Engineering

A veteran of both Wall Street and Silicon Valley, Terry Cross is WSU's first Entrepreneurial Executive in Residence. Metromode sits down with him to get his thoughts on economic reinvention and what lessons Michigan can take from the coasts when it comes to investment and transformation.
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Making Water Work For Metro Detroit

By: Dennis Archambault, 5/28/2009

Sometimes abundance rather than necessity is the mother of invention. With our incredible water resources and critical mass of world class engineers, Michigan is poised to become the center for innovations in hydro engineering and water management. (more >)

A Better Set Of Building Blocks

By: Terry Parris Jr., 4/9/2009

Infrastructure. It's not exactly a sexy word, but with the Obama administration's focus on rebuilding our nation's roads and bridges, innovation is in demand. Enter Lawrence Technological University, where new infrastructure inventions are an everyday way of life. (more >)

Retooling SE Michigan's Workforce

By: Lucy Ament, 11/20/2008

Evolve or perish has become the mantra for Michigan's economy. But what to do with generations of workers who flourished under the old system?

To borrow a recent slogan: "We are the change we have been waiting for". Metro Detroit's universities have some ideas about how to make that change. (more >)

The Michigan Growth Capital Symposium: More Than Money

By: Scott Paul Dunham, 6/14/2007

Like American Idol, each year local startups strut their stuff at the Michigan Growth Capital Symposium, presenting in 'lightning round' pitch sessions for the attention of venture capital managers and angel investors. But support can mean more than just a quick infusion of cash, it can also spell success for Michigan's economy. (more >)

Blog/Scott Clein

Scott Clein is an Associate with civil engineering firm Giffels-Webster Engineers where he manages the firms� Detroit office. A graduate of both U-M and WSU, Scott has spent much of the last 14 years working to improve the region�s physical environment. He'll be writing about the redevelopment of Metro Detroit. (more >)

Video/A2 Mech Shop

It's all about playing nice together. Concentrate has reported on everything from food co-ops, to co-living communities to co-working facilities. It only seems fair to throw a little love to the A2Mech Shop, a shared technical space for entrepreneurial engineers and innovative mech heads. (more >)