Centrepolis Accelerator @ LTU announces new defense hardtech program
SOUTHFIELD—Lawrence Technological University’s Centrepolis Accelerator, in collaboration with the U.S. Army, announced the inception of the Defense Hardtech Accelerator Program. Designed to bolster domestic product development and manufacturing, the initiative focuses on mitigating supply chain gaps, particularly in ground defense and commercial mobility technology. Backed by a $4.9 million grant from the Defense Manufacturing Community […]
LTU’s Centrepolis Accelerator wins national award from Wells Fargo Foundation
SOUTHFIELD—Lawrence Technological University’s Centrepolis Accelerator has been named one of 15 national winners of a Channel Partner Strategic Award from the Wells Fargo Innovation Incubator (IN²), a $50 million clean technology program funded by the Wells Fargo Foundation and co-administered by the U.S. Department of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL). This year, IN² distributed $767,000 across 15 organizations […]
LTU’s College of Business earns accreditation extension from AACSB
SOUTHFIELD—Lawrence Technological University’s College of Business and Information Technology has earned a five-year extension of its accreditation by AACSB International, the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business. Founded in 1916, AACSB is the longest serving global accrediting body for business schools. Only 6 percent of the world’s 16,000 institutions of higher learning offering business […]
LTU Master of Architecture program gets full 8-year accreditation renewal
SOUTHFIELD—Lawrence Technological University’s Master of Architecture program, part of its College of Architecture and Design, has received a full 8-year accreditation renewal from the National Architectural Accrediting Board. Dale Allen Gyure, chair of the LTU Department of Architecture, said the LTU program received NAAB’s full eight-year accreditation, valid through 2031, “and we’re very happy about that.” […]
LTU professor wins NSF grant for student travel, professional development
LTU associate professor Ahad Ali (center, in tan jacket) shows off the university’s industrial engineering laboratory to guests. SOUTHFIELD—Ahad Ali, associate professor in the A. Leon Linton Department of Mechanical, Robotics, and Industrial Engineering at Lawrence Technological University, has been awarded a $14,995 grant from the National Science Foundation to support travel and professional development […]
LTU to offer graduate certificate in intraoperative neuromonitoring
SOUTHFIELD—In a continuing expansion of its health education programs, Lawrence Technological University will begin offering a graduate certificate in intraoperative neuromonitoring (IONM) in the Summer 2024 semester. The three-semester, 35-credit-hour program will include 30 weeks of supervised clinical experience in operating rooms through LTU’s relationship with industry partners Comprehensive Care Services Inc. (CCS) of Plymouth and […]
LTU offering certificate program in leadership
SOUTHFIELD—Lawrence Technological University will again offer a five-week certificate program in leadership during January and February. Certificate classes will be held Thursdays from 4:30 to 7:30 p.m. on Thursdays, Jan. 25, Feb. 1, Feb. 8, Feb. 15 and Feb. 22. The program facilitator is Patricia Castelli, professor in LTU’s College of Business and Information Technology. The […]
LTU to celebrate new Bachelor of Science in Concrete Technology and Management degree in Friday ceremony
SOUTHFIELD—Concrete is the world’s most-used construction material—its usage worldwide, ton for ton, is twice that of steel, wood, plastics, and aluminum combined. Modern civilization, from buildings to bridges, is made largely of concrete. Now, Lawrence Technological University is adding a new degree that will teach students the science and engineering of concrete, as well as […]
LTU wins $440,000 grant for summer programs for community college scholars
SOUTHFIELD—Lawrence Technological University has won a six-year, $440,000 Michigan College-University Partnership Research Scholars program grant that will bring community college students to LTU in the summers to study a wide variety of topics. Principal investigator on the grant is Sibrina Collins, executive director of STEM education in LTU’s College of Arts and Sciences. The grant furthers existing […]
State Department of Education grants available for teams in LTU’s Robofest
SOUTHFIELD–The Michigan Department of Education has made grants available for the formation of teams in Robofest, the annual robotics competition established by Lawrence Technological University. The grants became available after Robofest became an approved provider for the Michigan Department of Education Robotics Competition Grant Program, funded through Section 99h of the state School Aid Act. […]
