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Researchers at Michigan State University have refined an innovation that has the potential to improve safety, reduce severe injury and increase survival rates in situations ranging from car accidents, sports, law enforcement operations and more. In 2020 and 2022, Weiyi Lu, an associate professor in MSU’s College of Engineering, developed a liquid nanofoam material made up of tiny holes surrounded by water that has been shown to protect the brain against traumatic injuries when used as a liner in football helmets.

The MSU College of Engineering has more than 40 registered student groups offering an imaginative array of opportunities and hands-on activities. One of them – the Spartan Autonomous Racing Club or SpARC – offers a real-life combination of Indy racing and sci-fi inspired technology.

Georgios Pappas embraced a unique opportunity that changed his life. He was the first to graduate with degrees from the Michigan State University (MSU) College of Engineering and the National Technical University of Athens (NTUA) as a result of a dual Ph.D. program agreement between the institutions.

Spartans are natural innovators. They push the limits of discovery and create solutions that benefit all of us. In fact, Michigan State University is ranked in the top 50 of the National Academy of Inventors’ list of top U.S. universities granted utility patents and has been a top 100 university globally for 11 consecutive years.

MSU President Kevin M. Guskiewicz, Ph.D., and Interim Provost Thomas Jeitschko congratulated the newest Endowed Chairs, Endowed Professors and MSU Research Foundation Professors and Red Cedar Professors on Feb. 18, including six from the College of Engineering.

A Spartan graduate who was an early contributor to Gmail and Android mobile phones has committed $1 million to Michigan State University to establish an endowed faculty position in the College of Engineering.

A Ph.D. student at Michigan State University will pursue research in preventing unintended consequences of artificial intelligence (AI) thanks to an IBM Ph.D. Fellowship Award.

JA Schmidt, a 1971 graduate of Michigan State University, believes in the old adage that the world can’t exist without farmers and engineers. “As a first-generation college graduate and the son of a Michigan farmer, my MSU degree in mechanical engineering made a notable impact on my life and career,” Schmidt said.

Alliance for African Partnership (AAP), a consortium of 10 leading African universities, Michigan State University and a network of African research institutes, has announced the recipients of the 2024 Partnerships for Innovative Research in Africa (PIRA) seed funding.