Yulin Pan awarded MIDAS PODS grant for research predicting hydrological...
Yulin PanAssistant Professor, Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering EXPERTS: Ashley Payne (CLaSP), Yulin Pan (NAME), and Xun Huan (ME) have been awarded a Propelling Original Data Science (PODS)...
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Eric KortAssociate Professor of Climate and Space Sciences and Engineering EXPERTS: An oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico. Photo: Eric Kort Offshore energy producing platforms in U.S. waters of the Gulf of...
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Yulin PanAssistant Professor of Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering Chris RufFrederick Bartman Collegiate Professor of Climate and Space Science EXPERTS: An estimated eight million tons of...
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Chris RufFrederick Bartman Collegiate Professor of Climate and Space Science EXPERTS: Written by Chris Ruf Plastic is the most common type of debris floating in the world’s oceans. Waves and sunlight...
View ArticleSenior hires stand out in an impressive year for faculty hiring
With an expanded need for faculty in the new Department of Robotics and an influx of senior faculty members, Michigan Engineering’s 2022-2023 hiring effort resulted in 36 tenured and tenure-track...
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New information about an emerging technique that could track microplastics from space has been uncovered by researchers at the University of Michigan. It turns out that satellites are best at spotting...
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