ANN ARBOR - The University of Michigan has received a $1.65 million grant from the federal government to help import-impacted manufacturers in Michigan, Ohio and Indiana improve their global competitiveness and enhance business growth. The money will be used by the business assistance center at the University of Michigan's Institute for Research on Labor, Employment
HOUGHTON - A new patent search tool developed by engineers at Michigan Technological University makes it easier to discover and track inactive patents. Many innovators and inventors feel they have squandered hours fruitlessly rifling through old patents on the US Patent and Trademark Office website, trying to figure out which are still active and how
NEW YORK - More than half of Americans mention Uber when hearing the term “shared mobility service” and Millennials are the ones paving the way for other generations as they are the most active users of this new type of service, according to a report from ReportLinker. Millennials, who have a higher comfort-level with ride-hailing
BINGHAM FARMS - Mobile application developer jacapps has promoted Kate Levy to Vice President of Software Development. Since joining jacapps as a mobile application developer in 2010, Levy has taken on more responsibilities. During her tenure, she’s been involved in the development of more than six hundred mobile apps, helped guide her team in the
FLINT TOWNSHIP - Jacob Smith, a Baker College graduate, has been named to the National Kitchen and Bath Association “30 under 30” list for his kitchen design wizardry, exceptional work ethic and dedication to community service. Smith, 26, of Flushing, is the youngest of eight designers at Starline Kitchen and Bath Gallery, Flushing. The “30
SOUTHFIELD – St. John Providence and Lawrence Technological University have received state approval to establish a nursing education program. The program, which will open in the Fall 2017 semester in August, will have classroom instruction at Lawrence Tech’s Southfield campus, with clinical and laboratory instruction at six St. John Providence hospital locations around metro Detroit.
DETROIT - Open Systems Technologies has hired Stew Carless for its Detroit office. Carless joins OST as a Solution Architect who will work on projects in Data Center Solutions. OST is an award-winning, 225-person, $160 million global technology and design firm focused on enterprise data centers and business transformation services such as design strategy, software
LANSING - The Michigan Strategic Fund approved extended funding for “Train the Trainers,” a program managed by the University of Michigan's Center for Entrepreneurship that trains entrepreneurs, researchers and inventors, while expanding mentoring and teaching of commercialization strategies. The $200,000 grant provides additional funding for the two-year old program. The training works in partnership with
ANN ARBOR - The University of Michigan created a record 173 license and option agreements with companies seeking to commercialize the discoveries of university researchers in the past fiscal year. “It is gratifying to see this record-setting number for our most important metric in tech transfer performance,” said Ken Nisbet, associate vice president for research-technology
AUBURN HILLS – Martinrea International Inc. is building a 108,200 square foot technical center in Auburn Hills to combined its sales and engineering office currently located in Troy. The new company also will let the Canadian company expands its R&D. The structure is financed, in part, by a $420,000 performance-based grant from the state of
