GRAND RAPIDS - A $150,000 grant from NASA to Grand Valley State University will accelerate the West Michigan Science & Technology Initiative's work in helping commercialize life science innovations from idea to marketplace. The Initiative�??s life sciences commercialization enterprise - established in 2004 as the Biotech Commercialization Project - has been renamed Idea Cycle. Idea
DETROIT - Publius and the League of Women Voters of Michigan announced today the launch of the Publius Voter Guide for the November 4 election. Publius.org remains Michigan's most informative online voter education guide. This partnership brings together the technology of Publius with the experience of League of Women Voters of Michigan. At Publius.Org Michigan
ANN ARBOR - David Cole, Chairman of the Center For Automotive Research, said a new clean-tech era will soon transform the auto industry with the advent of plug-in electric vehicles that do not use petroleum products as a source of power. Cole, a keynote speaker at the TechKnow Forum 2008 in Ann Arbor, also said
FARMINGTON HILLS - TruArx, an IT governance, risk and compliance solution and service company, on Tuesday announced it has acquired Austin, Texas-based TruComply, a provider of payment card industry compliance management and e-learning solutions. The two companies have consolidated their software-as-a-service compliance products under the name TruComply. Terms were not announced. TruArx helps companies optimize
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
ANN ARBOR - MichBio, the association for Michigan's biosciences industry, Monday announced the names of the winning applicants for its Emerging Biosciences Showcase on Nov. 18, the first day of its statewide Expo. The purpose of the Showcase is to introduce venture capital firms from around the country to biosciences start-ups emerging in Michigan. The
WASHINGTON, D.C - Ann Arbor-based NanoBio Corp. has demonstrated a new approach to treating nail fungus 50 times stronger than previous treatments. NB-002 has demonstrated a new topical approach to healing nail fungus by penetrating skin pores and diffusing through the skin that surrounds the entire nail plate, according to a study conducted by NanoBio.
LANSING - As part of her drive to make energy a leading factor in an economic turnaround for Michigan, Governor Jennifer Granholm on Monday issued an executive order converting the Department of Labor and Economic Growth into the Department of Energy, Labor and Economic Growth. Granholm also announced that Skip Pruss, who has been her