TAMPA – Since September 2015, the Tampa Hillsborough Expressway Authority has been working with the United States Department of Transportation as a Connected Vehicle Pilot site. The next step in the Connected Vehicle space is to begin working with the auto industry manufacturers. To that end, THEA announced that it is collaborating with Honda R&D
SOUTHFIELD—Lawrence Technological University is offering free COVID-19 safety training to construction firms with fewer than 100 employees under a grant from the Michigan Occupational Safety and Health Administration. The training will be offered on the east side of the state by Ahmed Al-Bayati, assistant professor of civil and architectural engineering at LTU. Construction firms interested
ANN ARBOR - Michigan’s life sciences industry grew into a $28 billion sector over decades, but it took the pandemic for many in the state to recognize just how essential it is. “Obviously we’re the industry that’s in the bull’s-eye of it all, whether it’s trying to come up with a vaccine or manufacturing enough PPE (Personal Protective Equipment)
LAPEER—The Lapeer County Broadband Committee has launched a new initiative to expand and improve high-speed internet access for all county residents, businesses, schools, healthcare facilities, and community organizations. “We must take immediate action to provide more families and businesses with access to the critical resources and information they need,” said Quentin Bishop, executive director of
ANN ARBOR—The Great Lakes support more than 1.3 million jobs that generate $82 billion in wages annually, according to a new analysis of 2018 economic data by Michigan Sea Grant. The coastal counties of the eight Great Lakes states produce 21% of the gross domestic product in the region and 5.8% of the U.S. GDP,
NOVI—ITC Holdings Corp., the nation’s largest independent electricity transmission company in the United States, has named Jenny D’Anna as vice president and deputy general counsel, legal services. In this role, D’Anna is responsible for the legal services group within ITC’s legal department. That group is composed of the regulatory and legislative, development, corporate and securities, real
ANN ARBOR - On MITech TV Monday at 2 pm Tonya Matthews, the director of the Wayne State STEM Innovation Learning Center, will explain how the center will train STEM students. Then Bill Mayer, who leads the entrepreneurial program for Ann Arbor SPARK, talks about what his program offers. Finally, Fred Brown updates the latest on
SAGINAW -The Consumers Energy Foundation recently approved a $50,000 grant to support economic development in Saginaw County and Saginaw Future. This grant was approved as part of a special program designed specifically to provide COVID-19 economic development assistance across the state. Since March, the Consumers Energy Foundation has provided more than $4 million to Michigan’s nonprofits
SOUTHFIELD — Stefanini Group, a $1 billion global technology company specializing in digital solutions, has launched a new version of its omni-channel virtual assistant and AI solution, Sophie 4.0. Equipped with a completely new Knowledge Trainer interface, Sophie 4.0 is even easier and quicker to train than the previous software. The CommonKnowledge feature has been
DEARBORN – A new Michigan-based ride-share service, initially covering Wayne, Oakland, Macomb and Washtenaw counties, promises passengers and drivers one of the safest ride experiences possible. Zoom Ride, with headquarters and a call center in Dearborn, announced that the company has launched passenger service across southeastern Michigan. In direct competition with Uber Technologies and Lyft,
