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Professor Mihai Burzo: The Autonomous Vehicle

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Daba Coura Mbow Professor Mihai Burzo, an associate professor of mechanical engineering at the University of Michigan Flint, is delving into the future of automotive technology with his groundbreaking work on autonomous vehicles. Born in Transylvania and armed with a Ph.D. from Southern Methodist University, Professor Burzo’s expertise spans microelectronics, computational dynamics, and mechanical engineering,

Decoding Emotion: Enhancing Human-Computer Interaction through Emotional Understanding

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Daba Coura Mbow As a senior pursuing a degree in computer science, Allison Gaspard has been deeply engaged in the Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program at the University of Michigan Flint.  She has been involved in a project led by Dr. Mark Allison for the past two years. The work focuses on computationally analyzing the intricate

Mapping the Health of Flint River: Bridging Data and Ecology for Ecosystem Preservation

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Daba Coura Mbow A key project for IDEAS (the Institute for Data Engineering, Analytics, and Science) this fall, explains its Director Cam Mcleman, associate professor of mathematics, connects UM-Flint’s wildlife biology faculty with scientists at the Flint River Watershed Coalition (FRWC). Joining ongoing efforts to monitor the river’s health, looking at organisms inhabiting the watershed,

UROP Student Uses Algorithms to Improve Benchmark Query Runtimes

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Dylan Binu is an international student from India and has been in the United States since January of 2020, pursuing his bachelor’s degree in computer science. He graduates this December, after completing his studies during the Fall 2023 semester. He works as a research assistant with one of his professors, Murali Mani, and the assistantship

Institute for Data Engineering, Analytics, and Science

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Daba Coura Mbow Cam Mcleman, associate professor of mathematics, is the incoming director of the new Institute for Data Engineering, Analytics, and Science (IDEAS) at the University of Michigan-Flint.  As an undergrad at Harvey Mudd College, McLeman’s interests varied widely and he alternatingly pursued computer science, math, and physics. Dr. McLeman’s love of mathematics eventually

Robotics and AI: A new era of technology

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Daba Coura Mbow Mark Allison, associate professor of computer science, earned his undergraduate and master’s degrees in computer science at CUNY in New York. After working in industry, he opted to return to graduate school at Florida International University to pursue a Ph.D. in artificial intelligence and software engineering.  Recently, after years of teaching and

Urban Institute invites Civilla for Human-Centered Design Talks

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Jan Furman, director of the Urban Institute stands in front of a large presentation screen that has the Civilla logo in the top-left, which is a multi-colored ribbon and says the company name. The title screen for the presentation says 'designing better futures using human-centered design.' Furman stands with her hands across her trunk and looks at the crowd.

On April 5, 2023, dozens of attendees converged on a lecture hall in the White building on University of Michigan-Flint’s campus for a presentation on how a focus on human-centered design can help us to have more equitable access to government and community resources. Researchers and designers, Kristen Uroda and Maki Nakagawa from Civilla were

Jeffrey Yackley: Active learning, a way for students to gain soft skills.

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By Daba Coura Mbow Originally from Farmington Hills, Michigan, Jeffrey Yackley graduated from the University of Michigan in Dearborn with a doctorate in Computer Science.  In the new College of Innovation and Technology, Yackley begins an academic career at the University of Michigan Flint with an opportunity to dig more into his passion for computer