Participated in a series of meetings facilitated by the Federal Emergency Management Agency in response to flooding in certain areas of central and NE MI due to a dam collapse. The goal was to bring together local and regional agencies involved in pr...

Provide research support services to a group of 13 mayors from Michigan, known as the Urban Core Mayors. Group is facilitated by the Michigan Municipal League and includes mayors from the cities of Detroit, Lansing, Saginaw, Bay City, Pontiac, Flint,...

Teach, Talent, Thrive (T3) serves as the Career and Educational Advisory Council for Prosperity Region 7. its mission to build a community committed to lifelong learning led by business and community stakeholders to ensure regional prosperity in the ...

Provided logistical and teaching support to faculty/ practitioners who include community engaged teaching and learning in their classrooms.

Identification of wood species used in 1910 and 1913 to build Lansing City Rescue Mission. Wood identification using macroscopical features

Hosted Michigan's 18th annual World Usability Day event in November 2020. 328 people attended the event. The conference offered practical topics that are helpful to IT and user experience (UX) professionals to increase their UX design and/or usabilit...

Research effort demonstrated the successful use of recycled automotive carbon fiber in a thermoplastic injection molding application. MSU, Vartega, and project partners have shown that a closed-loop supply chain for automotive composites is viable. P...

Drawn primarily from the MSU Broad collection and grounded in matters relevant to our region, InterStates of Mind is an exhibition that takes a critical look at American car culture and the way that the automobile has become a symbol of American valu...

Making art can be a transformative experience. It helps us to confront and address some of the most pressing issues of our time. Art has the power to shift the way we see and understand the world around us, and the worlds within us. Free Your Mind: A...

The MSU EDA University Center for Regional Economic Innovation (REI) at the MSU Center for Community and Economic Development is building a new economic development ecosystem by leveraging higher education assets to support the creation and applicati...

The MSU EDA University Center for Regional Economic Innovation (REI) at the MSU Center for Community and Economic Development is building a new economic development ecosystem by leveraging higher education assets to support the creation and applicati...

In partnership with the U.S. Department of Commerce, Economic Development Administration (EDA), and to advance Michigan’s long-term economic recovery from COVID-19, the Michigan State University Comprehensive Economic Recovery Initiative (CERI) was e...

The continued construction of the Turfgrass Information File (TGIF) database provides access to the world's literature about the design, construction, and maintenance of grass-like surfaces for use in landscape, utility, and sporting surfaces. This s...

I am part of a group, selected by Gov. Whitmer to study, examine our research and then recommend changes for women and girls in sports in Michigan.

The Global Business Club serves as a critical bridge linking Michigan exporters and allies with a wealth of university research-driven resources, often available to the business community at no cost. Due to the ongoing pandemic, the Global Business ...

Goal of project is to identify and understand key challenges facing PK-12 schools in Michigan's rural areas. To understand how current state policies relate to these challenges, and identify potential changes in policy that would improve circumstance...

The Michigan Good Food Fund is a $30 million loan fund to support entrepreneurs, particularly women and BIPOC owners, grow their healthy food businesses. Serving low income communities in Michigan is a priority. MSU CRFS provides technical assistance...

This activity involves quarterly meetings focused on fostering innovation and entrepreneurship within mid-Michigan, generally by identifying and or fostering problem-solving partnerships, educating ecosystem partnerships and connecting existing busin...

The goal of the US Dry Bean Council innovation working group is to increase consumption and usage of dry beans beyond their uses as cooked/ canned whole seeds. Virtual meetings were conducted with other researchers, chefs and manufacturers/processors...

goal is to present golf courses as community assets and are a value to communities irrespective if they engage in the sport of golf. Values are described as ecosystem services and include stormwater management, flood risk mitigation, carbon sequestra...

This project examines how women workers and employers have navigated the informal economic sector, especially in the industries of household and personal services, as well as work/family balance, in the Lansing-East Lansing metropolitan region and as...

This "project" is part of the Capstone course ITM444 (offered every Spring) where organizations with IT-related needs submit their own project proposals to be staffed by student teams of 4-5 students. We usually attract a range of organizations from...

Worked as the instructor for a capstone project course for the Certificate in Quantitative Risk Analysis (cQRA) program offered to Accident Fund (AF) Group employees. The 8 week course introduces enrolled AF employees to real data analysis. Each stud...

This study aims to investigate educational, organizational, and computational factors to mitigate human replacement by robots in manufacturing settings. The results from this study will inform the development of new robotic technologies that enable a...

Design, development and delivery of the 16th annual iteration of continuing education program for the railway industry, including presentations and outreach to promote the program.