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EDA Grant Supports New Innovation and Technology Center at the University of Michigan-Flint

A building designed for teaching, collaborating, and inspiring the innovators of the 21st century will be built at the University of Michigan-Flint. The U.S. Economic Development Administration awarded a $3.8 million CARES Act Recovery Assistance grant to build the Innovation and Technology Center at UM-Flint. The grant will be matched with $4.9 million in additional[…]

"Going All the Way to the Top": Samantha Hunsinger's Journey as a UM-Flint Mechanical Engineering Student

Samantha Hunsinger takes a hands-on approach to her own vehicle trouble, and recently changed the exhaust and rear brakes on her own car. Samantha Hunsinger/via Linkedin

At age 4, Samantha Hunsinger rode beside her Grampie in his Cessna 152 airplane and fell in love with aircraft, rockets, space, and mechanics. Now, Hunsinger is a mechanical engineering student at the University of Michigan-Flint, making these passions a reality. "I am always wanting to learn about the universe," Hunsinger said. "Engineering just seemed[…]

Big opportunities, small campus: Ayana's journey from UM-Flint to a national laboratory

Ayana used the Physics research experience she found at UM-Flint to earn her PhD and find positions at prestigious national research laboratories.

All it took was a conversation with her professor for Ayana Ghosh, PhD (Physics/Abstract Mathematics '15) to begin studying simulated black holes and higher dimensions. That's quite a step for a college freshman, whose only experience (at the time) was the introductory physics course in which she was enrolled. Despite Ghosh's inexperience, Associate Professor of[…]

UM-Flint professor uses artificial intelligence to study diseases, food contamination

Dr. Halil Bisgin has used his artificial intelligence expertise in collaborations with the FDA and the Beaumont Health System. (Photo by UM-Flint)

Bisgin is an assistant professor of computer science with expertise in data mining and machine learning. His interdisciplinary approach has allowed him to make advances in numerous fields outside the typical realm of computer science.