Engineers biking for a cause
Starting today, two #MichiganEngineers and a U-M friend from the LS&A school will join 27 other cyclists from around the U.S. on a 4,043 mile bike ride from Florida to California.
Why, you ask?
The trio, who are all natives of Kalamazoo, MI, are raising money and awareness for the Kalamazoo Valley Habitat for Humanity. During the 11-week trip, called “Bike and Build,” they’ll also be stopping off in New Orleans and other Gulf Coast communities to help those still recovering from Hurricane Katrina.
Just another example of our #MichiganEngineers making a difference in the world…
Pictured from left: U-M recent alumni Shane DeMeulenaere, Nathan Heidt and Logan Weidman
The stage is set at Crisler for #UMCOE13. We’ll see you all there in a bit.
Congrats #MichiganEngineers!
Thanks to Aerospace Engineer Colin McNally for the awesome pic!
Leadership on campus and beyond
Still looking for proof that our students are the “Leaders and Best”?
Here you go - the Engineering Honor Society Tau Beta Pi is going to be hosting the regional conference for this national organization right here in Ann Arbor.
More than 80 students from 24 educational institutions are flocking to campus this weekend for the conference, which aims to teach them valuable skills about running their chapter and instilling the same leadership values in their members.
Just another example of how Michigan Engineers are taking the reins and having an impact. #GoBlue!
ABOVE: Students of Tau Beta Pi work with 4th and 5th graders during their MindSET event.
These guys started off as plain old Michigan Engineering students with a dream. Now they’ve got their very own healthy food cart. Anything goes here… #StartupsRock!
The Cart is almost in location. The countdown to our Preview night begins tomorrow! #MarksCarts #AnnArbor #healthyfood #foodie #herewego by eatbeetbox http://instagr.am/p/XG84xPqx5z/
You've got ideas, and we've got $40,000...
Yep, you heard us.
$40,000 to create the most awesome MLK Day 2014 “happening” there ever was in the epic “Taking it Back” challenge.
Only a few steps involved:
- Come up with an awesome idea (or many of them)
- Pitch it
- Now, make it happen!
Ready, set… go!
(Oh, and if you start tonight you can meet other brilliant people and figure out how this all works.)
Leaders and Best? You bet…
“Elizabeth spent two months in Ghana learning about sub-Saharan African health care and identifying the greatest challenges to maternal and infant health, and is currently working to design a low-cost fetal heart rate monitor with three other students for use in rural West Africa.”
Biomedical Engineering senior Elizabeth Curtiss Hyde is just one of the more than 90 Michigan Engineering students honored this weekend for their accomplishments. The annual Leaders & Honors Awards Brunch sets out to find the brightest and best, and award all those Victors…
#GoBlue!
BME PhD Student Ariel Hecht demonstrates the Label-Acquired Magnetorotation (LAM) system that he designed that shoots a laser into a teflon-coated glass slide with blood that is coated with magnetic beads to reveal the concentration of specific proteins in the Chemistry Building on Central Campus in Ann Arbor, MI on February 28, 2013.
Based on the periodicity of light and arrangement of proteins with respect to different samples, Hecht is able to detect the presence of different proteins in blood. Such technology is beneficial in point of care diagnostic systems that enable for quicker blood test results (minutes instead of days).
Photo: Joseph Xu, Michigan Engineering Communications & Marketing
Students weren’t the only ones traveling abroad for break last week.
Dean Munson got into the act, taking professors and students with him on a trip to India. BLUElab members also tagged along, visiting a primary school to connect with students while they were there.
U-M College of Engineering expanding partnerships to India
University of Michigan College of Engineering (CoE) dean David Munson was on a trip to India last week (March 2-9) to explore educational opportunities for University of Michigan students.
“Our trip was designed to develop a platform for student engagement with companies owned by CoE Indian alumni,” dean David Munson said.
During this trip they visited two large companies, Setco, near the town of Vadodara, and Walchandnagar Industries in Walchandnagar. Both companies run primary and secondary schools that may serve as sites for a May trip sponsored by the Society of Women Engineers.
“Our hope is to help the students identify opportunities to engage in a variety of student-led engineering projects in Indian communities. We believe that this will be a more successful strategy,” said James Holloway, associate dean who accompanied Dean Munson on the trip.
“I want more College of Engineering students to be able to experience India. It will expand our thinking in new directions,” said Sita Syal, a student who was on the trip.
During the week-long trip, dean Dave Munson was accompanied by associate dean James Holloway, professor Krishnakumar Garikipati, director of international programs Amy Conger, associate executive director of office of advancement Lin Cargo, and seven students from two student groups - The UM Society of Women Engineers (SWE) and Better Living Using Engineering Lab (BLUELab).
(Photos courtesy: James Holloway)
While college students around the country are relaxing with warm beaches and late nights for Spring Break, a group of Michigan Engineering students are in Chicago working with students in public schools.
The Alternative Spring Break (ABS) Chicago team has gotten down and dirty with high schoolers for the last two years, introducing engineering concepts and talking about what it means to be a successful college student. Their goal is to spread the message of STEM, and to encourage students to set high goals and create paths for achieving them.
So while you’re lying on the beach, sipping your ice-cold drink, remember there are a few good engineers out there making a difference…
#Victors
Discover the creativity of your engineering peers at the first ever Engineering Art Show. The artwork of Michigan Engineering students is on display in the Dude Gallery until March 1, so swing on through while you’re walking to class to check it out.
