SOUTHFIELD—Under a spectacular sunny sky on a crisp autumn afternoon, students from Lawrence Technological University and six other universities showed off their race car building skills Saturday at Lawrence Technological University’s 12th Grand Prix. Along with Lawrence Tech, teams from Ferris State University, Grand Valley State University, Hope College, Oakland University, the University of Toledo,
TROY—Automation Alley announced that Lawrence Technological University Provost and Vice President of Academic Affairs Tarek Sobh has joined the Automation Alley board of directors. Lawrence Tech is an active Automation Alley Foundation member and a partner in the organization’s annual Technology in Industry Report. Sobh was also a recent guest on the “Conversations With…” interview
ANN ARBOR—Officials at the Ann Arbor-based Association for Advancing Automation, robot orders in the second quarter of 2021 were up 67 percent over the same period in 2020, showing a return to pre-COVID 19 pandemic demand for automation as manufacturers and other North American companies return to business. A3 said North American companies ordered 9,853
TROY—Car buyers say that new vehicle technologies are a major factor in car buying decisions. But on the other hand, they also confoundingly say that many new car owners don’t bother to use much of that great new technology. That’s according to the recently released J.D. Power 2021 U.S. Tech Experience Index Study. Power analysts
SOUTHFIELD—Lawrence Technological University’s Autonomous Campus Transport team, four-time defending champion in the Self-Drive category of the annual Intelligent Ground Vehicle Competition, received a 2021 RoboNation championship banner in a campus ceremony. LTU also received a $3,000 check for winning the IGVC Self-Drive competition. RoboNation, the robotics education and workforce partner of the Association for Unmanned
HOWELL—An “automotive country club” is being developed on 270 acres in Howell, in an area bounded by I-96, Lucy Road, Grand River Avenue, and Michigan Avenue. Developers Motorsports Gateway LLC say the complex will offer private garage condominiums and other amenities, along with an exclusive driving circuit where motorsports enthusiasts can push their cars to
NOVI—The past year has transformed the way people get their groceries, and one of the beneficiaries is Utilimaster, a brand of The Shyft Group. Company officials say that over the past several months, Shyft has received orders for more than 500 refrigerated and other units from grocery chains around the country. “Consumers expect reliable, on-time service
SOUTHFIELD—Ahmed Al-Bayati, assistant professor of civil and architectural engineering at Lawrence Technological University, has been named a winner of the Thomas Glavinich ELECTRI International 2021 Early Career Award. ELECTRI International was founded in 1989 as the nonprofit research arm of the National Electrical Contractors Association. It sponsors research that leads to a safer and more
FLINT—Officials at the Louisville, Ky.-based healthcare business accelerator XLerateHealth announced the selection of six startup companies to participate in the 2021 cohort of startups at its Flint office. This year’s program will be fully virtual following last year’s success in light of COVID adaptations. XLH Flint is funded by the Charles Stewart Mott Foundation and the
TROY—Officials at electric vehicle maker Electric Last Mile Solutions Inc. announced that the company has signed a binding, long-term supply agreement with Liuzhou Wuling Automobile Industry Co. Ltd., a Chinese manufacturer of electric cargo vans and light duty specialty vehicles. Under the agreement, ELMS will have long-term access to EV component systems and parts from
