Undergraduate Students

An interdisciplinary team of faculty created a new introductory course in robotics that is designed for inclusivity by focusing on linear algebra instead of AP calculus, opening it up to freshman students with a broad mathematical background.

These students are recognized by the department for their outstanding scholarship, research, service, leadership, and entrepreneurship.

Students throughout the College of Engineering are eligible for these awards; ten went to EECS students for outstanding scholarship, leadership, and service.

It was another outstanding year for the EECS honor society, that works hard to serve while having fun

Computer Engineering junior Himaja Motheram is heavily involved in campus organizations, including as Advocacy Officer for both Women in Electrical and Computer Engineering and the Society of Women Engineers.

This is the first time that a team from EECS 494 has signed a funded publishing deal.

The games were conceived and developed by teams of students working remotely during the summer of Covid.

CS undergrad Ryan O’Connor led front-end development on a major update to Long Island Rail Road’s TrainTime app, helping the country’s biggest commuter line offer socially distanced service.

In observance of the holiday that marks the end of chattel slavery, faculty, students, and alumni performed music, shared personal stories, and presented a proposal to the EECS chairs for initiatives to enhance diversity and equity and realize systemic equality in the department.

The web tools will help state officials identify potential hotspots as they reopen Michigan to business.

EECS 373 course instructors quickly pulled together an alternative final project that had students building robots at home.

“Greenland appealed to me, and my project specifically, to help me understand the process of truly living off the land.”

The student’s project targets critical moments where the next instruction in a program is only available in a slower type of memory.

For “exemplifying the leadership and vision of Dr. King,” four CSE students and faculty were honored as part of U-M’s annual MLK symposium.

The three students were given Honorable Mentions for their interdisciplinary projects.

The team of twelve students is one of ten worldwide working to give Amazon’s Alexa more human-like conversational skills.

Using real-time fMRI readings, researchers linked spatial reasoning with CS problem solving.

The STARX suit helps first-responders bear greater weights and spend less energy.

EECS 494’s final group project requires the students to cover all phases of game development.

A new special topics course on election cybersecurity gives students an examination of the past, present, and future of US elections.

MDST brings together students from many fields to get their hands dirty with real data science problems and tools.

UpRound works with national and local firms to accelerate the entrepreneurial ecosystem of the region.

Through EduTech, CS student Divyansh Sharma is working to deliver free video courses directly to Indian people in need of basic education.

CS students want to empower party-goers and democratize the dancefloor.

This year the team tackled their first autonomous aircraft.

This year’s model, “Phoebe,” received a major design overhaul that gave her a speed boost and new codebase that can be used for years to come.

Five college teams test robotic suits that could enhance humans’ abilities.

Inspired by a class on managing professional relationships, five recent University of Michigan graduates are developing an app that would mesh with Alexa to help nudge people when they’re out of sync with what they want.

The Victors, a U-M student programming team, competed in the prestigious 2018 ACM International Collegiate Programming Contest (ICPC) World Finals in Beijing, China.

Undergraduate student Arthur Shi communicates the highs and lows of CS via the blogging platform Medium.

The U-M Baja Racing team took first place in the U.S. national competition for the third year in a row, making them the first team to ever three-peat.

The Michigan Aeronautical Science Association (MASA) won the first ever Spaceport America Cup, an intercollegiate rocket engineering competition with over 110 teams from colleges and universities in eleven countries.

A project started by University of Michigan students has the chance to make daily life easier for people with food allergies or special diets.

EECS 183 is designed to teach undeclared students and non-CS majors the fundamentals of algorithmic thinking and programming.

A 17-year-old Ypsilanti high school student who is visually impaired worked with a software engineering class to develop technology that could make life easier for the blind.

The event took place August 28th to September 2nd on North Campus, and included programming labs, CS lab tours, field trips to local tech companies, and social events to get the participants acclimated to U-M and computer science.

Four EECS students part of the Michigan Men’s Rowing team that won their 9th consecutive national championship

The Big Data Summer Bootcamp is a six-week interdisciplinary training and research program at the University of Michigan.

EECS 183 is the introductory CS class for LSA students, and it has been designed to broaden participation in the discipline.

The convention hosted more than 100 major companies, and offered students career workshops on interviewing, networking, and general industry know-how.

Students, parents, and faculty gathered to celebrate the achievements of EECS students who earned a special award for academic achievement, research, service, or entrepreneurial activities.

The group will hold a once-a-year hackathon for local high school students in addition to other events.

Dr. David Chesney and others hosted a hackathon that focused on projects for the greater good.

Karl’s career goals are to obtain a Ph.D. in Mathematics, to conduct research in number theory and algebraic geometry, and to teach at the university level.

Students, parents, and faculty gathered to celebrate the achievements of EECS students who earned a special award for academic achievement, research, service, or entrepreneurial activities.

Max will be employed by KPCB portfolio company One Kings Lane, where he will develop his technical skills and be mentored by an engineering executive.

Congratulations to Keith Porter and Patrick Theisen!

Taking first place in acceleration and second place in endurance and autocross, this is one of the team’s best international finishes to date.

The competition sought solutions for a better way for the deaf and hearing-impaired population to appreciate music.