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Wednesday, February 12, 2020

Lawrence Tech sets National Engineers Week activities

Lawrence Technological University will begin its celebration of National Engineers Week on Monday, Feb. 17 with a 12:30 p.m. lecture on space technology by Todd Barber, senior propulsion engineer at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif.

Monday, February 10, 2020

Women's tech group now sponsoring 10 all-girl teams in LTU's Robofest

The Michigan Council of Women in Technology Foundation has increased the number of all-girl teams it is sponsoring in Robofest, a competition for student-programmed autonomous robots invented by Lawrence Technological University computer science professor C.J. Chung.

Friday, June 28, 2019

LTU gets DENSO grant for machine vision safety system in vehicles

Lawrence Technological University has received a $40,000 grant from DENSO, the world’s second largest mobility supplier, for programs focused on science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM).

Tuesday, June 11, 2019

Lawrence Tech is global champ of self-driving cars--for the third year in a row

For the third consecutive year, Lawrence Technological University has won first place in the Self-Drive Challenge event at the 27th annual Intelligent Ground Vehicle Competition. LTU was crowned champ late Monday after four days of competition at Oakland University in Rochester.

Tuesday, May 7, 2019

Detroit surgeon to receive LTU's Alumni Achievement Award at Commencement May 11

Nicole Kennedy, M.D., section chief in the Department of Vascular Surgery and medical informatics officer at Henry Ford West Bloomfield Hospital, will receive Lawrence Technological University’s Alumni Achievement Award at LTU’s Commencement Saturday, May 11.

Thursday, April 18, 2019

LTU prof wins Heart Association grant for testing engineered blood vessels

A Lawrence Technological University professor has won a two-year, $151,734 grant from the American Heart Association to develop a better way to test lab-grown blood vessels.