2/1/2021

Why your first driverless car is decades, not years, away

The technology needed to realize the dream of fully autonomous personal vehicles is growing steadily. But so is the list of hard-to-solve problems....
1/18/2021

How can UM-Dearborn decarbonize its commuting culture?

Associate Professor Wencong Su breaks down some technology and culture changes that could help us cut carbon emissions from personal vehicles....
10/7/2020

The biometrics revolution is here. Are we ready?

UM-Dearborn professor Hafiz Malik breaks down the risks and rewards of integrating facial recognition, palmprint and other biometric technologies into more parts of our daily lives....
9/16/2020

Why we may need to think small — not big — to green the energy grid

A UM-Dearborn graduate student is working to fulfill the promise of electric “microgrids.”...
8/31/2020

How Tony England transformed engineering at UM-Dearborn

The College of Engineering and Computer Science’s retiring dean talks candidly about his push to reinvent the engineering culture at UM-Dearborn — and the work that still lies ahead....
7/14/2020

UM-Dearborn launches new engineering program for makers, creatives and designers

Could this be the future of engineering education?...
1/16/2020

In the renewable energy era, the ‘smart grid’ is going to have to be unbelievably smart

Associate Professor Wencong Su explains why retrofitting the electric grid to accommodate electric vehicles and wind and solar power is such a complex challenge....
12/10/2019

Trio of UM-Dearborn faculty lands $650K research grant

The big award from the Department of Energy goes to support “high risk, high reward” research in the area of energy innovation. Here’s an overview of what the team from UM-Dearborn plans to tackle....
4/22/2019

Associate Professor Hafiz Malik is battling the future of fake news

Voice technology is taking political disinformation to scary new extremes. This UM-Dearborn researcher says real-time debunking is one way to fight back....
4/7/2019

How autonomous technology could transform long-haul trucking

Semi-autonomous truck “platoons” could help the industry become less energy intensive and ease a major labor shortage....