ESD

ESD’s McGee Talks Job Fair With Feldman On Fox 2 News

DETROIT - The Engineering Society of Detroit's annual Fall Engineering & Technology Job Fair is Monday, Nov. 16 at the Suburban Collection Showplace. ESD Executive Director Robert McGee is interviewed by Fox 2 News Money Reporter Murray Feldman. In the Interview, McGee talks about how more than 2,000 jobs will be available, many with immediate

By |2015-11-11T10:17:51-05:00November 11th, 2015|ESD, Featured|

VisionIT Launches Technology Innovation Center In Detroit

DETROIT - The Detroit-based information technology services provider VisionIT Monday announced the opening of its new IT Innovation Center in Detroit. The 7,000-square-foot Innovation Center is part of VisionIT’s 30,000-square-foot headquarters space in the New Center One building in midtown Detroit, 3031 W. Grand Boulevard. The company says it has already hired 25 new employees

By |2015-11-09T20:35:44-05:00November 9th, 2015|ESD|

ESD Kicks Off MSU Student Chapter

EAST LANSING — More than 50 Michigan State University engineering students joined the latest student chapter of The Engineering Society of Detroit Monday night. The MSU chapter became the seventh student chapter of ESD, the Southfield-based multi-disciplinary professional society for engineers and people in related technical fields. ESD Executive Director Robert Magee told the students

By |2015-11-09T20:35:44-05:00November 9th, 2015|ESD, Featured|

TechCentury Magazine Sets 2016 Editorial Calendar

SOUTHFIELD - The Editorial Board of Technology Century Magazine, the official publication of The Engineering Society of Detroit, has announced the magazine’s editorial calendar for 2016. The calendar of four quarterly issues will be focused as follows: Spring issue: Nanotechnology. We’ll explore all things small, revisiting the magazine’s coverage of these technologies from 2007. We’re

By |2015-11-05T18:45:18-05:00November 5th, 2015|ESD|

State Environmental Quality To Kickoff Recycling Rate Increase Strategies In February

LANSING - The Michigan Department of Environmental Quality has announced a Feb. 15, 2016 kickoff for a new team challenge to develop innovative strategies to increase the state’s residential recycling rate. The challenge, called Recycle by Design, is one of the key initiatives of Gov. Rick Snyder’s plan to double residential recycling in Michigan. The

By |2015-11-03T20:11:45-05:00November 3rd, 2015|Clean Update, ESD|

LLamasoft Acquires South African Supply Chain Software Company

ANN ARBOR - The Ann Arbor-based supply chain design software developer LLamasoft said this week that it had acquired the supply chain software division of Barloworld Ltd., an industrial brand management company based in Johannesburg, South Africa. The companies said the acquisition does not cover Barloworld’s key territories in South Africa and the United Arab

By |2015-11-03T20:11:45-05:00November 3rd, 2015|ESD|

ESD Job Fair Nov. 16 Features More Than 1000 Tech, Engineering Jobs

SOUTHFIELD – Michigan’s best hiring event for engineering and technical talent is just two weeks away. The Engineering Society of Detroit's annual Fall Engineering & Technology Job Fair is scheduled for Nov. 16 at the Suburban Collection Showplace in Novi. For job seekers, the Job Fair promises hundreds of openings in all forms of engineering

By |2015-11-03T20:12:31-05:00November 3rd, 2015|ESD, Featured, News|

WMU Part Of Team That Tunes Abundant Elements For Semiconductors

KALAMAZOO - In a world concerned about the dwindling supply and skyrocketing prices of rare elements used to make semiconductors, an international team of scientists and engineers has demonstrated that a new material made from more abundant elements can be “tuned” to take their place for solar cell applications. The findings of the team’s work,

By |2015-10-30T09:01:30-04:00October 30th, 2015|ESD, New Products / Contracts|

Gov. Snyder Victim Of Identity Theft, Confesses At Cyber Summit

DETROIT — When it comes to cybersecurity, Gov. Rick Snyder is not only a leader, he’s also a victim. Snyder told reporters Monday at the North American International Cyber Summit that his identity was stolen before he became governor. “I started getting dunning notices for a cell phone I never bought,” Snyder said at the

By |2015-10-27T19:50:41-04:00October 27th, 2015|Cyber Defense, ESD, Featured|

State Energy Office Offers Interns For Green Projects

LANSING — The Michigan Agency for Energy has announced the launch of its Student Internship Program and is now accepting proposals for student help on energy-saving projects. The program offers technical assistance in energy efficiency work for manufacturing companies and agribusinesses. The students invovled get real-world work experience. Michigan-based manufacturing industries or agribusinesses that employ

By |2015-10-27T19:50:41-04:00October 27th, 2015|Clean Update, ESD|