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Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math. STEM is designed to integrate STEM subjects and the art of design in the classroom. These programs aim to teach students to think critically and have an engineering or design approach towards real-world problems while building on their mathematics and science base.

A Self-Healing, Water-Repellant Coating That’s Ultra Durable

ANN ARBOR - A self-healing, water-repellent, spray-on coating developed at the University of Michigan is hundreds of times more durable than its counterparts. It could enable waterproofing of vehicles, clothing, rooftops and countless other surfaces for which current waterproofing treatments are too fragile. It could also lower the resistance of ship hulls, a step that

By |2017-04-06T15:48:31-04:00April 6th, 2017|STEM|
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Registration Closes April 6 For Michigan Robotics Day Celebration At U-M

ANN ARBOR - Registration closes April 6 for the 2017 Michigan Robotics Day at the University of Michigan North Campus Research Complex April 11, an event celebrating National Robotics Week. It is co-hosted by the National Center for Manufacturing Sciences and the U-M College of Engineering. Keynote - Paul Snyder, Designing for Advanced Urban Mobility

By |2017-04-05T09:55:04-04:00April 5th, 2017|News, STEM|
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Michigan Science Center Celebrates First Anniversary Of STEMinista Program

DETROIT - Tonya Matthews, PhD, the CEO of the Michigan Science Center, talks about the first anniversary of the STEMinista program, created by her to introduce middle school girls to Science, Technology, Engineering and Math - in hopes they will pursue careers in STEM and help Michigan fill tens of thousands of unfilled jobs in

By |2017-03-31T10:35:40-04:00March 31st, 2017|STEM|
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Career Technical Education Enhancements Bill Passes Michigan House

LANSING - Michigan High school students would have some additional ways to meet the state's high school standards with a focus on career technical education under a package of bills passed by the Michigan House Thursday. Under the bills, HB 4315 and HB 4316, the Michigan Merit Curriculum requirements for arts, foreign language, health education

By |2017-03-30T21:31:44-04:00March 30th, 2017|Politics, STEM|
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3 Grand Valley State Faculty Members Earn Core Fulbright Scholar Awards

ALLENDALE -  Three Grand Valley State University faculty members earned Core Fulbright Scholar awards to teach or conduct research for a semester overseas. They are Lisa Feurzeig, professor of music; Jitendra Mishra, professor of management; and Brian Phillips, professor of sociology. The Fulbright program is sponsored by the U.S. Department of State, Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs and considered

By |2017-03-29T12:29:05-04:00March 29th, 2017|STEM|
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U-M’s Dawn Tilbury To Head NSF Engineering Directorate

ANN ARBOR - The National Science Foundation has selected a University of Michigan mechanical engineering professor to serve as head of its Directorate for Engineering. Dawn Tilbury is a professor of mechanical engineering and former associate dean for research at U-M's College Engineering. NSF's Directorate for Engineering is charged with supporting engineering research and education

By |2017-03-29T12:16:14-04:00March 29th, 2017|STEM|
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Lawrence Tech’s Marburger STEM Center Introduces Young People To Science, Technology, Engineering And Math

ROYAL OAK - Sibrina Nichelle Collins, executive director of Lawrence Tech University’s Marburger STEM Center talks about reaching out to attract more students to Science, Technology, Engineering and Math. The shortage of STEM talent has reached a critical state in Michigan. More recently, the STEM center hosted the boy scouts and cub scouts to show

By |2017-03-27T20:28:44-04:00March 27th, 2017|M2 TechCast, Podcasts, STEM|
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Michigan Science Center Celebrates First Anniversary Of Innovative STEMinista Program

ROYAL OAK - Tony Matthews, PhD, the CEO of the Michigan Science Center talks about her innovative STEMinista program for middle school girls from fourth to eight grade to learn more about Science, Technology Engineering and Math. Businesses are seeking to diversify their workforces, and unfortunately less than 30 percent of professionals in STEM are

By |2017-03-20T10:43:57-04:00March 12th, 2017|M2 TechCast, Podcasts, STEM|
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LTU Summer Camps Introduce High School Students To STEM

ROYAL OAK -Lisa R. Kujawa, the Assistant Provost for Enrollment at Lawrence Technological University, joined M2 TechCast to highlight the summer camp schedule coming this July at LTU, where more than two dozen camps will be offered. More than 500 students from all over the state and a few foreign countries attended last year’s camps

By |2017-02-28T20:40:25-05:00February 28th, 2017|M2 TechCast, Podcasts, STEM|
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Michigan STEM Partnership Gets $26K From Bosch Community Fund

HOWELL - The Michigan STEM Partnership has received a $26,000 grant from the Bosch Community Fund to further define the Partnership’s opportunities to improve the evolving STEM landscape in Michigan. Information gathered through research, assessment and evaluation will be used to identify the necessary role, structure, functions and capacity needed for the Partnership to bolster

By |2017-02-21T20:18:28-05:00February 21st, 2017|Mobile MI, STEM|
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