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Human Connections, Mexico promotes ethical tourism in the region, through the interactions it fosters between visitors to Mexico and our local artisan- entrepreneurs. Visitors are invited into the artisans' homes to hear their personal stories and to understand the work behind their craft.
Learn more about HC's ethical tours:
humanconnections.org/discover/bucerias-day-tours/
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Dr. Brandon Packard works with one of his 2d Game Programming students, Michael Plants, a senior computer science major, at PennWest Clarion.
Dr. Mary Weidner, professor in PennWest Edinboro's Communications Sciences and Disorders department, works with a small group of students between xlasses.
Robotics Research Engineer Senthur Ayyappan, right, speaks with Japmanjeet Singh Gill, left, a Robotics PhD student, during the ROB 311 annual Ball-Bot competition in the atrium of the Ford Motor Company Robotics Building on North Campus at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, on Wednesday, December 6, 2023.
The course, How to Build Robots and Make Them Move (ROB 311), focuses on the basic principles of mechanical design, control, fabrication, actuation, instrumentation, and the necessary computer interfaces for executing robotic systems. Students are taught to analyze and simulate rigid body kinematics, kinetics, and dynamics and also evaluate the impedance properties of their designs. Not only are theoretical concepts stressed, but 'hands-on' skills are equally emphasized. The course culminates in a four-part competition that tests the students and their designs requiring a variety of movements and in different environments.
Photo: Brenda Ahearn/University of Michigan, College of Engineering, Communications and Marketing
Detail photo of display on one of the tools in the shop which is located in the George G. Brown Laboratories building on the North Campus of the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, on Tuesday afternoon, January 30, 2024. The display and adjustable height arm is one of the updates that makes the space more accessible.
The ME Labs Team, which consists of Lab Manager Don Wirkner, Engineering Technician Mike Klein, and Design Instruction Engineer Kemal Duran, have received the University of Michigan’s Distinguished Diversity Leaders Award for their work to expand accessibility in the ME Undergraduate Machine Shop. The team fabricated solutions to bring controls for industry standard equipment setups into reach for a wider array of body types and expanded aisleways to allow for greater ease of movement, particularly for those who use assistive mobility devices.
The ME Undergraduate Machine Shop is critical to the department’s educational programs. The shop provides creative, fabrication, and hands-on learning environments for students in ME design courses. Making use of mills, lathes, a water jet cutter, and other machines to transform raw materials into machine parts and intricate mechanisms, students build robot machine players (RMPs) in ME250, motor-driven mechanisms in ME350, and any number of other devices in the department's senior capstone design course, ME450.
Photo: Brenda Ahearn/University of Michigan, College of Engineering, Communications and Marketing