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Matt Roush

About Matt Roush

Matt Roush is Managing Editor of the University News Bureau and Director of Media Relations at Lawrence Technological University in Southfield, and co-host of MITech TV with MITechNews founder and publisher Mike Brennan. Before joining LTU, Roush spent more than 30 years as a reporter and editor covering high tech, business, and local government for media outlets including WWJ Newsradio 950, Crain’s Detroit Business, the Kalamazoo Gazette, and the Traverse City Record-Eagle.

Heartland Wins USDA Grant To Expand Research On Regenerative Agriculture, Carbon Sequestration

DETROIT—Heartland Industries has won a three-year, $360,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) to continue research in its “Hemp4Soil” program. This grant will allow Heartland to partner with farming communities to advance research on soil health and carbon sequestration. Heartland’s research will be one of the most sophisticated programs to date

By |2022-01-05T08:02:27-05:00January 4th, 2022|Carbon Capture, Marijuana Business, News|
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XLerateHealth Expands Business Accelerator In Flint

FLINT—The Kentucky-based healthcare business accelerator XLerateHealth announced new funding from the city of Flint via the Small Business Administration Community Navigator Pilot Program and The Community Foundation of Flint. The grants will support the development of a new pre-accelerator program to help prime local healthcare innovation in the Flint area. The Charles Stewart Mott Foundation, one

By |2021-12-13T09:44:20-05:00December 13th, 2021|Life Sciences|
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Bollinger Cuts New Electric Work Truck Deal With EAVX

OAK PARK—Bollinger Motors, an all-electric truck company, announced a strategic collaboration with EAVX to develop electric work trucks that integrate EAVX’s commercial work-truck bodies and accessories with Bollinger’s electric vehicle platforms. The terms of the collaboration will allow Bollinger and EAVX to design fully integrated electric vehicles for a wide variety of commercial applications, as

By |2021-12-13T09:44:20-05:00December 13th, 2021|Auto Tech, ESD|
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LTU’s Robofest Returns To In-Person Competition For 2022 With Environmental Theme

SOUTHFIELD—Lawrence Technological University’s Robofest robotics competition will return to in-person events for its 2022 competition season, leading up to the Robofest World Championships to be held on LTU’s Southfield campus May 12-14, 2022. Robofest kicked off its 23rd annual season Wednesday, Dec. 8 in a Zoom call with teachers, students, and volunteers from around the

By |2021-12-13T09:44:21-05:00December 13th, 2021|ESD|
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Consumers Energy To Add Three Solar Farms, 375 Megawatts Of Power

JACKSON—Consumers Energy, the Jackson-based electric and gas utility, announced agreements to add almost 400 megawatts of clean energy—enough to power nearly 190,000 homes—from three Michigan solar projects in southern central Michigan. The solar developments are part of the company’s Clean Energy Plan to dramatically increase renewable energy, eliminate coal as a fuel source for electricity

By |2021-11-21T13:48:23-05:00November 21st, 2021|Clean Update, Featured|
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JD Power Survey: Car Consumers Still Aren’t Connecting With Phones Through Apps

TROY—The top-cited problem for new-vehicle owners is connectivity issues with Apple CarPlay or Android Auto, according to the J.D. Power 2021 U.S. Multimedia Quality and Satisfaction Study. With newly added capabilities, tech companies and automakers are delivering on consumers’ desires to wirelessly connect smartphones to infotainment systems. However, owners whose vehicles have wireless Apple CarPlay

By |2021-11-21T11:19:43-05:00November 12th, 2021|Auto Tech, ESD|
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New MobilityNow App Released By AMI Strategies

LIVONIA—AMI Strategies, a developer of mobility management technology, has introduced a new app, MobilityNow, in its ServiceNow store. The new app allows enterprises to extend and enhance their existing ServiceNow investment with the ability to automate and manage the full lifecycle of mobile and Internet of Things devices, from procurement, to repairs, to decommissioning. Included

By |2021-11-21T11:20:35-05:00November 12th, 2021|ESD|
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Consumers Energy Foundation Gives $500,000 To Cadillac, Flint Projects

JACKSON—Officials at the Consumers Energy Foundation announced two Michigan projects will receive Prosperity Awards to support local economic development efforts. Two $250,000 grants are being awarded to both Communities First Inc.’s efforts to restore the Flint Masonic Temple and the city of Cadillac’s Community Revitalization Plan. Prosperity Awards are designed to strengthen neighborhoods across Michigan

By |2021-11-21T11:21:10-05:00November 12th, 2021|ESD|
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Third Quarter Robot Orders Put 2021 On Track For Record Year

ANN ARBOR—Strong robot sales in the third quarter of 2021 bring the total number of orders so far this year to nearly 29,000 units valued at $1.48 billion, the best numbers ever recorded for the North American robotics market, according to the Association for Advancing Automation, the Ann Arbor based trade association for the robotics and

By |2021-11-21T11:21:53-05:00November 12th, 2021|ESD, STEM|
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LTU’s Centrepolis Accelerator Awarded $84,000 Grant To Support Cleantech

SOUTHFIELD—The Consumers Energy Foundation has awarded an $84,000 grant to the Centrepolis Accelerator at Lawrence Technological University to support the Accelerator’s mission to grow innovative high-tech manufacturing firms in Michigan. The grant will be used to assist companies in the cleantech, climatech, and circular economy sectors. In general, these technologies have a positive impact to

By |2021-11-07T19:22:11-05:00November 7th, 2021|Clean Update|
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