Lawrence Technological University
Dear friends and colleagues,
Welcome to the latest issue of the online eNewsletter of the Lawrence Technological University College of Engineering!
In this issue, you’ll read about the new faces and talent we have attracted in recent months, who we believe will bring additional expertise, experiences, and vitality one can only describe as “the dawn of a new era” in the life of the College.
Let me start with a recent grant from the Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes and Energy (EGLE) to use automation and robotics to increase the efficiency of battery recycling. As millions of electric vehicles take the road, not to mention billions of battery-powered gadgets, recycling of the critical materials used in these batteries has become crucial. This grant—the largest to any Michigan university—places LTU at the forefront of this important effort.
Speaking of grants, LTU has also won a three-year grant from the National Science Foundation to boost research capacity with industry partners through NSF’s Enabling Partnerships to Increase Innovation Capacity (EPIIC) program.
You’ll read of another instance which has placed LTU as truly a global institution—a research partnership to increase robotic surgery capabilities with Astana IT University in Kazakhstan led in part by an outstanding LTU engineering student.
Speaking of outstanding students, you’ll also see a profile of Ella Smith, who has won the Morrissey Goodale Diversity in STEM Scholarship, part of the American Council of Engineering Companies Research Institute’s scholarship program.
The issue wraps up with a heartfelt tribute to a dearly departed colleague, Kenneth Cook, whose teaching career at LTU spanned an astounding seven decades, and whose legacy will live on through scholarships.
I hope you enjoy this look at all the exciting activities at LTU’s College of Engineering—and rest assured, this issue merely scratches the surface of all the groundbreaking research and teaching excellence, which we continue to place at the forefront of this ongoing transformation!
