ROCHESTER - Oakland University has opened a technology training facility that includes state-of-the-art equipment crammed with software packages that include Dreamweaver, Fireworks, Flash, Photoshop Elements, Premier Elements and multiple versions of Microsoft Office Suite. The Technology Training Center offers can accommodate large or small groups in a conference, round table or classroom setting. A trainer
How Films Can Re-Engineer Michigan's Economy SOUTHFIELD - From engineers and designers to makeup artists and florists, more jobs will be generated as Hollywood comes to Michigan. What does that mean for the State's economy and its various industries? On November 19, The Engineering Society of Detroit will host a special presentation by Bob Brown,
WARREN - Four members of the Detroit Arsenal were honored for their parts of a recently completed Mine Resistant Ambush Protected Vehicle Survivability System Engineering Study. John Lewis, Jeffrey Carie and Heather Molitoris of the U.S. Army Tank Automotive Research, Development and Engineering Center (TARDEC) and TACOM Life Cycle Management Command's Shatiel Edwards received the
WARREN - David Gorsich, PhD, was elected to the prestigious status of SAE fellow by the Society of Automotive Engineers Oct. 9. Gorsich is the Associate Director for Computational Simulation and Motion Base Technology at the U.S. Army Tank Automotive Research, Development and Engineering Center. Fellowship status is the highest membership grade bestowed by SAE
WARREN - Grace Bochenek, director of the US Army Tank Automotive Research, Development and Engineering Center, has been selected as a 2008 Meritorious Senior Executive and awarded a Presidential Rank Award. Bochenek is part of a select group of federal government career senior executives the President recognizes each year. Award recipients are strong leaders, professionals
SALINE - DesignHub, a creative services and marketing company, has developed the new websites for Advanced Photonix and its subsidiary Picometrix, both headquartered in Ann Arbor. DesignHub?s services for Advanced Photonix and Picometrix included planning the new websites, designing their graphical user interfaces, editing content, programming the sites, and populating the sites? pages with content.
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Ca. - When Google announced Android, its wide-ranging cellphone project, last November, it promised a mobile platform more open than any other in the wireless industry. On Tuesday, the Internet giant released the Android platform source code for free via a new Web site, Forbes magazine reported. The release comes just a day
LANSING - The Michigan Public Service Commission warned in its winter energy appraisal that the cost of natural gas could rise as much as 21 percent. Now small business owners and their employees can hedge against this likely increase through a new member-only program being offered by the Small Business Association of Michigan. Small business
DEARBORN - Ford is offering iPhone and iPod touch users a unique and free software application from the Apple App Store that enables them to enhance existing or new photographs, courtesy of the all-new 2009 Ford Flex. �??Flex consumers love new technology, and we know that a lot of them have iPhones, so we wanted
DETROIT - Career opportunities await those engineers who attend the Career Fair at Convergence 2008 in Detroit. The Career Fair will be held on Monday, Oct. 20, and Tuesday, Oct. 21, from noon to 6 p.m. in Cobo Center. Those seeking jobs can meet face-to-face with companies' representatives looking to hire new employees. For those