Mar 5, 2026 | Artificial Intelligence, Energy, Engineering
A human brain consumes less power than a light bulb, while artificial intelligence systems guzzle electricity to do the same tasks. Now, scientists have created a highly efficient AI model that hints at how living brains are able to do so much with so little, a...
Mar 5, 2026 | Engineering, Entrepreneurship, Featured
Purdue University has received a $10 million commitment from the AGE Fisher Family Foundation to establish an innovation and entrepreneurship center within the College of Engineering. The foundation was created by longtime donors Jeff (BS electrical engineering ’80)...
Mar 4, 2026 | Education, Engineering, Featured, Space
In an effort to retain engineering staff from a $170 million project for NASA, the University of Iowa is renovating the seventh floor of Van Allen Hall to house the Iowa Spaceflight Laboratory, a collection of labs supporting the UI’s efforts in building spaceflight...
Feb 26, 2026 | Artificial Intelligence, Engineering, Featured
A geotechnical engineer reviews an AI-generated retaining wall design. The calculations are correct. The code checks pass. The specifications are met. But she looks at the site photos and says: “I don’t like this ground”. Nothing in the numbers tells...
Feb 26, 2026 | Detroit, Education, Engineering, Featured
Another installment in our video series from Wayne State University: The Global Auto Mobility and Smart Mobility Today team spent the day on the WSU campus. During our visit, John Petty and Cindy Polakowski met with some facinating people at the CARES Lab. The...
Feb 25, 2026 | Artificial Intelligence, Engineering, Events, Featured
More than 250 students gathered for the first-ever 24-hour AI Hackathon from 5 p.m. Thursday to 4 p.m. Friday. The event was a partnership with the technology company Oracle, alongside the University of Michigan Ross School of Business and the College of Engineering....
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