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Michigan Engineering LabLog: October 2012
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Friday, October 5, 2012. Fluid cathedrals: Gels under the microscope. Professor Michael Solomon and doctoral student Lilian Hsiao, both in chemical engineering, discuss the architectural structures revealed by the 3D map of particles inside a gel. Image credit: Laura Rudich. While manufacturers currently use trial and error to develop gels with a particular degree of solidity, this discovery could provide a way to design gels for particular applications. Posted by Kate McAlpine. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom).
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Michigan Engineering LabLog: Senior citizens behind the wheel
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Tuesday, June 19, 2012. Senior citizens behind the wheel. Older drivers get hurt worse in crashes. A Michigan Engineering professor thinks their posture and body shape may play a role. We visit the U-Mich crash lab to learn more about the study. E9XPTV3FVPB7. A mid-sized male crash test dummy prepares for a test in the. University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute's sled lab. Photo by Laura Rudich. 8212;brown oxfords for the mid-sized male model on deck for a head-on collision at 30-mph.
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Michigan Engineering LabLog: September 2011
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Thursday, September 22, 2011. An 8-inch step down for MABEL is a step up for robotkind. The fastest two-legged robot with knees. Can now step gracefully down an 8-inch, stair-height platform—blind. A University of Michigan electrical engineering. Professor and MABELs owner. Posted by Michigan Engineering. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Esther J. Eppele. An 8-inch step down for MABEL is a step up for rob. There was an error in this gadget. Michigan Engineering Facebook Page. Nicole Casal Moore Twitter Feed.
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Michigan Engineering LabLog: February 2013
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Thursday, February 28, 2013. Restoring U-M’s most extreme windows. Kevin Mayra wipes down the last pane in the window. Photo: Joseph Xu, Michigan Engineering. Cleaning three-foot-thick windows, composed of 6-inch-thick panes that weigh up to 740 pounds each, was never going to be an easy task. But by undertaking it, Alex Flick, an engineer in the department of nuclear engineering and radiological sciences (NERS), could get the university’s second hot cell up and running again. Posted by Katherine McAlpine.
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Michigan Engineering LabLog: August 2011
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Wednesday, August 17, 2011. Understanding climate change from the ground up. Electrical engineers install sensors at Matthaei Botanical Gardens to measure soil moisture. Planted at the U-M Matthaei Botanical Gardens right now are seeds to some answers to a major quandary in climate change prediction: How is moisture distributed throughout the Earth’s soils? A NASA satellite called the Soil Moisture Active and Passive (SMAP). Posted by Michigan Engineering. Friday, August 12, 2011. That’s the hope o...
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Michigan Engineering LabLog: May 2012
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Monday, May 21, 2012. Real-world tests for Polaris radiation detector. An invention from the College of Engineering promises to make radiation imaging more portable, with the potential to catch nuclear terrorists, improve safety in nuclear power plants, and map out radiation contamination following accidents like Fukushima. The imager sees the world in gamma rays, which are like rays of visible light but with up to about a million times more energy. It contains crystals of very pure semiconductor tha...
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Michigan Engineering LabLog: Sensing and software for advanced hybrid car battery systems
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Friday, June 7, 2013. Sensing and software for advanced hybrid car battery systems. The complete battery pack in its steel case. The project kicked off with the dissection of the battery pack, giving the team insights into today’s cutting-edge vehicle batteries from the “crash-worthy” steel casing to the cells. “It was a really fun day,” said professor of chemical engineering Charles Monroe. The team then removed the connector covers from one side, revealing the tops of the cells and the black channel th...
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Michigan Engineering LabLog: June 2013
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Friday, June 7, 2013. Sensing and software for advanced hybrid car battery systems. The complete battery pack in its steel case. The project kicked off with the dissection of the battery pack, giving the team insights into today’s cutting-edge vehicle batteries from the “crash-worthy” steel casing to the cells. “It was a really fun day,” said professor of chemical engineering Charles Monroe. Posted by Katherine McAlpine. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Esther J. Eppele. There was an error in this gadget.
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Michigan Engineering LabLog: March 2012
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Monday, March 12, 2012. The sound of a solar storm, and a tour of "audification". A composer and NASA fellow at Michigan Engineering is turning satellite measurements into sound as a new data mining approach. Heres a demonstration. It does sound like stardust. That, with maybe a little electronic whale song mixed in. This sonification of some of the most recent solar storm activity illustrates a unique new approach to data mining in the University of Michigans Solar and Heliospheric Research Group. In th...
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Michigan Engineering LabLog: Restoring U-M’s most extreme windows
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Thursday, February 28, 2013. Restoring U-M’s most extreme windows. Kevin Mayra wipes down the last pane in the window. Photo: Joseph Xu, Michigan Engineering. Cleaning three-foot-thick windows, composed of 6-inch-thick panes that weigh up to 740 pounds each, was never going to be an easy task. But by undertaking it, Alex Flick, an engineer in the department of nuclear engineering and radiological sciences (NERS), could get the university’s second hot cell up and running again. Flick and Mayra slide a pan...
