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Ed Krause
Ford Motor Company
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Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
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News & Events
Student earns Microsoft fellowship for research in a new computing paradigm
January 24, 2019
Kassa is developing a framework that will look at the computations of an application and decide in real time which components will best handle it.
The Ecosystem of Additive Manufacturing
March 15, 2019 8:30-12:30
Are we now at an inflection point in the economics of manufacturing technology? Join for presentations and discussion around the additive manufacturing ecosystem and strategies for scale up .
US–Japan Automotive Conference 2.0
March 15, 2019
A gathering of industry leaders, policymakers, and scholars from both sides of the Pacific to discuss the past, present, and future of the US and Japanese auto industries, paying particular attention to the issues of trade, management, and technological change.
Staff Profile: Sheila Waterhouse asks a lot of questions
Our staff are central to the mission of the Business Engagement Center. As a means to get to know us and what makes us tick, our staff profile series is designed to offer insight into our team. Next in the series is Sheila Waterhouse, the communications and marketing...
U-M student wins prestigious Ford Alan Mulally Scholarship in Engineering
Anthony Zheng is one of ten nationwide recipients of the prestigious Ford Alan Mulally Scholarship in Engineering. The scholarship program awards 10 one-time $10,000 scholarships each year to outstanding sophomore or junior engineering students at leading universities...
Michigan Research Cores offers a new, searchable resource database
The University of Michigan’s Biosciences Initiative and Medical School Office of Research have partnered to create a powerful, searchable database with information on research cores across campus. The university is full of rich core resources, but they are often...
Success Stories
Read about the impact of industry and university connections in our case studies, white papers, faculty features, and corporate engagement articles.