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Students in NAME 403 learned how to sail and operate components of Areté, a vessel that competes annually in a series of races across the world, on the Detroit River on October 4, 2016. Photo: Joseph Xu/Michigan Engineering Multimedia Content Producer www.engin.umich.edu
Mark Groden and Yan Liu, NAME Graduate Student Research Assistants, work in the Marine Structures Design Laboratory on the Central Campus of the University of Michigan on May 13, 2016. Photo: Joseph Xu, Michigan Engineering Communications & Marketing www.engin.umich.edu

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