MSU Showcases High Tech Developments for Local Firms

Michigan State University (MSU) professors recently hosted several area high tech firms to show them the research and development they’ve created in the high tech arena.

According to excerpts from the article:

Xi's project was on display Wednesday as part of a tour designed to showcase university research and labs - and hopefully persuade manufacturers to work with them on practical applications for their research.

Representatives from 15 to 20 Lansing-area companies heard five professors talk about their research at MSU's College of Engineering, then watched several laboratory demonstrations of new technologies that could be applied to manufacturing.

"We're trying to form the partnerships between the college and what we're good at, and the manufacturers and what they're good at," said Leo Kempel, the college's associate dean of special initiatives. "Forge the connections between the great things going on in the greater Lansing area ... and what's going on in the college where we're growing in our impact in research and economic development."

The College of Engineering's 165 faculty members have 400 projects in the works, Dean Satish Udpa said.

"There's no point of developing things here in the laboratory and letting that die on the vine," he said. "That's what it's all about - making sure the ideas generated here get into manufacturing."

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