On April 19, 2024, members of the Mechanical Engineering Design capstone course at Michigan State University presented their design for a portable swarm trap lifter. The equipment was created for AgrAbility client and Heroes to Hives program instructor, Gary Brown, who has a back injury that limits his ability to climb a ladder or move heavy equipment. “We chose …
Ice cream company Protein Pints took home the grand prize at the 2024 Rice Business Plan Competition (RBPC) April 6 as the best student ventures from top universities across the world competed for prizes in front of nearly 350 angel, venture capital and corporate investors and members of the business community. During his acceptance speech, Founder and …
In the first of a series of studies, Zach Waarala, a third-year medical student at the Michigan State University College of Osteopathic Medicine, decided to dive deeper into one of the first things he learned in medical school – that, despite positive results for patients, there is a lack of basic scientific evidence behind the …
EAST LANSING, MI — The Michigan State University Research Foundation welcomed five startup businesses to incubator facilities in East Lansing and Grand Rapids during the third quarter (January through March) of the 2023-2024 fiscal year. Joining the Technology Innovation Center (TIC) in East Lansing are: ADASTEC Corp, a software development company that enables public transit …
On April 24, 2024, the Michigan State University Product Center recognized several food and beverage businesses for their achievements over the past year. M&R Pickling, a company founded in 2013 by Ruth Yoder, was recognized with the Value-Added Agriculture Award. From first dreaming of her business to now owning a 1224 sq. ft. facility, Ruth has shown …
Each year the Michigan State University Product Center recognizes a client business for eliminating barriers to entrepreneurial success at the local, regional, or state level. Barriers related to financing, policy, labor, distribution, marketing, technology, and more are all considered. This year’s award was granted to Sticky Spoons Jam, LLC, based in Niles, Michigan, which specializes in …
José Luis Mendoza Cortés is working to solve some of the most important questions facing our planet. As a faculty of the Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science and the Department of Physics and Astronomy, Mendoza uses the laws of nature to develop computational algorithms with machine learning and artificial intelligence focused on tackling climate …
Driven by the overuse of antimicrobials, pathogens are quickly building up resistances to once-successful treatments. It’s estimated that antimicrobial-resistant infections killed more than 1 million people worldwide in 2019, according to the World Health Organization. “There are worries that at the rate things are going, in perhaps 20 or 30 years, few of our drugs will …
Robert “Bob” Burgess, a distinguished 1966 Michigan State University alumnus, esteemed business leader, and dedicated philanthropist, passed away on Tuesday, April 2, 2024. He was 79. “I am saddened by the passing of Bob Burgess and my prayers are with Georgia and the Burgess family,” said MSU President Kevin M. Guskiewicz. “We spoke shortly after …
Is it possible for nanoparticles to go through the digestive system and deliver medicine directly to the brain tissue? Researchers from Michigan State University say yes, and their latest findings are expected to benefit patients with neurodegenerative disorders like multiple sclerosis, or MS; amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, or ALS; and Parkinson’s disease, or PD. “Our work …
