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ESD Job Fair Coming April 29

SOUTHFIELD—The Engineering Society of Detroit will hold its annual Spring Engineering and Technology Job Fair Monday, April 29 from 2 to 7 p.m. at the Suburban Collection Showplace, 46100 Grand River Ave. in Novi. The event is tailored specifically to meet the needs of engineering and technology professionals and employers. For employers that have struggled

By |2019-03-31T18:09:51-04:00March 31st, 2019|ESD|

MSU Launches Online Master’s Degrees In Engineering

EAST LANSING—The Michigan State University College of Engineering announced the launch of its first two online master’s degree programs. The new online Master of Science in Electrical Engineering and Master of Science in Mechanical Engineering enable students in these disciplines to reap the benefits of an MSU engineering education without having to relocate to East

By |2019-03-23T16:28:02-04:00March 23rd, 2019|ESD|

UM Makes Esports Multiplayer Video Game Competition An Official Recreational Sport

ANN ARBOR—The University of Michigan Recreational Sports department is joining numerous universities across the country in forming a competitive Esports program, schedule to be up and running for the Fall 2019 semester. Esports is a multiplayer video game competition played in a team format. Games are primarily played on PCs, and competitions can take place

By |2019-03-23T16:23:36-04:00March 23rd, 2019|ESD, IoT|

MEDC Offers Financial Assistance To Small Business In Michigan Main Street Communities

LANSING – The Michigan Economic Development Corp. has announced a new pilot program aimed at supporting small businesses looking to expand or establish themselves in a Michigan Main Street community. The cities of Niles and Saline have been selected as the first two communities to pilot the program. Match on Main will provide grants of

By |2019-03-16T15:11:19-04:00March 16th, 2019|ESD|

Lawrence Tech Relaunches Recovery Starts Here Training Program For Displaced Workers

SOUTHFIELD - During the last recession in 2007-09, Lawrence Technological University launched Recovery Starts Here, a program for hundreds of displaced workers that included scholarships, new academic programs to prepare students for a changing global market, and personally focused career services. Now, the Southfield-based university is once again taking steps to help those in Michigan

By |2019-03-15T09:41:53-04:00March 15th, 2019|ESD|

Continental Business Incubator Produces First Spinout – Door Lock Passive Bolt

AUBURN HILLS — Continental Automotive, the Auburn Hills-based U.S. subsidiary of the German auto supplier Contnental AG, announced that its Co-pace business incubator has produced its first spinout company, a door lock manufacturer called PassiveBolt. The auto supplier said the new company, to be based in Ann Arbor, will bring automotive grade touch technology to

By |2019-03-13T13:31:52-04:00March 13th, 2019|Auto Tech, ESD|

MDEQ To Sample Wells Near Grand Rapids Airport For PFAS

GRAND RAPIDS — The Michigan Department of Environmental Quality announced that it will sample 49 residential drinking water wells along Trout Creek in the neighborhood east of the 36th Street exits off I-96 and west of Tricklewood Drive for per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) as part of its ongoing investigation of potential PFAS contamination sources

By |2019-03-13T12:54:44-04:00March 13th, 2019|ESD, Life Sciences|

Notre Dame Ups Equity Stake In Spider Silk Company

ANN ARBOR – Kraig Biocraft Laboratories announced a new agreement with one of its early research and financing partners, the University of Notre Dame, that converts part of a loan to the company into Kraig Biocraft stock, and the rest into a note payable over the course of two years. Kraig has genetically engineered silkworms

By |2019-03-13T12:54:44-04:00March 13th, 2019|ESD|

ACEC Michigan Honors State’s Top Engineering, Surveying Projects

LANSING – The American Council of Engineering Companies of Michigan (ACEC/M) recently honored firms for engineering and surveying excellence during the association’s annual Engineering and Surveying Excellence Awards ceremony. On March 2, design professionals and guests gathered at Sound Board in MotorCity Casino Hotel in Detroit to recognize outstanding Michigan engineering and surveying projects from the

By |2019-03-10T15:58:22-04:00March 10th, 2019|ESD|

MMTC Adds Three New Board Members

PLYMOUTH — The Michigan Manufacturing Technology Center announced the addition of three new members to its board of directors. They are: Patrick Curry, president and partner of Fullerton Tool Co. Inc., a Saginaw-based supplier of carbide cutting tools, and president and owner of Endurance Carbide a carbide cutting tool supplier also based in Saginaw. Peter

By |2019-03-10T15:58:22-04:00March 10th, 2019|ESD|