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. […]
New study from LTU’s Construction Safety Research Center wants frontline supervisors empowered to create a robust safety culture
SOUTHFIELD—Keeping construction workers safe on the job requires planning. But what’s the most effective way to build that plan, and who should carry it out? A new study conducted by the Construction Safety Research Center at Lawrence Technological University asserts that it all starts with construction frontline supervisors, the people who work directly with construction […]
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 […]