SOUTHFIELD - Sibrina Nichelle Collins will join Lawrence Technological University as the executive director of LTU’s Marburger STEM Center effective July 1. LTU’s Marburger STEM Center will be housed in the University’s new $16.9 million A. Alfred Taubman Engineering, Architecture, and Life Sciences Complex opening this summer. The Center honors LTU President Emeritus Richard E.
NOVI - Fortis Inc., Canada’s largest utility owner, has agreed to sell a 19.9 percent stake in ITC Holdings Corp. to Singapore’s sovereign wealth fund GIC Pte for $1.23 billion in cash, in a complicated transaction that allows Fortis to complete its $6.9 billion acquisition of the Michigan utility transmission company. The transaction, one of
EAST LANSING - Managed services provider Trivalent Group, already a major player on the West side of Michigan, added central Michigan to its footprint on Wednesday when President and CEO Larry Andrus announced the acquisition of KI Technology Group. Terms were not announced. But Andrus said the acquisition of the East Lansing managed services company,
SOUTHFIELD - P3 Automotive, a global consulting, engineering and testing services company, christened its new Mobility Innovation Center on Wednesday at which the company announced plans to hire 100 more employees by year’s end. P3 already employs more than 120 people in Michigan, up 60 percent from the beginning of 2015. The company has more
SOUTHFIELD - Mike Brennan, MITechNews.Com Editor & Publisher, and Matt Roush, News Director at Lawrence Technological University, were featured on Comcast’s Newsmaker interview series. Brennan and Roush are the co-hosts of M2 (Squared) TechCast that airs live every Monday at 3 pm on the Podcast Detroit Network. Brennan talked about MITechNews.Com and all the changes
SOUTHFIELD - University of Michigan Professor Karl Daubmann has been named dean of the College of Architecture and Design at Lawrence Technological University. His appointment concludes a nationwide search and will be effective July 1. Daubmann succeeds Glen LeRoy, who resigned last fall to accept the presidency of Boston Architectural College. LTU’s College of Architecture
CUPERTINO - 3D Touch is all well and good, but future Apple devices may incorporate advanced haptic technology which lets software simulate textures ranging from the grain of wood surface to the cold feeling of metal. That’s according to a new patent published today by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, describing a “Touch Surface
DETROIT - The North American International Auto Show is adding a new wrinkle in 2017 - a dedicated exposition focused on the rapidly evolving global auto and mobility markets. AutoMobili-D will feature more than 100 companies, including automakers, tier one suppliers and tech startups - selected by TechStars Mobility. “AutoMobili-D will provide an international look
GRAND RAPIDS – Michael Jandernoa, Former Chairman of the Board & CEO of Perrigo Company, will serve as Davenport University’s 2016 Commencement Speaker at ceremonies to be held May 1 at Van Andel Arena in Grand Rapids. At the event, nearly 2,000 Davenport graduates from across the state of Michigan will celebrate their new degrees,
JACKSON - Construction has begun on Baker College of Jackson’s new engineering building, which will support the projected increased demand for engineering talent by employers in the Jackson area. It is scheduled to open in fall 2016. The stand-alone, 14,266-square-foot building will offer high-tech classrooms and approximately 8,000 square feet of shop floor for students
