FALL/WINTER 2018-19 LAWRENCE TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY MAGAZINE Football makes a comeback after 72-year hiatus Robofest has global reach | Marburger STEM Center hits third year | LTU architecture in Italy ‘Conversations Worth Having’ bring business success | Robots learn from nature | And more Fall/Winter 2018-19 Volume XXXVIII, Number 1 Published by Lawrence Technological University, Office of Marketing and Public Affairs, 21000 West Ten Mile Road, Southfield, MI 48075-1058; 248.204.2200 or 800.225.5588, ext. 4 LAWRENCE TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY MAGAZINE Fax 248.204.2318
[email protected] Virinder K. Moudgil President TABLE OF CONTENTS Editor: Bruce J. Annett, Jr. (
[email protected]) Managing Editor: Matt Roush (
[email protected]) Design: NetWorks Design, Inc. Writers: Bruce J. Annett Jr., Paul Heney, Kristine L. Persinger, Matt Roush, Nikolina Samardzic, Jim Schneider Editorial Support: Krysta Coleman, 2 10 15 Kristen DeVries, Robin LeClerc, Robofest – More than 25,000 students Architecture exhibit in Italy – On-Campus – From Commencement Sofia Lulgjuraj, De’Sha McCurdy, from around the world have gained Design meets sustainability and sound to Convocation, prestigious accredita- Brande Oliver, Kristine L. Persinger, Lauren Seebold, Renee Tambeau, valuable STEM experience thanks to the in a Lawrence Tech exhibit at a presti- tion in business and engineering, new Julie Vulaj inventive and curious CJ Chung, profes- gious Italian architecture exhibition and manufacturing and robotics labs, real sor of computer science conference estate moves, and more. Photography: Aaron Blendowski, CJ Chung, Gary Duncan, Karen Foster, Alex Johnson, Matt Roush, Glenn Triest, and others © 2018 Lawrence Technological University. All rights reserved. Bylined articles reflect the author’s views and not necessarily either the opinions or the policies of the University.