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U-M researchers explore autonomous vehicles for people with Parkinson's

Professors from UM-Flint and UM-Dearborn are working on a project titled "Inclusive Design in Shared Autonomous Vehicles for People with Parkinson's Disease."

A joint University of Michigan research team is in the early stages of developing an autonomous vehicle prototype specially designed to better suit the needs of people living with Parkinson's disease. Nathaniel Miller, a University of Michigan-Flint associate professor of psychology, Charlotte Tang, a UM-Flint associate professor of computer science, and Shan Bao, a UM-Dearborn[…]

A win-win: Working together to increase the impact

UM-Dearborn student Jacques Jones cuts down small trees and trims overgrown brush in the alley way. Photo by Sarah Tuxbury

A jointly sponsored UM-Dearborn – UM-Flint Collaborative Research Funding Program awarded up to $160,000 for four collaborative research projects. Detroit residents are reclaiming and repurposing underused spaces for neighborhood use. They've removed tires and trash from alleyways, organized meetings to discuss community space needs, helped install rain barrels in alley-facing garage downspouts and more. And[…]

UM-Flint professor researching the future of transportation in metro Detroit

E-bike spotted by UM-Flint Associate Professor Greg Rybarczyk during his sabbatical in Germany.

Traversing metro Detroit on electric bikes could provide an easier and greener way of getting around the Motor City and a joint University of Michigan research team will work to prove that and more during the coming year. Led by Greg Rybarczyk, associate professor of geography at the University of Michigan-Flint, and Fred Feng, assistant[…]