In the forefront: a sampling of college & university research programs & centers.Eastern Michigan University Eastern Michigan University, mainly at Ypsilanti, Mich.; coeducational; founded 1849 as a normal school, became Eastern Michigan College in 1956, gained university status in 1959. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Experimental Laser Physics Laboratory/Chemical Sensors Center for Regional & National Security Coatings Research Institute for Military Equipment Protection Kettering University Electricity & Solid-State Electronics Laboratory Center for Fuel Cell Systems & powertrain Integration The Brain Research & Integrative Neurosicence Center Lawrence Technological University Lawrence Tech was founded in 1932 as the Lawrence Institute of Technology and adopted its current name in 1989. The school mascot is the blue devil, and the school colors are blue and white. Center for Innovative Materials Research for Defense Applications NanoMaterials Laboratory BioMedical Engineering Biomedical engineering An interdisciplinary field in which the principles, laws, and techniques of engineering, physics, chemistry, and other physical sciences are applied to facilitate progress in medicine, biology, and other life sciences. Laboratory Oakland University Center for Entrepreneurship in Information Technology Eye Research Institute Center for Robotics & Advanced Automation University of Michigan (body, education) University of Michigan - A large cosmopolitan university in the Midwest USA. Over 50000 students are enrolled at the University of Michigan's three campuses. The students come from 50 states and over 100 foreign countries. Center for Wireless Integrated Micro Systems MURI MURI Multidisciplinary University Research Initiative Center for Intelligent Electronics Nanotechnology Institute for Medicine & the Biological Sciences Walsh College Information Assurance Center Wayne State University Wayne State University, at Detroit, Mich.; state supported; coeducational; established 1956 as a successor to Wayne Univ. (formed 1934 by a merger of five city colleges). Microelectronic & Photonic Materials Research Laboratory Applied Genomics applied genomics Molecular genetics Molecular medicine The use of genetic information to diagnose, prognosticate and manage disease, based on the techniques of PCR, real time-PCR, DNA sequencing, and gene rearrangement studies for leukemia and lymphoma. Technology Center NanoBioScience Institute High-Tech Degrees Awarded, Detroit Region Field of Study 1995 2005 Biological & Life Sciences 1,029 1,106 Business 8,235 9,661 Computer & Information Sciences 765 1,846 Engineering & Engineering Technologies 4,569 5,333 Health Professions 4,191 6,440 Mathematics 292 336 Total 19,081 24,722 Source: National Center for Education Statistics and the Detroit Regional Chamber Research & Information Center. |
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