4/6/2026
AI education research leads to a UM-Dearborn first
Industrial and Systems Engineering doctoral student Ella Ejichukwu’s research into how AI affects classroom experiences has led to her induction into the Bouchet Graduate Honor Society — a first for a UM-Dearborn student....
3/18/2026
Helping stop widespread blackouts before they start
Graduate student Birva Sevak developed two artificial intelligence models to help electric grid operators understand current conditions and predict future failures. ...
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....
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....
10/6/2025
Office of Research update for October 2025
Which one of your colleagues recently landed a $589,000 grant from the National Science Foundation? Find out in this month’s Office of Research update, where you can see whose work is getting funded, browse the calendar of upcoming research events and lear...
6/30/2025
What does an Institutional Review Board do?
If a research study involves human subjects, it has to go through an Institutional Review Board evaluation. But UM-Dearborn’s IRB liaison, Elizabeth Molina, wants faculty, staff and students to see her as a partner, not the ethics police....
2/24/2025
For a UM-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. ...
2/2/2025
‘UM-Dearborn is a respected institution . . . I feel very lucky to study here’
Meet Sambathchatovong Na, UM-Dearborn’s first doctoral Fulbright Scholar. He’s a cybersecurity professional from Cambodia who’s in CECS’ computer information systems program....
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....
7/26/2024
PhD student is helping pave the way for high-performance metals
Hossein Abbasi’s doctoral research is untangling the mysteries of gradient nano-grain metals, a unique material with some seemingly contradictory properties and dozens of promising applications. ...