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 […]
LTU Research Day Friday to show off university’s growing research effort
SOUTHFIELD—More than 130 poster and oral presentations by Lawrence Technological University students and faculty will be showcased in the university’s 11th annual Research Day Friday, April 19. The event begins with a continental breakfast at 8 a.m. At 9:15, University of Michigan Professor Emeritus Galip Ulsoy will present the Research Day Keynote, “Research Changes the […]
LTU establishing National Academy of Inventors chapter
SOUTHFIELD—Lawrence Technological University is in the process of establishing a new chapter of the National Academy of Inventors. NAI is a nonprofit membership organization based in Tampa, Fla., formed in 2010 at the University of South Florida to encourage inventors in academia. NAI now has more than 4,600 individual members, including NAI Fellows, Senior Members, […]
LTU’s Centrepolis Accelerator and New York’s NextCorps launch MI/NY Climate ManuTech Accelerator pilot program
SOUTHFIELD—Lawrence Technological University’s Centrepolis Accelerator and NextCorps, headquartered in Rochester, N.Y., Wednesday announced the launch of the MI/NY Climate ManuTech Accelerator pilot program. This initiative, funded by the Department of Energy’s Office of Technology Transitions (OTT), aims to advance critical materials and technologies in mobility, electrification, and industrial decarbonization in Michigan and New York. Centrepolis and […]
LTU’s Centrepolis Accelerator gets state mobility prototyping grant
SOUTHFIELD—Lawrence Technological University’s Centrepolis Accelerator, in partnership with the Michigan Economic Development Corporation’s Office of Future Mobility and Electrification (OFME), Tuesday announced the launch of the Mobility Prototype Grant Program, a pioneering initiative aimed at accelerating innovation in mobility and electrification technology in Michigan. The grant program will provide funding and support to promising companies in the mobility and electrification sectors, facilitating product development […]
LTU Blue Devil Motorsports teams ready for 2024 competitions, host unveiling
SOUTHFIELD—Lawrence Technological University’s five Blue Devil Motorsports teams will fan out across the nation in the weeks ahead as their 2024 competition seasons begin. The teams drew a crowd of over 200 people to see this year’s competition vehicles at the official Blue Devil Motorsports unveiling event, held Tuesday at the Buell Building on LTU’s Southfield […]
