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| Link to Research Information |
Advanced Civil Engineering Materials Research Laboratory (ACE-MRL) Director: Victor C. Li The mission of the Advanced Civil Engineering Materials Research Laboratory is to develop advanced high performance materials for large volume low cost civil engineering applications. Special focus is placed on micromechanics based design of strain-hardening cementitious composites. The Laboratory conducts interdisciplinary strategic research in partnership with government and industry. (CEE)
Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (AI) Director: John E. Laird The mission of the AI Laboratory is centered on education and research in building flexible intelligent systems that can operate in dynamic worlds populated by people and other systems. The Laboratory includes undergraduates, graduate students, and faculty from Computer Science, Linguistics, Psychology, and Philosophy involved in theoretical, experimental, and applied aspects of intelligent systems. (EECS)
Automotive Research Center (ARC)* The Automotive Research Center (ARC) , headquartered at the University of Michigan, is a joint effort of three groups involved with automotive manufacturing: universities, private industry, and the government. The university members are the leaders of the Center's fundamental research program, but a unique organizational structure called the Quad concept, guarantees that industry and government members also participate. The Quad concept requires that every Center project be carried out by a team that includes all interested groups: university faculty, students, industry researchers, and government scientists. This mechanism ensures that the technology developed by the Center is in tune with industry and government needs and will be available for practical implementation. (MEAM)
Director: Richard E. Robertson The mission of the composites Laboratory is to train students in the behavior and measurement of structural fiber composites, and to develop new matrix resins for tougher composites and new, faster and cheaper ways of fabricating composite materials into components. (MSE)
Director: Donald B. Chaffin The Center for Ergonomics brings together all the faculty interested in ergonomics research to improve productivity in manufacturing and office work. Members are primarily from the Industrial and Operations Engineering faculty, but some are from other parts of the university. (IOE)
Industrial Assessment Center The purpose of this DOE-sponsored Center is industrial energy conservation and pollution prevention. The Center carries out energy analyses to help small to medium-sized manufacturing industries to conserve energy resources and become more competitive. The scope and funding is slowly increasing to include pollution prevention aspects. It is our intent to expand the scope of this Center to include energy and environmental considerations at the product design stage.
Director: Johann Borenstein The Mobile robotics Laboratory develops innovative types of mobile robots, such as a multi-degree-of-freedom (MDOF) platform that can travel sideways, mobile robots on tracks and a flying robot. The Laboratory also develops obstacle avoidance methods that have already been implemented on several mobile robots, including the lab's flagship robot CARMEL, and automatic power wheelchair and a navigation aid for the blind. Emphasis is placed on actually working systems and collaboration with industry. The Mobile Robotics Laboratory has 2 Cybermotion, 1 Denning, 2TRC and 1 MDOF robot. (MEAM)
Optical Coordinate Measuring Machine Laboratory Director: Jun Ni The OCMM Laboratory supports research in automobile body manufacturing. Advanced measurement techniques and tooling systems are developed in the Laboratory with a goal of greatly improving the dimensional integrity of automobile body. (MEAM)
Real-Time Computing Laboratory Director: Kang G. Shin The mission of the Real-Time Computing Laboratory is to educate both undergraduate and graduate students with analytic and experimental research in distributed real-time computing, and to play a major role in technology transfer. (EECS)
Reconfigurable Machining Systems, NSF ERC for* Director: Yoram Koren
The Center for Reconfigurable Machining Systems was formed in 1996 with the mission to develop the science base for a new generation of manufacturing systems that can:
The system elements are CNC machines, robots, autonomous guided vehicles, lasers, and other leading edge manufacturing tools.
Solid-State Electronics Laboratory (SSEL) Director: Pallab K. Bhattacharya The Solid-State Electronics Laboratory encompasses the following three centers as well as several major research programs in areas such as electronic materials and optoelectronics, automated semiconductor manufacturing, plasma science and applications, and gallium Arsenide microprocessor development. It provides facilities for solid-state material growth and characterization and for device/circuit fabrication, evaluation, and testing. (EECS)
The Virtual Reality Lab The Virtual Reality Laboratory (VRL) at the University of Michigan (UM) concentrates on industrial applications of virtual environments. Research is focussed on virtual prototypes of automotive and marine designs, the simulation of manufacturing processes, and other engineering applications. Additional projects include architectural walk-through models, free-form shape design, accident simulations, educational activities, and more.
Wu Manufacturing Research Center Directors: Jun Ni and Jack Hu The S.M. Wu Manufacturing Research Center (WuMRC) has received a major equipment gift of $1-million state of the art stamping press from several industrial companies including Minster, Allen-Bradley, and Helm. More than 65 research staff and graduate research assistants from MEAM and IOE who work in the Center will have access to this equipment.
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