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OST Hires Solution Architect For Data Center Solutions Projects

DETROIT  - Open Systems Technologies has hired Stew Carless for its Detroit office.  Carless joins OST as a Solution Architect who will work on projects in Data Center Solutions. OST is an award-winning, 225-person, $160 million global technology and design firm focused on enterprise data centers and business transformation services such as design strategy, software

By |2016-10-27T18:36:46-04:00October 27th, 2016|New Products / Contracts|

Michigan Strategic Fund Approves $200,000 Grant To Extend Train The Trainers

LANSING - The Michigan Strategic Fund approved extended funding for “Train the Trainers,” a program managed by the University of Michigan's Center for Entrepreneurship that trains entrepreneurs, researchers and inventors, while expanding mentoring and teaching of commercialization strategies. The $200,000 grant provides additional funding for the two-year old program. The training works in partnership with

By |2016-10-27T12:22:30-04:00October 27th, 2016|New Products / Contracts|

U-M Tech Transfer Created Record Number Of Licenses, Option Agreements In Fiscal 2016

ANN ARBOR - The University of Michigan created a record 173 license and option agreements with companies seeking to commercialize the discoveries of university researchers in the past fiscal year. “It is gratifying to see this record-setting number for our most important metric in tech transfer performance,” said Ken Nisbet, associate vice president for research-technology

By |2016-10-27T11:57:56-04:00October 27th, 2016|Entrepreneurs, New Products / Contracts|

Auto Supplier Martinrea International To Build R&D Center In Auburn Hills

AUBURN HILLS – Martinrea International Inc. is building a 108,200 square foot technical center in Auburn Hills to combined its sales and engineering office currently located in Troy. The new company also will let the Canadian company expands its R&D. The structure is financed, in part, by a $420,000 performance-based grant from the state of

By |2016-10-27T11:06:54-04:00October 27th, 2016|New Products / Contracts, Politics|

C/D/H To Host Halloween-Themed TechMash In Grand Rapids Oct. 26

GRAND RAPIDS - What happens when you bring technology & Michigan beers together? You have a TechMash. And when it falls near Halloween, you get a Halloween-themed TechMash. Join C/D/H on October 26 at its Grand Rapids office, located at 15 Ionia Avenue SW, Suite 270, Grand Rapids, MI 49504 from 5:00 p.m. until 7:00

By |2016-10-21T13:26:10-04:00October 21st, 2016|New Products / Contracts|

MI-Hunt App Provides Planning Options For Hunters, Outdoor Adventurers

LANSING - With fall hunting seasons under way in Michigan, the Department of Natural Resources reminds hunters and outdoor enthusiasts that Mi-HUNT – a cutting-edge, web-based, interactive mapping application – can help them plan their next hunting or outdoor adventure. Mi-HUNT allows users to view and navigate through all public lands open to hunting and

By |2016-10-20T20:57:13-04:00October 20th, 2016|Featured, New Products / Contracts|

Two Southwest Michigan First Leaders Finalists In Stevie Awards For Women In Business

KALAMAZOO -  Jill Bland and Carla Winchester of Southwest Michigan First have been named Finalists in the categories of Female Executive of the Year and Female Innovator of the Year, respectively, in the Stevie Awards for Women in Business. On November 18, they will each ultimately be recognized as Gold, Silver or Bronze Stevie Award

By |2016-10-20T20:32:53-04:00October 20th, 2016|New Products / Contracts|

Eastern Michigan University Hosts STEM Conference For Middle School Girls Nov. 4

YPSILANTI – For every 100 jobs in information technology, information assurance and cyber security, only 12 are filled by women. On Nov. 4 at the Eastern Michigan University Student Center, a day-long conference will show 330 middle school girls that carriers in STEM can not only be lucrative, but also fun and rewarding, Keynote speakers

By |2016-10-20T20:20:29-04:00October 20th, 2016|New Products / Contracts|

U-M Names Trosvig First IT Vice President, CIO

ANN ARBOR - Kelli Trosvig will become the University of Michigan's first vice president for information technology and chief information officer, effective Nov. 14. The five-year appointment was approved today by the Board of Regents. Trosvig is currently the vice president for information technology and chief information officer at the University of Washington. The new

By |2016-10-20T19:46:35-04:00October 20th, 2016|New Products / Contracts|

U-M Researchers Study Dendrites – Suspected Of Causing Smart Phone Battery Fires – To Create Batteries That Could Store 10 Times More Energy

ANN ARBOR - Dendrites, whiskers of lithium that grow inside batteries and can cause fires like those in the Samsung Galaxy Note 7, are the bane of next-generation lithium batteries. While they usually spread under cover of darkness in a closed cell, a team of researchers at the University of Michigan has spied on them

By |2016-10-19T17:45:51-04:00October 19th, 2016|New Products / Contracts, News|