MICDE Featured Articles
MICDE featured articles highlight the people, discoveries, collaborations, and milestones shaping computational science and engineering at the University of Michigan and beyond.

October 9, 2026
“The technology of AI is what has been making the news,” Lewis said. “But it’s not just a tech story. People don’t realize that there’s also a revolution happening in […]

June 29, 2026
In 2006, Rona Oran traveled to Türkiye with her department at Tel Aviv University to watch a total solar eclipse. As a master’s student in space physics, she found the […]

June 18, 2026
For one in four adult brain cancer patients, residual tumor tissue remains even after surgery. But with the help of artificial intelligence, pioneered by Todd Hollon, Joseph R Novello MD […]

June 16, 2026
View PDF As a child, Stephen Smith’s hikes with his father through the Appalachians planted the seeds of a lifelong interest in plants and trees. At the same time, as […]

June 2, 2026
Download PDF version For the millions of people living with Alzheimer’s disease, and many living with Parkinson’s, finding their way home can become an overwhelming challenge, even in their own […]

May 6, 2026
Phil was born in Derby, England, and attended Cambridge University, where he received his BA (Dipl Aero) and PMA in 1962. From 1962 to 1984, he was a Government Scientist […]

May 5, 2026
Download the PDF version from here. Hosted by the University of Michigan on the Ann Arbor campus, the Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) Michigan Strategic Partnership and Accelerated Research Collaboration […]

December 22, 2025
As a freshman at Alma College in central Michigan, Charles Brooks worked as a quality control chemist in a petroleum refinery. Growing up in the 1960s, he was both curious […]

December 22, 2025
Approximately 14 billion years ago, the universe burst into being with the Big Bang, sending matter and energy into motion and setting the stage for everything from galaxies to the […]

November 14, 2025
Michael J. Wadas has been named the recipient of the 2025 Andreas Acrivos Dissertation Award in Fluid Dynamics, presented annually by the American Physical Society to recognize the most outstanding […]

March 14, 2025
Indika Rajapakse, professor of computational medicine & bioinformatics and mathematics at the University of Michigan, understands the devastating impact cancer has on lives. His wife and collaborator, Lindsey Muir, research […]

December 3, 2024
Lee Hartmann has been inducted into the National Academy of Sciences (NAS), one of the highest honors a scientist can receive. Established in 1863, the NAS recognizes individuals who have […]

December 3, 2024
Beth Wingate, a professor of mathematics at the University of Exeter in the United Kingdom warmly recalls her time at the University of Michigan. Her memories include lunches at Zingerman’s, […]

October 23, 2024
As a high school student, Trachette Jackson participated in a summer math program for underrepresented minorities at Arizona State University. Surrounded by brilliant minds from diverse backgrounds who, like her, […]

July 8, 2024
The University of Michigan has long been a trailblazer in scientific computing, and the PhD in Scientific Computing program stands as a testament to this legacy. As the nation’s first […]

June 27, 2024
The Gordon Bell Prize is the most prestigious award in High Performance Computing. The annual award presented by the Association for Computing Machinery recognizes outstanding achievements in high-performance computing focused […]

May 15, 2024
Artificial intelligence and scientific computing play a critical role in helping researchers address some of the world’s most complex challenges — from solving environmental challenges and modeling the spread of […]

April 16, 2024
In an era marked by rapid advances in science and engineering, MICDE shines a spotlight on three women, each of whom is a star researcher while also chairing her department. […]

April 15, 2024
Dr. Wenhao Sun stands as a testament to tenacity and ingenuity in the realm of computational materials science. A Dow Early Career Professor of Materials Science and Engineering at the […]

August 17, 2023