4/1/2024

Could you be friends with a robot?

CECS Associate Professor Samir Rawashdeh creates interactive robots for his kids to play with. It’s taught him something about what it might take to make human-robot interactions meaningful. ...
2/7/2024

This professor is preparing for a busy election season of political deepfake detection

UM-Dearborn Professor Hafiz Malik has become a go-to resource for journalists debunking fake audio and video....
2/5/2024

Breaking the ‘cold chain’

Materials scientist Pravansu Mohanty has developed a way to eliminate the need for cold storage of vaccines and biopharmaceuticals. Could his startup be a game changer for bringing advanced medicines to lower-income countries?...
1/31/2024

Closing the loop on EV battery fires

Assistant Professor Lei Chen is trying to understand the root cause of EV battery malfunctions. A new NSF-funded lab will advance his research — and could help improve the manufacturing process, too....
1/24/2024

K-12 teachers need to understand AI. So do those who train them.

CEHHS Associate Dean Stein Brunvand was part of an inaugural fellowship program to help education faculty integrate this evolving technology into their curricula....
1/17/2024

UM-Dearborn and the Department of Defense are teaming up to modernize the DoD’s engineering ecosystem

An interdisciplinary team led by Professor Pravansu Mohanty is helping the DoD adopt the design and data sharing strategies that have become the backbone of modern manufacturing....
12/11/2023

Class of Fall 2023: CECS graduate Olivia Pellegrini

During her time at UM-Dearborn, the cybersecurity major has scored big internships, published research and even found time to play on the volleyball team. Now she’s eyeing a career in the artificial intelligence field. ...
8/10/2023

A new scholarship is fueling diversity in STEM programs

Alum Jim Scapa is broadening support for engineering students from underrepresented groups....
6/26/2023

Is AI really a threat to human civilization?

Three UM-Dearborn experts say recent warnings that artificial intelligence may soon pose an ‘extinction-level’ threat are overblown. But we’re right to be concerned about other ways AI is reshaping our world....
6/12/2023

Mini cars are launching big careers

Students and faculty are doing advanced work in autonomy using one-tenth-scale cars. ...