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Advanced Materials / Battery Technology

Coretec cites positive results from tests on nanowire for batteries

ANN ARBOR–The Coretec Group Inc. (OTCQB: CRTG), developers of silicon anode active materials for lithium-ion batteries and cyclohexasilane (CHS) for cleantech and emerging tech applications, today announced the initial findings …

Advanced Materials / Materials Science / Networking

ASM, AFS to hold professional-student mixer Sept. 22

SOUTHFIELD–The Detroit Chapter of ASM, formerly the American Society for Metals, will hold a professional-student mixer with the Detroit-Windsor chapter of the American Foundry Society from 6 to 9 p.m. …

Advanced Materials / Engineering Education / Infrastructure / University Research

LTU names unique research center after Engineering Dean Nabil Grace

SOUTHFIELD—Lawrence Technological University’s Center for Innovative Materials Research, pictured above, has a combination of specialized materials testing equipment that can provide full-scale environmental condition testing and evaluation not found anywhere …

Advanced Materials / Auto Industry / Composites

Two papers win awards at SPE Automotive Composites event

TROY—The organizing committee for the SPE Automotive Composites Conference &  Exhibition (ACCE) honored the Best Paper Award winners for the group’s 20th annual program at their virtual event Sept. 9-11. …

Advanced Manufacturing / Advanced Materials / Industry 4.0 / K-12 Education / Materials Science / Workforce Development

LIFT, Amatrol roll out new advanced manufacturing curriculum for high schools

DETROIT—LIFT, the Detroit-based National Manufacturing Innovation Institute, and Amatrol, the Jefferson, Ind.-based industrial training company, have introduced a new learning system for advanced manufacturing. Following successful pilots in three school …

3D Printing / Advanced Materials / Artificial Intelligence / Augmented Reality / Big Data / Cloud Technologies / Robotics / Virtual Reality

IBM, Intel among new sponsors of Automation Alley conference

TROY—The Troy-based technology and manufacturing business association Automation Alley announced that IBM and Intel have signed on as event sponsors for its global Industry 4.0 conference, Integr8. Heading into its …

Advanced Materials / Bioengineering / Genetic Engineering / Intellectual Property / Patents

Kraig files for patents on ‘spider silk’ technologies

ANN ARBOR—Kraig Biocraft Laboratories Inc. (OTCQB: KBLB) announced that it had filed five new provisional patent applications for technologies related to its recombinant spider silk technologies. These applications cover a …

Advanced Materials / Lightweighting

Groundbreaking welding machine part of ‘lightweighting’ initiative

DETROIT—The first and only linear friction welder capable of full-sized part development in North America is now fully operational and ready for project work at LIFT—Lightweight Innovations for Tomorrow, a …

Advanced Materials / Solar Power / University Research

Black and blue: different silicon drops cost of solar cells

HOUGHTON — At the end of one of the hottest summers on record, as fights rage on about how to power homes, renewable solar energy continues to present as an …

Advanced Materials / Chemistry

DowDuPont advances spinout of materials science division with stock filing

MIDLAND — DowDuPont (NYSE: DWDP) has begun the stock process of spinning out its materials science division into a new corporation, to be called Dow, with the filing of an …

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