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Lawrence Technological University’s Leaders & Innovators Series in partnership with WWJ Newsradio 950 is back with great programs for another year!

The first is Thursday, Sept. 15 on “Unique Collaborations.” It will be in LTU’s University Technology and Learning Center Gallery, 21000 W. Ten Mile Rd. in Southfield and begins with a free continental breakfast at 7:30 a.m. The program and Q&A are 8 to 9 a.m.

Unique collaborations are often born out of creativity or necessity. They create value that has not existed before. We’ll discuss and explore many of the unique collaborations that shed new light and opportunity. The results are a fresh new prospective on collaboration in 2016 and beyond.

The program will be hosted by WWJ Business Editor Murray Feldman. Panelists include Mike McInerney, founder and president of Deliver My Ride, and Zak Pashak, president of Detroit Bikes.

LTU’s Leaders & Innovators Series is in partnership with WWJ and is sponsored in part by AAA. Guests are welcome. Advance registration is requested. Admission is free.

To register, visit: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/leaders-innovators-series-unique-collaborations-91516-tickets-26906333568

Coming events for the LTU/WWJ Leaders & Innovators Series are:
Oct. 20: Women in Leadership
Nov. 17: Building and Maintaining Relationships – Networking
Feb. 16: Starting a Business – Entrepreneurism
March 16: Social Media and Small Business
April 13: Work-Life Balance

Hope to see you at all of them!

Americans are spending more time at work and sitting in front of a screen than ever before. We’re becoming less active, which can increase our risk of heart disease, stroke and other diseases.

Being physically active is important to prevent heart disease and stroke, which are responsible for more deaths in the U.S. than all forms of cancer combined. Heart disease is the leading cause of death and stroke is the leading preventable cause of disability.

Research has shown that every hour of regular exercise can add about two hours to life expectancy, even if you don’t start until midlife. Plus, physical activity can relieve depression, improve your memory, lower your blood pressure and help prevent obesity.

April 6 is the American Heart Association’s National Walking Day, and we want people to lace up for their heart and get moving. Whether it’s walking, running, biking, playing sports or taking a yoga class, the goal is for adults to get at least 150 minutes per week of moderate exercise or 75 minutes per week of vigorous exercise (or a combination of both), while kids should get at least 60 minutes of physical activity per day.

Thirty minutes a day, five times a week, is an easy goal to remember. You’ll experience benefits even if you divide your time into two or three segments of 10 to 15 minutes per day.

So, grab your sneakers, lace up and get moving toward a healthier heart!

Calls to Action:

• Sign up to participate in National Walking Day (as an individual, school or company), and take 30 minutes on April 6 to get up and walk. (www.heart.org/nationalwalkingday)
• Join the national celebration on social media using #AHALaceUp.
• Use National Walking Day to kick off a month-long focus on being more active and creating healthy habits and engaging your colleagues, friends and family members in the Saturday, May 14^thMetro Detroit Heart Walk!

Physical Activity Facts:

• Sedentary jobs have increased 83% since 1950, and physically active jobs now make up less than 20% of our workforce, down from 50% in 1960.
• Our average workweek is longer. Full-time workers in the US work about 47 hours each week – that’s more than 350 extra hours worked each year.
• Adult (and childhood) obesity/overweight level continues to increase: 69% of all adults are obese or overweight.
• One in three American kids and teens is overweight or obese, nearly triple the rate in 1963, and childhood obesity is now the top health concern among parents in the United States.
• Half of all adults and more than 60% of children do not get daily vigorous physical activity.
• About one in three adults report participating in no leisure time physical activity.

(SOUTHFIELD, Mich.) – The city of Southfield will host the Leap Year Winter Fest featuring a spectacular fireworks finale on Sunday, February 28 from 2-6 p.m. in the Southfield Pavilion located in the Municipal Complex at 26000 Evergreen Road.

This free community event will feature an afternoon of food, fun and fireworks for the whole family, including: children’s games and crafts, inflatable obstacle course and moonwalk, Rosco the Clown, the Southfield Fire Department’s Fire Safety House as well as ice and wood carving demonstrations. The afternoon will top off with a special winter fireworks finale at 6:30 p.m. The event will also feature food available for purchase as well as free admission and parking.

For more information, contact Southfield Parks & Recreation at (248) 796-4620 or visit www.cityofsouthfield.com.

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(SOUTHFIELD, Mich.) – The city of Southfield will host the Leap Year Winter Fest featuring a spectacular fireworks finale on Sunday, February 28 from 2-6 p.m. in the Southfield Pavilion located in the Municipal Complex at 26000 Evergreen Road.

This free community event will feature an afternoon of food, fun and fireworks for the whole family, including: children’s games and crafts, inflatable obstacle course and moonwalk, Rosco the Clown, the Southfield Fire Department’s Fire Safety House as well as ice and wood carving demonstrations. The afternoon will top off with a special winter fireworks finale at 6:30 p.m. The event will also feature food available for purchase as well as free admission and parking.

For more information, contact Southfield Parks & Recreation at (248) 796-4620 or visit www.cityofsouthfield.com.

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Save The Date!

ACE’16 is being held on
Tuesday, January 26, 2016

Southfield Westin Hotel
12:30 p.m. – 6:30 p.m.

Featuring:
Keynote Addresses from:

• Ted Serbinski, Managing Director, Techstars Mobility
• Hajj Flemings, Founder, Brand Camp University
• Consultant’s Corner, Six Breakout Sessions
• Plus – A special Innovative Design and  Maufacturability Workshop

Mark your calendars and look for more information coming soon!

SOUTHFIELD, Mich. – University of Michigan Professor Alan Deardorff will speak on “The Trans-Pacific Partnership: Pros & Cons” for the sixth annual Harold Hotelling Memorial Lecture on Thursday, Nov. 5, at 7 p.m. at Lawrence Technological University, 21000 West 10 Mile Road, Southfield.

The annual lecture, which is free and open to the public, is sponsored by LTU’s College of Arts and Sciences and will be held in the Mary E. Marburger Science and Engineering Auditorium in LTU’s Science Building.

The proposed Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) between the United States and 11 other countries on both sides of the Pacific Ocean would cover nearly 40 percent of the world’s gross domestic product. It would virtually eliminate tariffs and other barriers to international trade and would include protections for patents and other intellectual property rights.

Other proposed provisions are intended to improve environmental and labor standards. A mechanism would be provided for investors to initiate and settle disputes with host-country governments outside of national courts.

The TPP has run into stiff opposition in Congress, and each of its provisions would create winners and losers.

Deardorff is a professor of economics and public policy and has been a member of the U-M faculty since 1970. He has served as chair of U-M’s Department of Economics and associate dean of the Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy.

He has served as a consultant to many government agencies, including the U.S. Departments of State, Treasury, and Labor, and international institutions, including the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development, United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, and the World Bank.

Deardorff is the editor and author of several books and has published numerous articles on international trade theory and policy.

Lawrence Technological University, www.ltu.edu, is a private university founded in 1932 that offers more than 100 programs through the doctoral level in Colleges of Architecture and Design, Arts and Sciences, Engineering, and Management. The Brookings Institution ranks Lawrence Tech fifth nationwide for boosting graduates’ earning power, PayScale lists it in the nation’s top 10 percent of universities for graduates’ salaries, and U.S. News and World Report places it in the top tier of best Midwestern universities. Students benefit from small class sizes and a real-world, hands-on, “theory and practice” education with an emphasis on leadership. Activities on Lawrence Tech’s 102-acre campus in Southfield, Michigan, include over 60 student organizations and NAIA varsity sports.

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Lawrence Technological University
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SOUTHFIELD, Mich. – The national championships of the World Robot Olympiad were held at Lawrence Technological University on Sept. 19, and three of the eight teams that won the right to represent their country in international competition are from Northville and Canton.

Earning the right to compete in the WRO international championships to be held in Doha, Qatar, Nov. 6-8 were:

• Jason Brown and Kevin Tracz (Pi-Rho-Technics) of Northville, who took first place in the Regular Junior category.
• Brian Ding and Justin Chang of Northville and Eric Liu of Canton (RoboExplorers) who took first place in the Open Category.
• Charles Liu of Canton and Christopher Geng and James Kevin Xue of Northville (Robofest team), who took first place in the Regular University category, even though they are still high school students.

WRO started in Singapore in 2004, although the United States only began participating in 2014.  Some 20,000 elementary, middle school, high school and university teams from more than 50 countries began competing last spring by building and programming autonomous robots to perform specific tasks.

Eighty-eight teams from nine states competed in the state qualifiers in the United States, and 43 teams advanced to the national finals. Eight teams from California, Illinois, Michigan, New Jersey and New York have now qualified to compete in the WRO international finals.

For the second year in a row, the WRO-USA national organizer has been Professor CJ Chung of Lawrence Technological University.  Chung, who teaches computer science, was selected to lead WRO-USA last year because of his leadership role in LTU’s Robofest competition, which also makes it fun for students to learn important principles of the STEM subjects:  science, technology, engineering and math.

WRO General Secretary Claus Ditlev Christensen of Denmark attended the event and spoke at the opening ceremony of the WRO-USA finals.

More results and information about the WRO-USA national championships can be found at www.wroboto.us.

Lawrence Technological University, www.ltu.edu, is a private university founded in 1932 that offers more than 100 programs through the doctoral level in Colleges of Architecture and Design, Arts and Sciences, Engineering, and Management. The Brookings Institution ranks Lawrence Tech fifth nationwide for boosting graduates’ earning power, PayScale lists it in the nation’s top 10 percent of universities for graduates’ salaries, and U.S. News and World Report places it in the top tier of best Midwestern universities. Students benefit from small class sizes and a real-world, hands-on, “theory and practice” education with an emphasis on leadership. Activities on Lawrence Tech’s 102-acre campus in Southfield, Michigan, include over 60 student organizations and NAIA varsity sports.

LTU Provost Maria Vaz (left) congratulates Kevin Tracz (second from left) and Jason Brown of the Pi-Rho-Technics team for winning the Regular Junior category at the World Robot Olympiad national finals held at Lawrence Tech on Sept. 19. At right is coach Andrew Brown.

LTU Provost Maria Vaz (left) congratulates Brian Ding, Eric Liu and Justin Chang of the RoboExplorers team for finishing first in the Open category at the national finals of the World Robot Olympiad.

LTU Provost Maria Vaz congratulates (from left), Christopher Geng, James Kevin Xue and Charles Liu of the Robofest team for winning the Regular University category at the national finals of the World Robot Olympiad.

To contact the coaches:

Andrew R. Brown, andrew.r.brown@sbcglobal.net, for pi-rho-technics
Wei Ding, wei_ding_1@yahoo.com, for roboexplorers
Wei Liu, liu6553@sbcglobal.net , for robofest.team

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SOUTHFIELD, Mich. – On Saturday, Sept. 19, Lawrence Technological University (LTU) will host the national championships to determine who will represent the United States at the World Robot Olympiad (WRO) to be held Nov. 6-8 in Doha, Qatar.

The competition will be held at the Don Ridler Field House on LTU’s campus at 21000 West Ten Mile Road in Southfield. The opening ceremony begins at 9 a.m., and the closing ceremony is scheduled to start at 4:40 p.m. The event is open to the public, and admission and parking are free.

For more information, go to www.wroboto.us.

WRO started in Singapore in 2004, and this is the second year the United States will send a team. Nearly 20,000 elementary, middle and high school students as well as university teams from over 50 countries are participating.

Eighty-eight teams competed in state qualifiers here in the United States, and 43 teams have advanced to the national finals from California, Florida, Texas, New York, New Jersey, Illinois, Louisiana, Washington and Michigan.

WRO-USA differs from many other robotics competitions because the winners will represent the United States in international competition. “Being selected to represent your country really means something. The American teams will be competing against the best teams from around the world,” said LTU Professor CJ Chung, who is coordinating the national competition for the second time.

Last year three students from Canton and Northville won a bronze medal in the WRO competition held in Russia, while a team from LTU finished fifth in the university division.

Chung, who teaches computer science, was selected to lead WRO-USA last year because of his leadership role in LTU’s Robofest competition. Like WRO, Robofest makes it fun for students to learn important principles of science, technology, engineering and math, known as the STEM subjects.

“Robotics is a game changer in many fields including education, since it provides a true interdisciplinary hands-on STEM learning environment,” Chung said. “Our country needs many more people with technology knowledge and skills, and student competitions like the WRO can help us achieve that goal.”

In this year’s WRO competition, students must build and program a robot that can dive and explore under the sea for pearls, or collect five artifacts in an unknown environment, or collect supplies and deliver them.

In the open category the task is to create robots that can help humans explore for natural resources in potentially hazardous environments.

WRO General Secretary Claus Ditlev Christensen of Denmark will give opening remarks at LTU and observe the WRO-USA finals.

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Lawrence Technological University
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SOUTHFIELD, Mich. – “The Future of Transportation: Roads, Bridges and Transit” is the topic of this year’s President’s Symposium at Lawrence Technological University on Tuesday, Sept. 22, at 7 p.m.

The panel discussion will be moderated by Lawrence Tech alumnus Kirk Steudle, director of the Michigan Department of Transportation. The panelists will be:

• Chuck Gulash, director of the Collaborative Safety Research Center of Toyota Motor Engineering and Manufacturing North America Inc.
• J. Gary Smyth, executive director of the North American Science Labs, Global Research and Development of General Motors Company.
• Michael Ford, CEO of the Regional Transit Authority of Southeast Michigan.
• Jay Baron, president and CEO of the Center for Automotive Research.
• Douglas Patton, executive vice president for engineering and chief technical officer for DENSO International America, Inc.

The panelists will be asked how technology can be leveraged to solve transportation issues.

LTU President Virinder Moudgil founded the annual symposium in 2012 to provide a multi-disciplinary approach to major challenges facing the Metro Detroit region.

“The big challenge of the next few decades will be to find ways to harness technology to deal with the various challenges facing our society. Transportation is one of the top priorities, especially here in Michigan,” Moudgil said.

The symposium will be held in the Mary E. Marburger Science and Engineering Auditorium in LTU’s Science Building, 21000 West Ten Mile Road in Southfield. Admission is free, but seating is limited. There will be a reception at 6:30 p.m.

Reservations should be made at lawrencetech.net/2015symposium.

Lawrence Technological University, www.ltu.edu, is a private university founded in 1932 that offers more than 100 programs through the doctoral level in Colleges of Architecture and Design, Arts and Sciences, Engineering, and Management. The Brookings Institution ranks Lawrence Tech fifth nationwide for boosting graduates’ earning power, PayScale lists it among the nation’s top 100 universities for graduates’ salaries, and U.S. News and World Report places it in the top tier of best Midwestern universities. Students benefit from small class sizes and a real-world, hands-on, “theory and practice” education with an emphasis on leadership. Activities on Lawrence Tech’s 102-acre campus in Southfield, Michigan, include over 60 student organizations and NAIA varsity sports.

Eric Pope
Managing Editor, University News Bureau
Lawrence Technological University
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(313) 505-6508 (cell)

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SOUTHFIELD, Mich. – “Mathematical Biology and the Revolution of 21st Century Science” is the topic of the 2015 Walker L. Cisler Lecture, which will be delivered by Professor Trachette Jackson of the University of Michigan-Ann Arbor on Wednesday, April 1, at 7 p.m. at Lawrence Technological University.

The event, which is free and open to the public, will be held in the Mary E. Marburger Science and Engineering Auditorium in LTU’s Science Building. For more information, call (248) 204-3500.

Mathematical biology, the mathematical modeling of phenomena in the biomedical sciences, is one of the fastest growing areas in applied mathematics. In this introduction to the field, Jackson will highlight its historical successes and showcase ways in which mathematics and high-powered computing are used to tackle some of the biggest biological challenges.

Jackson is an award-winning teacher and scholar whose research in mathematical oncology has received international attention. In 2003, she became the second African American woman to receive the prestigious Alfred P. Sloan Research Award in Mathematics.

The main focus of her research is combining mathematical modeling and in vivo tumor vascularization to gain a deeper understanding of tumor growth and vascular structure at the molecular, cellular and tissue levels.

LTU’s annual Walker L. Cisler Lecture is dedicated to the improvement of science education and is generously supported by the Holley Foundation. It honors Cisler for his leadership at Detroit Edison from 1954 to 1971 and his dedication to improving the quality of life for people around the world.

Lawrence Technological University, www.ltu.edu, is a private university founded in 1932 that offers more than 100 programs through the doctoral level in its Colleges of Architecture and Design, Arts and Sciences, Engineering, and Management. PayScale lists Lawrence Tech among the nation’s top 100 universities for the salaries of its graduates, and U.S. News and World Report lists it in the top tier of best Midwestern universities. Students benefit from small class sizes and a real-world, hands-on, “theory and practice” education with an emphasis on leadership. Activities on Lawrence Tech’s 102-acre campus include over 60 student organizations and NAIA varsity sports.