Popular Services
RPM-Research Administration provides comprehensive, personalized support to Michigan Engineering researchers and staff throughout the life cycle of externally funded research and serves as a liaison between Engineering Departments and The Office of the Associate Dean for Research (ADR).
One of ESG's core responsibilities is supporting student organizations and student-led initiatives within the College of Engineering. Each semester, ESG allocates funding to help organizations host events, purchase supplies, support professional development opportunities, and create meaningful experiences for engineering students.
CAEN’s Lecture Recording Service is the most automated and easy-to-use option for making recordings in a classroom. All Michigan Engineering centrally-scheduled classrooms have built-in cameras and microphones for recording the instructor, as well as systems to capture the image being shown on the projector.
The Engineering Testing Facility (ETF) is designed to help faculty implement frequent, lower-stakes assessments with less administrative burden. This approach can help reduce test anxiety and promote deeper learning while also fostering academic integrity.
Technical support for the Aerospace Engineering department.
Limited reservations by Michigan Engineering faculty are allowed in a subset of designated CAEN computer labs in order to accommodate course-related instructional use.
Depending on an application’s licensing terms and one’s role at the University of Michigan, individuals may not be able to access certain software in the CAEN Lab Software Environment (CLSE). Those who would not otherwise be eligible to these licenses by default may request access below.
IT support for the University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute.
The CAEN Help Desk is Michigan Engineering’s main computing and IT support contact. Consultants are available to answer your questions about accessing CAEN computer labs, classroom technology, software, and other Engineering computing services.
CAEN provides consistent and reliable technology in Michigan Engineering classrooms to enhance teaching and learning for instructors and students. This technology generally offers a self-service orientation, facilitated by easy-to-use, in-room control systems and pre-configured setups.
Eligible students, faculty, and staff are provided online file storage to support their use of CAEN’s desktop computing environments, also known as a "CAEN Home Directory."
CAEN computer labs are collaborative areas in Michigan Engineering spaces where students conduct Engineering course-related, instructional work on desktop computers operated by CAEN.
CAEN is available to assist Michigan Engineering faculty interested in exploring how software can be integrated into courses. CAEN staff work with faculty to research various software sources, find solutions that address course needs, and oversee installation and implementation into the CAEN Lab Software Environment (CLSE).
CAEN provides the Michigan Engineering community with access to a particular set of computing resources designated for instructional or course-related use.
CAEN supports a number of popular hardware and software tools and services used by Michigan Engineering instructors in their teaching.
This version of the CAEN Lab Software Environment (CLSE) uses Microsoft Windows, which is optimized for launching CAEN-licensed applications via the AppsAnywhere software-on-demand service.
Michigan Engineering supervisors use the Performance Review System to create, update, and manage the performance reviews of their employees.
This version of the CAEN Lab Software Environment (CLSE) is deployed using Red Hat Enterprise Linux, and provides an environment to run the licensed software offered by CAEN.
Departmental IT support for Civil and Environmental Engineering.
CAEN offers licenses to College of Engineering faculty instructors for a utility called AirParrot, which allows those using a Windows-based device to wirelessly connect to the Apple TVs in Engineering classrooms in order to display content on the screen(s).