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. ...
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....
4/21/2025

Class of Spring 2025: CECS graduate Mahendra Kakad

The spring master’s graduate used an engineer’s mindset to navigate a tricky job market and land a job at Tesla. ...
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. ...
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....
12/16/2024

Class of Fall 2024: CECS graduate Dania Ammar

The recent PhD graduate almost pursued a career in construction management until UM-Dearborn helped her unlock a future in data analytics and artificial intelligence....
8/12/2024

Undergrad students develop an improved sleep apnea mask

Four seniors from the Human-Centered Engineering Design program built a precision-fit face mask that could bring relief to the millions of adults who live with sleep apnea. ...
7/3/2024

UM-Dearborn is infusing sustainability into its engineering programs

Part of being a great engineer these days is understanding the environmental and societal impacts of your work. But how do we train students to be holistic engineers?...