LTU’s Centrepolis Accelerator gets $2.28 million grant for ‘critical minerals’ recycling
SOUTHFIELD—The Centrepolis Accelerator at Lawrence Technological University has been awarded $2,282,667.67 through the Critical Minerals Grant program, part of Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s Fiscal Year 2024 budget. This funding, provided by the Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy (EGLE), supports Centrepolis’ efforts to advance innovative solutions for the recovery and recycling of critical minerals, […]
LTU to host international conference on advanced manufacturing technologies and electric vehicles on Oct. 9-11
SOUTHFIELD, Mich. — The Industrial Engineering and Operations Management (IEOM) Society International is set to host its World Congress at Lawrence Technological University on Oct. 9-11. The event will bring together academics, researchers, and industry professionals from over 20 countries to exchange ideas and discuss trends and developments affecting the optimization of complex processes, systems, […]
‘C3 Summit’ to connect cleantech companies, investors
SOUTHFIELD—U.S. Energy Secretary and former Michigan Gov. Jennifer Granholm will help kick off an all-star lineup of speakers and panelists at the C3 Summit on October 1, at the Suburban Collection Showplace located in Novi, MI. The event will gather cleantech, climatech, and circular economy industries including many of the nation’s top climatech investors. Centrepolis […]
Centrepolis client Reaction Technologies offers new tech to make contact sports safer
SOUTHFIELD–Brandon Martin loves football. He played in high school and junior college in Texas and California. And his brother and business partner played at NCAA Division III powerhouse University of Mary Hardin-Baylor. But after seeing a 13-year-old football player become paralyzed from a dangerous head-down hit, Brandon Martin was dismayed—and inspired. The incident, Martin said, […]
LTU gets $400,000 NSF grant to build research infrastructure
SOUTHFIELD—Lawrence Technological University has been awarded a $400,000, three-year National Science Foundation (NSF) Enabling Partnerships to Increase Innovation Capacity (EPIIC) grant as part of a $18.6 million national effort to build research infrastructure at 48 American colleges and universities. LTU is partnering with three other universities across the United States in the joint project, called […]
LTU’s Centrepolis Accelerator secures $360,000 grant from Walters Family Foundation
SOUTHFIELD—The Centrepolis Accelerator at Lawrence Technological University announced that it has been awarded a $360,000 grant from the Walters Family Foundation. This funding will be instrumental in bolstering Centrepolis Accelerator’s mission to support innovative hardtech startups and small businesses by providing access to seasoned Experts in Residence (EiRs). These EiRs, with over 20 years of […]
Centrepolis, EGLE to hold webinar on clean energy projects in underserved communities
SOUTHFIELD—The Centrepolis Accelerator at Lawrence Technological University, in partnership with the Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy, will hold a webinar July 31 on “Partnering with Underserved Communities on Clean Energy Projects and Manufacturing.” According to Centrepolis Accelerator CEO Dan Radomski, the webinar “will provide insights into significant federal and local government programs […]
LTU’s Centrepolis Accelerator gets $2 million grant from Ralph C. Wilson Jr. Foundation
SOUTHFIELD—The Centrepolis Accelerator at Lawrence Technological University today announced an additional grant of $2 million from the Ralph C. Wilson Jr. Foundation to strengthen its mission of supporting startups and small businesses in Southeast Michigan with their hardware and physical product innovations. This new funding will further strengthen Centrepolis’s Evergreen Service-Based Investment Fund, which provides essential product […]
LTU and Southfield City Centre build bridges at Mackinac Policy Conference
MACKINAC ISLAND—Lawrence Technological University President Tarek Sobh and Southfield Mayor Kenson Siver hosted an informative luncheon in the Lilac Room at the Grand Hotel during the Detroit Regional Chamber’s 2024 Mackinac Policy Conference. The two leaders discussed current and upcoming developments in the city of Southfield. Mayor Siver highlighted recent successes in redeveloping Southfield. He said the city […]
Lawrence Tech creating new division for research, economic development
SOUTHFIELD—Lawrence Technological University President Tarek M. Sobh announced today that the university will consolidate its research and economic development activities into a new Division of Research and Economic Development. The move will combine the efforts of LTU’s rapidly growing sponsored research and its many economic development efforts aimed at fostering increased prosperity in the city […]