Student-Athlete Realizes Dream of Higher Education: What a Difference You Can Make!
Madeline Hudson will graduate this May with her Bachelor of Science in Business Administration degree, majoring in Marketing. And she owes it all to the four-year Trustee Grant and the four-year Athletic Scholarship she’s received from Lawrence Tech. “I’m one of four children in my family and my parents sacrificed to give all of us […]
LTU gets Bosch Community Fund, state grants for summer STEM camps
SOUTHFIELD–Lawrence Technological University has received a $25,015 grant from the Bosch Community Fund to support the Marburger STEM Center’s “Summer STEM Series” program for students entering seventh, eighth, and ninth grades. The program also received a $19,873 grant from the Michigan Department of Labor and Economic Opportunity’s MiSTEM Network. Both grants will support a program […]
Industrial engineering group brings Italian student to LTU
SOUTHFIELD–An Italian student doing research for a master’s degree is wrapping up a three-month stay at Lawrence Technological University, thanks to an international association of industrial engineers. Giacomo Mascitelli is working on a master’s thesis on automotive design from Italy’s Università di Bologna. He came to LTU through a connection between his industrial engineering professor […]
Students Present Their Research Projects to Industry and Academic Leaders
In an opportunity to showcase what students are currently working on and highlight the inventive ideas and research being done at LTU, chemistry, biology, and physics students presented their research to industry and academic leaders. Research showcased the different disciplines within the College of Arts and Sciences. Noah Sinishtaj, a molecular and cell biology major, […]
LTU, MSU College of Human Medicine meet on research, med school admission program
SOUTHFIELD—Lawrence Technological University President Tarek Sobh met Wednesday morning with representatives of Michigan State University and its College of Human Medicine to discuss possible future research opportunities, as well as progress on MSU’s 2019 Early Assurance Program agreement with LTU. That agreement offers qualified college juniors in pre-medicine at LTU a guaranteed spot at MSU’s […]
LTU’s Construction Safety Research Center offers MISS DIG training
SOUTHFIELD—The Construction Safety Research Center at Lawrence Technological University will host a two-week training session from MISS DIG 811. The MISS DIG 811 special pilot certification program, called “Maintain the Marks: Theory of Locating,” will be offered from 5 to 9 p.m. Monday through Thursday, June 19-22 and June 26-29, on LTU’s campus in Southfield. […]
Lawrence Tech wins sixth straight world championship for self-driving cars
LTU’s IGVC team posing with the championship banner. SOUTHFIELD—If they gave out gaudy world championship rings for winning the Intelligent Ground Vehicle Competition’s Self-Drive Challenge, Lawrence Technological University would now be starting on its sixth finger. For the sixth straight year, Lawrence Tech won the IGVC Self-Drive Challenge, part of a competition for vehicle autonomy […]
Expanding Research
The College of Engineering is expanding its research efforts with a host of new engineering institutes and centers, and growing existing ones. Here’s a look at some of the areas where Lawrence Tech is pursuing the creation of important new knowledge and scholarship. Wearable Technology Innovation Center : It started with a watch that could […]
Eight summer students will learn self-driving car technology at LTU under an NSF grant
SOUTHFIELD–Eight students from across the nation will spend eight weeks this summer at Lawrence Technological University learning the technologies behind autonomous and connected vehicles under a National Science Foundation grant. The autonomous vehicle students take a slow, safe spin around LTU’s Buell Building in the low-speed electric city cars they’ll be working on autonomous and […]
LTU’s Construction Safety Research Center to develop evaluation for construction supervisors’ safety knowledge
SOUTHFIELD—After conducting a study that produced recommendations on improving construction worker safety through better use of personal protective equipment, Lawrence Technological University’s Construction Safety Research Center has set its eyes on its second project–improving the safety performance of frontline construction supervisors. CSRC members got the latest on the new project at Tuesday’s semi-annual meeting. The […]