by COMPASS | Jan 21, 2026 | Center News, Publications
Dr. Yash Boyjoo completed a research fellowship at the University of Illinois Urbana–Champaign (USA), funded by the COMPASS–CERA program. Working with Junseo Lee in Prof. Qian Chen’s laboratory, he used state-of-the-art X‑ray tomography and electron microscopy to...
by COMPASS | Jan 20, 2026 | Center News
COMPASS is pleased to highlight a new Nature publication exploring how real-world physical networks—from the brain’s connectome to vascular systems, trees, corals, and fungi—are shaped by deeper geometric constraints than previously understood. In “Surface...
by COMPASS | Jan 14, 2026 | Awards, Center News
The NSF COMPASS Veterans Innovation Fellowship at the University of Michigan is honored to celebrate the achievements of fellow Casey Chason (NCSU, Biomedical Engineering ’26). Casey was recently awarded the Army Achievement Medal for meritorious service during his...
by COMPASS | Dec 23, 2025 | Center News, Publications
Understanding how elements mix is one of the grand challenges in materials science. With 118 known elements and millions of possible combinations, identifying promising alloys has often relied on heuristics, trial-and-error, or computationally expensive models. In a...
by COMPASS | Dec 15, 2025 | Awards, Center News
COMPASS is thrilled to announce that VetIF Student Casey Chason has received two distinguished honors from the 29th Annual TechConnect World Innovation Conference & Expo, taking place March 10–12, 2026, in Raleigh, North Carolina. Casey was selected as a winner of...
by COMPASS | Dec 12, 2025 | Center News
Download flyer: https://compass.engin.umich.edu/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/COMPASS-consulting-flyer.pdf High school students with a passion for STEM now have a unique opportunity to take their curiosity to the next level. The COMPASS Virtual Consulting Program...
