3/16/2026

Does polluted air dampen your mood?

A CASL and CECS interdisciplinary project strengthens the research connection between air quality and wellbeing, while also developing a new algorithm that aids in high-quality data collection....
1/28/2026

‘Most car hackers are great people’

UM-Dearborn alum Kamel Ghali talks about how he became a "benevolent" car hacker, the evolving world of automotive cybersecurity, and how the once niche field could be a template for adapting to a broad range of threats....
1/26/2026

A new medical device could help diagnose infants with vestibular issues

Designed and built by students, faculty and staff from UM-Dearborn, a rotational chair for infants could make screening for vestibular issues as common as newborn hearing tests. ...
1/14/2026

Can AI improve emergency rooms?

UM-Dearborn Associate Professor Mohamed Abouelenien and researchers from the U-M Medical School are looking to machine learning to boost ER survival rates....
11/17/2025

How nanoparticle platforms could unlock the potential of precision medicine

Associate Professor of Neurobiology Zhi “Elena” Zhang’s new project with collaborators from Washington State University is testing a versatile platform for delivering medicines to one of the hardest to treat parts of our bodies. ...
11/5/2025

A PhD student is helping next-generation batteries take a critical step

Alongside Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering Lei Chen, second-year PhD student Jinrong Su is creating a pathway for advanced lithium batteries to finally break through....
10/8/2025

A new UM-Dearborn entrepreneurship center is helping students file patents

Have an idea for a startup? A patent is often the place you need to start to protect your idea. A new center is helping students through the often daunting process....
10/1/2025

Taking edge computing to the neighborhood

Computer and Information Science Assistant Professor Zheng Song is making a habit of building straightforward, edge computing-based technologies that directly benefit people — and taking students along for the ride. ...
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....
4/7/2025

Meeting future business needs today

New College of Business Assistant Professor Mainak Sarkar, a former visiting scholar with UM-Ann Arbor’s Ross School of Business, brings his artificial intelligence expertise to UM-Dearborn....