LANSING — The Michigan Agency for Energy has announced the launch of its Student Internship Program and is now accepting proposals for student help on energy-saving projects. The program offers technical assistance in energy efficiency work for manufacturing companies and agribusinesses. The students invovled get real-world work experience. Michigan-based manufacturing industries or agribusinesses that employ
SOUTHFIELD - Members of The Engineering Society of Detroit can get an exclusive, members-only tour of the factory of tomorrow when ESD visits DASI Solutions Inc. in Pontiac on Thursday, Nov. 12. The event begins with registration and networking at 2:30 p.m. The official tour is scheduled for 3 to 4 p.m. DASI is located
UNIVERSITY CENTER — Saginaw Valley State University has eight million reasons to be digging deep into science, technology, engineering and mathematics education. So it was a natural to kick off the second week of the 2015 Engineering Society of Detroit Fall Tech Tour, sponsored by Michigan Technological University. Saginaw Valley, a 10,000-student community university on
MOUNT PLEASANT - It’s tough to visit two schools in one day on the Tech Tour. Next time, Central Michigan University, you get more time. Because what I saw Monday afternoon begged for greater explanation. The CMU visit of The Engineering Society of Detroit’s 2015 Fall Tech Tour, sponsored by Michigan Technological University, had plenty
HOLLAND - The Holland plant of Korean battery manufacturer LG Chem says it has doubled its workforce to more than 300 employees since its first commercial shipments of automotive batteries 23 months ago. LG Chem and General Motors also announced this week a partnership across multiple GM lines for hybrid and electric vehicles. “The conversation
HOUGHTON - The Huskies are off and racing. Students of Michigan Technological University officially launched the MTU Student Chapter of The Engineering Society of Detroit Wednesday in a luncheon with ESD officials. Attending were Wayne D. Pennington, Dean of the MTU College of Engineering, ESD Executive Director Robert Magee, ESD Director of Membership Heather Lilley,
EAST LANSING - Diamonds may be a girl's best friend, but they are also used for industrial purposes and will be "grown" in a laboratory housed at Michigan State University’s College of Engineering, thanks to a $5 million investment by MSU and corporate partner Fraunhofer USA. The facility – to be known as the MSU-Fraunhofer
HOUGHTON — The National Science Foundation is sponsoring a workshop at Michigan Technological University on Oct. 16 and 17, to explore some of the most compelling issues of our time centering on the basics of life: food, energy, water and climate. What’s best for the environment — and for sustaining life on our changing planet
SOUTHFIELD — On Oct. 20, local and national panelists from the Federal Reserve, Wayne State University College of Engineering, Innovation Accelerator Foundation and more will explore how leading edge technologies, such as 3D printing and connected and automated products, will transform Michigan’s world of work and business. The Workforce Intelligence Network will also unveil a
EAST LANSING - A new $1 million relationship between Michigan State University and ExxonMobil will expand research designed to progress the fundamental science required to advance algae-based fuels. David Kramer, MSU’s John Hannah Distinguished Professor in Photosynthesis and Bioenergetics at the MSU-DOE Plant and Research Laboratory, says the overall goal of the partnership is to
