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UM-Flint professor explores e-bike infrastructure and safety as part of NSF-funded team

Growing e-bike popularity is causing municipalities to rethink bicycle lane considerations and better understand how to incorporate the vehicles into roadway infrastructure.

A University of Michigan-Flint professor is helping lead a new research initiative to make U.S. cities safer and more accessible for cyclists and the rapidly growing number of e-bike riders. Greg Rybarczyk, associate professor of geography and a fellow at the Centre for Urban Design and Mental Health, is co-principal investigator on a $610,000 National[…]

UM-Flint receives historic NSF grant to fund translational research

The National Science Foundation has awarded UM-Flint $3.3 million to enhance its research capacity.

The University of Michigan-Flint has been awarded the largest research grant in its history: $3.3 million distributed over five years as part of the National Science Foundation's GRANTED initiative. The funds will be invested in growing UM-Flint's research capabilities, marking a major step forward in the university's efforts to secure external funding. This enhanced capacity[…]

UM-Flint hosts industry, researchers for Pervasive Personalized Intelligence conference

Marouane Kessentini, CIT associate dean, presents a research project to the PPI advisory board.

Customers are increasingly expecting companies to be able to anticipate and meet their needs and expectations automatically, without prompting or effort on their part. Brands are spending hundreds of billions of dollars to understand and meet those needs seamlessly with the help of emerging technology such as the Internet of Things. To help bridge the[…]