Panel discussion ‘Powering Electric Vehicles’ coming up May 24 at LTU
SOUTHFIELD—Plugging electric vehicles into the Grid may become more difficult in the future as millions of EVs are sold. What energy sources will automakers use to operate EVs in the future? A panel of auto industry experts will discuss this dilemma on May 24 at Lawrence Technological University in a “breakfast and learn” panel discussion […]
LTU President Sobh leads Integr8 sessions on workforce development, talent
SOUTHFIELD—Lawrence Technological University President Tarek Sobh appeared on two afternoon sessions Tuesday at Integr8, the Industry 4.0 conference staged by Automation Alley at the Suburban Collection Showplace in Novi. In an LTU-sponsored roundtable discussion, “Innovative Pathways to Industry 4.0 Talent,” leaders from education, training, and business brainstormed ideas for the skills schools should be teaching […]
LTU alum, now top Army vehicle scientist, returns to campus for faculty presentation
SOUTHFIELD—When David Gorsich started his classes, Lawrence Technological University was still the Lawrence Institute of Technology. Some 33 years later, the university has grown and expanded with new academic buildings, new academic programs, a rapidly expanding research effort—even sports teams and dormitories. Gorsich, who earned a Bachelor of Science in electrical engineering from LTU in […]
Over 130 LTU students join ‘Order of the Engineer’
SOUTHFIELD—More than 130 Lawrence Technological University students pledged honesty and fair dealing in their future engineering careers Friday in an “Order of the Engineer” ceremony on campus in front of hundreds of friends, family members, and LTU faculty and staff. The Order of the Engineer ceremony is a solemn event in which engineers “pledge to […]
United Way grant to fund 100 scholarships to LTU summer STEAM camps
SOUTHFIELD—Lawrence Technological University has received a United Way grant to fund 100 full scholarships to its summer science, technology, and design camps for students from eight different communities in Oakland County. Students who live in Hazel Park, Holly Township, Keego Harbor, Madison Heights, Oak Park, Pontiac, Southfield, or Walled Lake can use the code “Oakland” […]
Prestigious 2023 NSF GRFPs awarded to LTU Alumni
The Department of Natural Sciences at Lawrence Technological University (LTU) is happy and proud to announce that two of our recent science graduates, Andrea Houck and John Boowen, now graduate students elsewhere, were offered the 2023 awards in the Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP) of the National Science Foundation (NSF). The NSF GRFP award is […]
LTU to celebrate student achievement at Commencement May 6
SOUTHFIELD—More than 450 Lawrence Technological University students will become Lawrence Technological University’s newest alumni at the university’s 94th Commencement Exercises, Saturday, May 6. There will be two ceremonies, one at 10 a.m. for the LTU Colleges of Architecture and Design, Arts and Sciences, and Business and Information Technology, as well as Specs@LTU, the LTU-based successor […]
LTU president to host roundtable on developing talent for Industry 4.0 at Integr8
SOUTHFIELD—Lawrence Technological University has become a sponsor of Automation Alley’s Industry 4.0 technologies conference, Integr8, to be held on Tuesday, May 9. And LTU President Tarek Sobh will host a roundtable event covering an important topic for high-tech manufacturing’s future–developing Industry 4.0-capable talent. The roundtable, “Innovative Pathways to Industry 4.0 Talent,” takes place from 1 to 2:30 […]
Three LTU-sponsored FIRST Robotics teams in world championships
SOUTHFIELD–Three teams sponsored by Lawrence Technological University are competing in the world championships of FIRST Robotics this week in Houston, Texas. Included among the 600 teams competing are the Hackbots of the Farmington Public Schools, the Birmingham Brother Rice / Marian High School Mech Warriors, and the Auburn Hills Avondale RoboJackets. “You have 600 teams competing, but […]
LTU student selected for study-abroad leadership program
SOUTHFIELD–Lawrence Technological University student Mason Doll has been selected for a study-abroad program in Greece through the Sigma Phi Epsilon fraternity. The Tragos Quest to Greece program is a 10-day journey with fellow undergraduate members of Sigma Phi Epsilon from across the country, accompanied by alumni mentors and university faculty. The experience focuses on changing the way Sigma Phi Epsilon members […]