?
Assistant Professor Areen Alsaid says the growing suite of semi-autonomous technologies have the ability to make driving safer, more convenient and less stressful. But we’ll only fully realize these benefits if the learning curve doesn’t confuse drivers. ...
1/22/2025
Planning for EV infrastructure is complicated. Here’s a better way to do it.
Given a web of uncertainties, like future electricity price, consumer charging behavior and EV market growth, Associate Professor Jian Hu says a novel type of stochastic modeling can minimize the risks of public investments in EV infrastructure....
1/13/2025
The challenges with younger drivers and autonomous vehicles
Associate Professor Bochen Jia’s latest research is revealing some surprising things about how fatigue can impact younger, inexperienced drivers when they're operating semi-autonomous vehicles....
1/8/2025
‘Healing’ batteries with ultrasonics
Two mechanical engineering postdoc research fellows have discovered a novel way to solve a pesky challenge with next-generation solid-state batteries....
