LTU, partners in federal project for more efficient industrial coatings, paints

SOUTHFIELD—Lawrence Technological University, its Centrepolis Accelerator manufacturing business accelerator and three industry partners will collaborate on a $2.4 million federal project to develop lower-energy, greenhouse-gas-free porcelain enamel and paint curing for manufacturing. The project was one of just 16 awarded nationwide, part of a $38 million program of the U.S. Department of Energy’s Industrial Efficiency […]
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, partners launching Healthcare Violence Reduction Center

SOUTHFIELD—Workplace violence in the healthcare industry has been on the rise for more than a decade. According to studies, more than 50 nurses a day are attacked in the United States, 40% of healthcare workers say they have experienced workplace violence in the past two years, and 85% of emergency room physicians say that workplace […]
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 connected car research session ends with successful demonstration, presentation

SOUTHFIELD—Lawrence Technological University’s summer autonomous and connected car research program for undergraduate students from around the nation wrapped up its successful third year Tuesday, with seven students making a final presentation after successfully programming two cars to drive themselves around a test track in an LTU parking lot. Students participating in this year’s session, funded […]
LTU gets $1.7 million federal grant to improve rural healthcare

SOUTHFIELD—Lawrence Technological University has received a $1.7 million five-year federal grant to improve the availability of healthcare in rural areas of Lower Michigan. The grant, from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Health Resources and Services Administration, will place second-year students in LTU’s Master of Science in Physician Assistant Studies program in rural […]
LTU wins college self-driving car competition for 7th straight year

SOUTHFIELD—For the seventh straight year, Lawrence Technological University was the champion of the Self-Drive Challenge category in the 31st annual Intelligent Ground Vehicle Competition, held May 31-June 3 on the grounds of Oakland University in Rochester. And this year, it was mostly competing with itself, to outdo last year’s championship team. A total of 20 collegiate teams signed up for […]
Eight summer students will learn self-driving car technology at LTU under NSF grant

SOUTHFIELD—Eight research internship students from across the nation have arrived at Lawrence Technological University to spend eight weeks learning the technologies behind autonomous and connected vehicles under a National Science Foundation grant. The program, now in its third of three summer sessions, was created by C.J. Chung, professor of computer science at LTU. He applied […]
At LTU, bridge research takes no summer vacation

SOUTHFIELD—The 2023-24 academic year may be over, but at Lawrence Technological University, groundbreaking research never stops. Or in this case, bridge-breaking research—of the most innovative kind. Last week, a mixer truck full of high-strength concrete delivered several cubic yards of the material to LTU’s Nabil Grace Center for Innovative Materials Research (CIMR). The concrete was placed into a […]
Teams from Ghana, Hong Kong, Jordan, Mexico, Taiwan, USA take top spots at LTU’s Robofest World Championships

SOUTHFIELD—More than 500 students on nearly 100 teams from all over the world competed Saturday at Lawrence Technological University in the 25th annual Robofest World Championships, a robotics competition like no other. Teams from Ghana, Hong Kong, Jordan, Mexico, Taiwan, and Michigan and Florida in the United States took home trophies for top spots in several […]