LTU National Academy of Inventors chapter holds organizational meeting
SOUTHFIELD—Faculty, students, staff, and alumni at Lawrence Technological University gathered Tuesday to celebrate the inaugural meeting of the LTU chapter of the National Academy of Inventors. Anne DiSante, executive director of MSU Technologies, Michigan State University’s technology transfer operation to take academic discoveries to the marketplace, told the audience about NAI’s support and programs for […]
Learn about intellectual property at initial meeting of National Academy of Inventors LTU chapter
SOUTHFIELD—The Lawrence Technological University chapter of the National Academy of Inventors will hold its inaugural meeting Tuesday, Nov. 5 at 11:30 a.m. in Room S100, the Marburger Auditorium in LTU’s Science Building (building 7 at www.ltu.edu/map). This organizational session will focus on the processes and procedures of developing intellectual property and bringing it to industry. The […]
LTU’s Healthcare Violence Reduction Center Announces Partnerships with University of Michigan Health-Sparrow and University of Michigan Health-West
Lawrence Technological University’s Healthcare Violence Reduction Center (HVRC) is partnering with University of Michigan Health-Sparrow and University of Michigan Health-West to support the center’s growth in creating interventions to reduce and mitigate workplace violence incidents. The groundbreaking initiative aims to promote research and develop and implement solutions based on real-world experiences that can be replicable […]
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, […]
Michigan’s Office of Future Mobility and Electrification awards $813,000 to 17 companies through the new Michigan Mobility Prototyping Grant Program
SOUTHFIELD, Mich. — The Michigan’s Office of Future Mobility and Electrification, in partnership with Centrepolis Accelerator at Lawrence Technological University, is pleased to announce the recipients of the Michigan Mobility Prototyping Grant Program. The initiative, launched earlier this year, provides funding and technical assistance to accelerate the development of innovative mobility and electrification technologies. The […]
‘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 […]
National Science Foundation grant to boost brain research at Lawrence Tech
SOUTHFIELD—Lawrence Technological University has received a $175,476 grant from the National Science Foundation’s Major Research Instrumentation Program to buy a new piece of research hardware. LTU will use the grant to purchase a functional near-infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS) system from NIRx Medical Technologies LLC, a medical device company with offices in New York, Florida, and Germany. […]