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Alexander Hill, a Chemical Engineering Graduate Student Instructor, monitors a new reactor designed to produce ammonia for fertilizer without relying on fossil fuels.
U-M’s team is pioneering a system that harnesses energy from sunlight, reducing the reliance on temperature and pressure to bring the hydrogen and nitrogen together. It will pull nitrogen from the air using an air separation unit while splitting water molecules to produce hydrogen. Those gases will then be compressed inside the reactor to create ammonia at significantly lower temperatures and pressures than traditional methods. Each step in U-M’s process is driven by solar power, through both electricity-generating panels as well as new catalysts that help fuel chemical reactions with light, known as photocatalysts.
Photo: Robert Coelius/University of Michigan Engineering, Communications & Marketing
Eric Kazyak, Research Fellow in Mechanical Engineering, tries to verify lithium metal, solid-state batteries which use a solid electrolyte instead of the currently used flammable liquid electrolyte inside the Battery Fabrication and Characterization User Facility at the Phoenix Memorial Laboratory at 2301 Bonisteel Blvd, at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, MI on Friday May 7, 2021.
The University of Michigan is researching ways to harness abundant materials for battery production, or reuse older materials to relieve the disproportionate pressure placed on countries like the Democratic Republic of Congo for cobalt or the Philippines for nickel.
Photo: Robert Coelius/University of Michigan Engineering, Communications & Marketing
Il s’agit d’un détail de l'une des machines-outils qui servaient à l’usinage de pièces destinées à la construction navale à l’arsenal de Brest. Ces machines sont exposées dans la salle dite « Place des Machines » de l’immense Atelier des Capucins.
This is a detail of one of the machine tools used for the machining of parts intended for shipbuilding at the Brest dockyard. These machines are exhibited in the "Place des Machines" exhibition hall of the huge “Capucins Workshop”.
Professor James Holly Jr., addresses his MECHENG 499: Mechanical Engineering and Racial Justice in the Francois-Xavier Bagnoud Building on the North Campus of the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor on Wednesday morning, March 22, 2023.
This is the second time the course, developed by Holly in 2021, has been offered. He typically begins with a key question, such as: “Is technology a barrier to, a tool for, or a non-factor for racial justice?” In this course, Holly wanted his students to use critical thinking in their responses.Traditional curricula often emphasize making, doing, and calculating—the tangible sides of engineering. Yet there isn’t always time and space for students to examine how their thoughts are being deliberately created and facilitated. Discussion questions are designed to give students the opportunity to both think collaboratively with others, as well as to speak up. Holly calls it “Think-Pair-Share,” where students first think of their own answers, pair up to discuss them, and then share with the whole classroom.
Photo: Brenda Ahearn/University of Michigan, College of Engineering, Communications and Marketing
The Wayne State University College of Engineering’s SAE Warrior Racing team shined at the Formula West Competition, earning 12th place nationally. The team bested local competitors such as Kettering University, Oakland University, Michigan State University and University of Michigan, Ann Arbor to become the top team in the state.
Learn more: engineering.wayne.edu/news.php?id=17179
Steven George, Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry at University of Colorado, Boulder, speaks at the 41st Annual American Vacuum Society (AVS) - Michigan Chapter Symposium in the NCRC on North Campus of the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, MI on May 25, 2017.
AVS is an interdisciplinary, professional society that supports networking among academic, industrial, government, and consulting professionals involved in a variety of disciplines -- chemistry, physics, engineering, and so forth.
Photo: Joseph Xu/Michigan Engineering Senior Producer, University of Michigan
Robert Middleton, Assistant Research Scientist in Mechanical Engineering,and André Boehman, Professor of Mechanical Engineering, set up a particle spectrometer to better understand how many infectious aerosol particles others in a classroom expect to inhale under various mitigation scenarios inside 1311 EECS on North Campus in Ann Arbor, MI on Monday, May 17, 2021.
Different parts of a room will have different risk levels, depending on many factors, including: how HVAC vents affect aerosol trajectories, how effective windows or HVAC are at bringing in fresh air, and how many virus particles an infected person emits. Typical indoor airborne transport models do not take this uncertainty or variability into account.
Photo: Robert Coelius/University of Michigan Engineering, Communications & Marketing
The Mechanical Engineering Building standing above the new-and-improved Boneyard Creek. The new landscaping makes the creek look somewhat better, and it helps with flood control - - but the water still looks pretty nasty. More often than not, it doesn't smell too good, either.
Assistant professor Luis Sentis’ Human Centered Robotics Lab focuses on advancing human-friendly robots that are flexible, safe and mobile.
Higgins Laboratories, center of mechanical engineering studies at Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI).
My wife's father, Peter K. Bingham, graduated from WPI with a Bachelor of Science Degree in Mechanical Engineering in 1961.
Yuxin Chen, Graduate Student Instructor and Graduate Student Research Assistant in Mechanical Engineering, tries to verify lithium metal, solid-state batteries which use a solid electrolyte instead of the currently used flammable liquid electrolyte, inside Professor Neil Dasgupta's laboratory at 3658 G. G. Brown on North Campus of the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, MI on Friday May 7, 2021.
The University of Michigan is researching ways to harness abundant materials for battery production, or reuse older materials to relieve the disproportionate pressure placed on countries like the Democratic Republic of Congo for cobalt or the Philippines for nickel.
Photo: Robert Coelius/University of Michigan Engineering, Communications & Marketing
Colton Rainey, a PhD student in mechanical engineering makes batteries at the Lu Lab at the George G. Brown Laboratories building on the North Campus of the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor on Tuesday, May 31, 2022.
The Lu Lab team, under the direction of Wei Lu, a U-M professor of mechanical engineering, has made significant advancements in the testing of batteries.
Photo: Brenda Ahearn/University of Michigan, College of Engineering, Communications and Marketing
Greg Bogan (left), Columbia Energy & Environmental Services, oversees work on a telescoping camera platform designed by Washington State University mechanical engineering students Melissa Street, Jared Rixon, Ryan Breezee, Ben Revard, Gladwyn D’Souza, and Chris Mentzer. Two other students working on the project are not pictured in this photo.
As part of their senior project, the students are helping design a telescoping arm and camera system to take pictures inside Hanford’s underground storage tanks.
The students worked alongside mentors from the Department of Energy’s tank farms contractor, Washington River Protection Solutions (WRPS), on a budget of $10,000 provided by Columbia Energy & Environmental Services (CEES). They brainstormed ideas, developed design specs, ordered parts, and assembled a unit into a functional prototype that they tested at the CEES Test Facility over Thanksgiving break.
The design consisted of a riser-mountable platform with a 24-foot long telescoping arm that lowers a camera into the tank to provide better photos for inspecting tank integrity. The platform would be mounted on a trailer, taken from farm to farm, and could even be improved to conduct routine tank-integrity inspections.
The Wayne State University College of Engineering’s SAE Warrior Racing team shined at the Formula West Competition, earning 12th place nationally. The team bested local competitors such as Kettering University, Oakland University, Michigan State University and University of Michigan, Ann Arbor to become the top team in the state.
Learn more: engineering.wayne.edu/news.php?id=17179
A student demonstrates his team's project, "A Device for Hands-Free Home Urine Testing," sponsored by Joeseph Gyekis. The team designed a device that could be installed in patients' homes that could collect a urine sample while allowing the toilet to function as normal. The team included Alex Ortega (ME), Srdan Kalaba (BioE), Chris Ignozzi (ME) and Michael Malizia (ME).
Clayton Dewandre Festival of Britain
'British Engineering at its best'
a british engineering trade magazine advert. 1951
High school students attending the UM Engineering Camp, sponsored by Mechanical Engineering and the CMSE, construct and launch air rockets at Brevard Hall. Photo by Nathan Latil/Ole Miss Communications
Coast Guard Academy cadets conduct their daily academic routine in McAllister Hall on campus, Feb. 9, 2018.
Several students work in the mechanical engineering lab and others get advice from professors.
U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Lauren Laughlin
Daniel Penley, Graduate Student Research Assistant in Mechanical Engineering, reviews his laser manufacturing techniques that drill holes in the graphite anode of EV batteries inside Professor Neil Dasgupta's laboratory at 3658 G. G. Brown on North Campus of the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, MI on Friday May 7, 2021.
The University of Michigan is researching ways to harness abundant materials for battery production, or reuse older materials to relieve the disproportionate pressure placed on countries like Democratic Republic of Congo for cobalt or the Philippines for nickel.
Photo: Robert Coelius/University of Michigan Engineering, Communications & Marketing
Professor James Holly Jr., checks in with small groups in his MECHENG 499: Mechanical Engineering and Racial Justice class in the Francois-Xavier Bagnoud Building on the North Campus of the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor on Wednesday morning, March 22, 2023. From left the students are Anthony Womack, Jr., Mizan Thomas, and Timothy Taylor, Jr., all undergraduates in mechanical engineering.
This is the second time the course, developed by Holly in 2021, has been offered. He typically begins with a key question, such as: “Is technology a barrier to, a tool for, or a non-factor for racial justice?” In this course, Holly wanted his students to use critical thinking in their responses.Traditional curricula often emphasize making, doing, and calculating—the tangible sides of engineering. Yet there isn’t always time and space for students to examine how their thoughts are being deliberately created and facilitated. Discussion questions are designed to give students the opportunity to both think collaboratively with others, as well as to speak up. Holly calls it “Think-Pair-Share,” where students first think of their own answers, pair up to discuss them, and then share with the whole classroom.
Photo: Brenda Ahearn/University of Michigan, College of Engineering, Communications and Marketing
Area high school students race derby cars they designed and built during Engineering Camp. Photo by Nathan Latil/Ole Miss Communications
Donna Grossman, Finalist, Large Business Innovation and Leadership
Donna Grossman, Mechanical Engineering Manager
Hamilton Sundstrand
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Jianping Fu, associate professor of mechanical engineering, and Yi Zheng, a mechanical engineering research fellow, examine a microfluidic chip developed in Fu’s lab at the University of Michigan. On the chip, stem cells organize into embryo-like structures for the purpose of studying early human development.
The system can reliably produce the structures needed to help investigate important questions in maternal and child health, such as: What chemicals pose risks to developing embryos, and what causes certain birth defects and multiple miscarriages?
Photo: Evan Dougherty/University of Michigan Engineering
Coast Guard Academy cadets conduct their daily academic routine in McAllister Hall on campus, Feb. 9, 2018.
Several students work in the mechanical engineering lab and others get advice from professors.
U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Lauren Laughlin
Construction workers install the base of the sculpture "3 Cubes In A Seven Axis Relationship" outside of the G.G. Brown Building on North Campus of the University of Michigan on August 24, 2017.
The sculpture is a 14,000 pound, 25-foot tall kinetic structure that took Philip Stewart, Pinwheel artist, two years to design and was commissioned by the U-M College of Engineering in honor of Charles M. Vest, U-M Alumnus and former Dean of the College of Engineering U-M Provost.
“When Chuck was Dean, he had an interest in establishing a collection of artwork on
the University of Michigan’s (U-M) North Campus,” said Alice Simsar, a fine art consultant who works with the U-M. “That’s why this gift in his name is so fitting. An
official dedication of the sculpture will be planned in connection with the U-M Mechanical Engineering Department’s 150-year celebration in 2018,” she added.
Photo: Joseph Xu/Senior Multimedia Content Producer, University of Michigan - College of Engineering
Mechanical Engineering students present their capstone projects . Photo by Thomas Graning/Ole Miss Communications
The Lurie Biomedical Engineering Building
September 12, 2013
Photo: Joseph Xu, Michigan Engineering Communications & Marketing
Daniel Penley, Graduate Student Research Assistant in Mechanical Engineering, tries to verify lithium metal, solid-state batteries which use a solid electrolyte instead of the currently used flammable liquid electrolyte, inside the Battery Fabrication and Characterization User Facility at the Phoenix Memorial Laboratory at 2301 Bonisteel Blvd, at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, MI on Friday May 7, 2021.
The University of Michigan is researching ways to harness abundant materials for battery production, or reuse older materials to relieve the disproportionate pressure placed on countries like the Democratic Republic of Congo for cobalt or the Philippines for nickel.
Photo: Robert Coelius/University of Michigan Engineering, Communications & Marketing