DETROIT — Lean & Green Michigan announced Wednesday that Antrim, Delta and Leelanau County all joined the statewide PACE partnership this month. On Nov. 3, the county commission in the Upper Peninsula’s Delta County voted 5-0 to join the program. Lean & Green Michigan officials say they are already discussing potential PACE projects there and
JACKSON - Baker College says it has upgraded the computer technology laboratory at its Jackson campus and created a “Business Solution Center” to provide resources for the growing number of students in its information technology programs. “In order to offer state-of-the-art IT training, upgrading technology is a constant,” said David Gomez, dean of business and
FERNDALE – Robert McGee, executive director of the Engineering Society of Detroit, talks about the shortage of engineering and technology jobs. To listen, click on https://soundcloud.com/podcastdetroit/m2techcast-episode-9-robert-mcgee-esd?in=podcastdetroit/sets/m2techcast-on-podcastdetroit
PONTIAC - Nearly 20 members of The Engineering Society of Detroit got a peek at the “next industrial revolution” Thursday with a tour of the 3D printing laboratory of Pontiac-based DASI Solutions. DASI owner and co-founder David Darbyshire gave the members a detailed history of the family-owned business — which now employs four of the
NEWAYGO - Newaygo County was officially certified this week by Connect Michigan as a certified Connected Community. The Newaygo County Technology Planning Team also released a Technology Action Plan to the county commission. “Broadband Internet is crucial to education and commerce,” Jon Schneider, Newaygo city manager, told the commission. “Partners across Newaygo County have shown
DETROIT - The Engineering Society of Detroit's annual Fall Engineering & Technology Job Fair is Monday, Nov. 16 at the Suburban Collection Showplace. ESD Executive Director Robert McGee is interviewed by Fox 2 News Money Reporter Murray Feldman. In the Interview, McGee talks about how more than 2,000 jobs will be available, many with immediate
DETROIT - The Detroit-based information technology services provider VisionIT Monday announced the opening of its new IT Innovation Center in Detroit. The 7,000-square-foot Innovation Center is part of VisionIT’s 30,000-square-foot headquarters space in the New Center One building in midtown Detroit, 3031 W. Grand Boulevard. The company says it has already hired 25 new employees
EAST LANSING — More than 50 Michigan State University engineering students joined the latest student chapter of The Engineering Society of Detroit Monday night. The MSU chapter became the seventh student chapter of ESD, the Southfield-based multi-disciplinary professional society for engineers and people in related technical fields. ESD Executive Director Robert Magee told the students
SOUTHFIELD - The Editorial Board of Technology Century Magazine, the official publication of The Engineering Society of Detroit, has announced the magazine’s editorial calendar for 2016. The calendar of four quarterly issues will be focused as follows: Spring issue: Nanotechnology. We’ll explore all things small, revisiting the magazine’s coverage of these technologies from 2007. We’re
LANSING - The Michigan Department of Environmental Quality has announced a Feb. 15, 2016 kickoff for a new team challenge to develop innovative strategies to increase the state’s residential recycling rate. The challenge, called Recycle by Design, is one of the key initiatives of Gov. Rick Snyder’s plan to double residential recycling in Michigan. The
