DEARBORN - Members of The Engineering Society of Detroit got an up-close look at the newest addition to Dearborn's magnificent historic attractions - the John D. Dingell Transit Center - in an exclusive, members-only tour Wednesday. http://technologycentury.com/2015/07/22/esd-tours-dearborns-award-winning-dingell-transit-center/
WARREN - Five early-stage businesses from Macomb, Oakland and Washtenaw counties will receive a total of $275,000 in funding in the inaugural round of awards from the Innovation Fund Macomb. http://technologycentury.com/2015/07/21/macomb-innovation-fund-funds-five-tech-focused-startups/
HUNTSVILLE, ALA. - The two-time defending Future City national champions from St. John School in Rochester are having an out of this world time. The presentation team of Abby Dayton, Leah Schroeder, and Emily Abramczyk, along with engineer-mentor Linda Gerhardt and St. John teacher Jon Pfund, are at Space Camp, at the U.S. Space and
PETOSKEY - BioStar Ventures, a venture capital fund for medical device and connected health technologies in cardiovascular and orthopedic medicine, announced that it has now raised more than $68 million for BioStar III, its third and largest fund to date. BioStar I and BioStar II funds collectively totaled $65 million. http://technologycentury.com/2015/07/09/biostar-ventures-raises-68-8-million-for-third-fund/
SOUTHFIELD - Engineering Society of Detroit members can get an exclusive, behind-the-scenes tour of a pioneering glass plant on Thursday, Aug. 27 when ESD tours Guardian Industries Corp.'s float glass manufacturing plant in Carleton. http://technologycentury.com/2015/07/08/esd-to-tour-guardian-glass-plant-in-carleton/
HOUGHTON - Jacqueline Huntoon has been named provost and vice president for academic affairs at Michigan Technological University. Huntoon has been dean of Michigan Tech's Graduate School since 2005 and associate provost since 2011. She is also a professor in the Department of Geological and Mining Engineering and Sciences. http://technologycentury.com/2015/07/08/michigan-tech-names-new-provost/
SOUTHFIELD - Last week, The Engineering Society of Detroit recognized the winners of its 41st annual Construction & Design Awards. Now, ESD Members can tour some of those award-winning buildings, getting an exclusive insider's look at the high-tech touches that made them award winners. To read the rest of this story, click on http://technologycentury.com/2015/06/29/esd-sets-tours-of-three-award-winning-high-tech-buildings/
GRAND RAPIDS - Blue Medora, a developer of software that analyzes cloud computing systems, Monday announced it had raised $4.6 million in Series A venture capital. The round was led by the Ann Arbor technology venture fund Michigan eLab, with participation from current investors Start Garden, a Grand Rapids tech incubator, the Grand Rapids angel
DETROIT - Nearly 300 members and supporters of The Engineering Society of Detroit gathered Wednesday night at the Detroit Institute of Arts for the ESD's 2015 Annual Dinner, a celebration of the art of engineering. ESD is a uniquely cross-disciplinary membership organization for engineers and people in related scientific and technical fields. Besides all forms
SOUTHFIELD - The Engineering Society of Detroit acknowledged the engineers of tomorrow with awards June 24 during the annual ESD Annual Dinner. Among the many awards ESD presented at the event include the Outstanding Young Engineer award, the Outstanding College Student award, and the Outstanding High School Student award. The Outstanding Young Engineer of the