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Engineering course concludes with annual regattaJuly 30, 2015
A room in the Keller Engineering Labs building was transformed into a sailboat competition July 29. Read More
Engineering students graduate, showcase industry-sponsored projectsJuly 30, 2015
More than 75 engineering students will join alumni who are helping to drive the state's economy with their STEM degree. Read More
Engineering students to race handmade sailboats during 25th annual regattaJuly 27, 2015
It will be a race to the finish on the high seas in the Keller Engineering Labs during the 25th annual Wooden Shoe Regatta July 29. Read More
IChallengeU team solves problem for Power Mobility teamJuly 21, 2015
The IChallengeU team that was based at the Meijer Campus in Holland proposed a real-world solution for engineering students to increase their interaction with participants in Grand Valley's Power Mobility Project. Read More
Engineering students create device to support child's armsJuly 14, 2015
A team of engineering students is again working with Lylah Gritter, a child with SMA, to help her become more independent. Read More
Meijer Campus hosts IChallengeU teamJuly 6, 2015
The Meijer Campus in Holland is host to a team of Ottawa County high school students who are participating in IChallengeU, an intense two-week program in which teams solve a real-world problem for an area business. Read More
Biomedical engineering alumna recognized for researchJune 15, 2015
A biomedical engineering alumna received first place for her poster presentation at the 2015 Research Symposium. Read More
GVSU students to compete at international collegiate racing competitionMay 13, 2015
A group of students will compete at one of the world's largest collegiate autocross car competitions at Michigan International Speedway. Read More
Engineering students win big at statewide startup competitionApril 14, 2015
Two Grand Valley students took first and third place at the GreenLight Michigan Business Model Competition. Read More
Hundreds volunteer during COWApril 1, 2015
Hundreds of Laker alumni, friends and family volunteered hundreds of hours of service during the annual Community Outreach Week, which ended March 28. Read More
GVSU hosts FIRST Robotics CompetitionMarch 20, 2015
High school students from across the state are gathering at Grand Valley to compete in the FIRST Robotics District Competition. Read More
Kirkhof College of Nursing recognizes CNL graduatesMarch 18, 2015
The role of a clinical nurse leader is relatively new to health care, but a dedicated social media day is helping create awareness while recognizing health care professionals in that role. Read More
COW provides opportunities for Laker volunteersMarch 13, 2015
Lakers around the world will volunteer and provide support to hundreds of projects during a dedicated week of service, March 21-28. Read More
Dean, student earn national engineering awardsFebruary 18, 2015
Paul Plotkowski and Joe Gibson received awards from the American Society of Engineering Education. Read More
GVSU students build mobile device for child with spinal muscular atrophyFebruary 18, 2015
A group of students has created a device that allows a child with type I spinal muscular atrophy to move and be independent. Read More
U.S. Sen. Gary Peters visits Grand ValleyFebruary 17, 2015
Sen. Peters visited Grand Valley to learn about the many ways the university is preparing students for the workforce. Read More
Goodwin receives proclamation from Lt. Gov. CalleyFebruary 9, 2015
It's been a good winter for mechanical engineering major Garrett Goodwin. Read More
Photos: high school students learn about engineering, computing careersDecember 5, 2014
More than 150 students visited Grand Valley to learn about career opportunities in engineering and computing. Read More
GVSU engineering, computing report record enrollmentNovember 25, 2014
A record number of students are enrolling in and graduating from engineering and computing programs at Grand Valley. Read More
Engineering students join national network of fellowsNovember 5, 2014
Two Grand Valley engineering students have been chosen to be fellows by the National Center for Engineering Pathways to Innovation. Read More
Computing students build app for in-flight patient careNovember 4, 2014
Students built an app that assists in-flight emergency care medical crews at Spectrum Health. Read More
GVSU distinguished alumni to share experiencesOctober 8, 2014
The 2014 Distinguished Alumni-in-Residence will share their post-graduation insights about academic preparation October 9-10. Read More
Homecoming weekend offers slate of activitiesOctober 7, 2014
The Alumni Association will host Homecoming activities on October 10-11 that offer something for everyone. Read More
Alumna highlights importance of votingOctober 2, 2014
Mindy Ysasi-Castanon, a 2003 alumna, said voting is our civic obligation. She was a guest speaker at "The Power of the Latino Vote," a Hispanic Heritage Month event. Read More
Alumni will discuss Peace Corps serviceSeptember 26, 2014
Three alumni who completed their Peace Corps service will return to campus for a panel discussion about their experiences. Read More
Student to intern at CERN, world's largest particle physics labSeptember 4, 2014
In less than two weeks, computer engineering student Joe Gibson will travel to Switzerland to conduct research at CERN. Read More
GVSU camp introduces girls to growing field of computingAugust 12, 2014
Area middle school girls learned about the growing fields of computing and robotics at a Grand Valley camp August 4-8. Read More
Engineering students to celebrate graduationJuly 28, 2014
More than 60 engineering students will participate in a special graduation ceremony and design conference August 1. Read More
Alumna to compete on JeopardyJuly 11, 2014
Tonights episode of "Jeopardy" will feature the alumna who graduated in 2007. She was named the champ of the July 10 episode. Read More
Alumni Golf Outing set for July 19July 2, 2014
Grand Valley alumni, friends and supporters are invited to the Alumni Golf Outing, set for July 19 at the Meadows. Read More
STEPS Camp celebrates 1,000 campersJune 27, 2014
A camp that began at Grand Valley 12 years ago to expose young girls to engineering careers has reached a new milestone. Read More
GVSU camp introduces girls to engineering careersJune 12, 2014
Area middle school girls will get a glimpse into the careers of engineering at a four-day camp at Grand Valley. Read More
Online network connects honeybee keepers and researchersMay 30, 2014
Honeybees are mysteriously disappearing, and faculty members are using technology to understand why. Read More
Active Commute Week ends on chilly noteMay 16, 2014
The chilly temperatures on May 16 may have limited the number of riders on Bike to Work Day, but bus riders enjoyed refreshments at a pit stop sponsored by Grand Valley. Read More
Grand Valley professor shows how to crack NSA cipher tweetMay 6, 2014
When a seemingly garbled tweet from the National Security Agency went out on Twitter Monday afternoon, users of the social media site largely mocked the unintelligible message from the secretive government agency. But Szymon Machajewski knew it was a code, and how to break it. Read More
Grand Valley alumna to study carnivorous plants in AsiaApril 28, 2014
Rachel Schwallier, 04, has received a prestigious P.E.O. Scholar Award to support her doctoral work at Leiden University and Naturalis Biodiversity Center in the Netherlands. Read More
Engineering, computing students showcase projectsApril 18, 2014
Grand Valley alumnus named to Albanian cabinet postApril 11, 2014
Veliaj was named Minister of Social Welfare and Youth last fall, and said he has high hopes to accomplish many goals on fronts including employment services, labor issues, social services, youth, pensions and more. Read More
Twin world record attemptApril 6, 2014
Fifty-two sets of student twins plus 12 sets of alumni twins may set a world record, and it certainly set a mood for a festive, family celebration April 6 at Grand Valley. Read More
Grand Valley hosts 40 teams at FIRST Robotics CompetitionMarch 24, 2014
More than 1,000 students on 40 high school teams from around the state competed in the "varsity sport for the mind" at Grand Valley March 21-22. Read More
International Space Station crew request film by Grand Valley alumnusMarch 12, 2014
Alumnus David J. Rucks new film, I Want to Be an Astronaut, will have its orbital premiere aboard the International Space Station, with an audience of astronauts from around the world. Read More
Volunteers needed during annual outreach weekFebruary 28, 2014
From helping construct a home for a single mother in Holland, collecting canned goods in Florida or cleaning the Belle Isle Aquarium in Detroit, hundreds of people will volunteer in the name of Grand Valley during the annual Community Outreach Week. Read More
Students take top honor at statewide innovation competitionFebruary 20, 2014
A group of Grand Valley students who competed in the Michigan Collegiate Innovation Prize won the Masco undergraduate prize February 14 in Ann Arbor. Read More
GVS(You) Week will celebrate givingFebruary 17, 2014
From February 17-21, students across campus can celebrate the thousands of donors, including alumni and current students, who support and give to Grand Valley every year. Read More
GVSU center helps local companies design, test devices for marketplaceJanuary 27, 2014
A center at Grand Valley is working with West Michigan companies to develop and test new electrical products entering the marketplace. Read More
Dinner will honor first African American male graduateJanuary 24, 2014
The first African American man to graduate from Grand Valley, James Moore, will share his insights and experiences during an event hosted by the Division of Inclusion and Equity. Read More
GVSU, Spectrum and GR Current partner for innovation grantJanuary 15, 2014
A GVSU technology sharing program has been awarded a $187,000 grant. Read More
Local professionals help students transition to post-graduate lifeJanuary 13, 2014
Students are invited to attend the second annual Student to Professional Conference to hear from local employers and Grand Valley alumni. Read More
Students display engineering, computing creationsDecember 6, 2013
Have you ever second guessed whether you turned off the lights or locked the door? Read More
Two from Classics selected for studies in RomeNovember 20, 2013
Two Grand Valley students have been selected to participate in a highly competitive program in Rome, administered by Duke University. Read More
Faculty NCAA fellow attends leadership instituteNovember 15, 2013
Campus mourns loss of supporterNovember 4, 2013
The Grand Valley and West Michigan communities are mourning the loss of longtime university supporter Audrey Sebastian. Read More
GVSU students contribute to growing medical fieldOctober 17, 2013
A group of students and faculty at Grand Valley have been working with Van Andel Institute to develop new methods to further a growing medical field. Read More
GVSU to host conference on Michigan's sustainable growthOctober 16, 2013
Grand Valley will host the annual Michigan Green Chemistry and Engineering Conference October 23-24. Read More
Homecoming 2013 inspired by classic filmOctober 14, 2013
The Wizard will come to the Valley for Homecoming 2013. Read More
Reception honors former women athletes, faculty membersOctober 8, 2013
About 60 people honored women alumni and current faculty members for their leadership skills and connections to sports during a reception October 5 at the Alumni House. Read More
Engineering students retrofit well-known musical fountainOctober 4, 2013
A group of engineering students designed and installed a program that operates the 50-year-old musical water fountain in Grand Haven. Read More
Event will honor women connected to sportsOctober 1, 2013
Alumni and current students at Grand Valley who have played varsity sports, club sports or majored in movement science will be honored at an event during Family Weekend. Read More
License plates feature Pure Michigan designSeptember 23, 2013
More than 3,570 vehicles are sporting Laker pride via a specially designed Michigan license plate. Read More
Alumni Association will present awards SaturdaySeptember 20, 2013
Grand Valley's Alumni Association will honor a former Michigan State trooper and an advocate for people with disabilities for their service and contributions during an event on Saturday, September 21. Read More
Computing school celebrates first summer exchangeAugust 28, 2013
A group of computing students from Grand Valley and a university in Switzerland studied at each other's campuses this summer during a four-week exchange program. Read More
Fantasy football trophy gets presidential autographAugust 6, 2013
A traveling trophy for a fantasy football league now carries the autograph of Grand Valley's president. Read More
GVSU hosts high school students at engineering graduation, conferenceAugust 2, 2013
More than 60 engineering students participated in a special graduation ceremony August 2. Read More
Campers learn about original text messageJuly 11, 2013
Area middle school girls learned about one of the first forms of text messaging at the Science Technology and Engineering Preview Summer Camp in June. Read More
Volunteers needed to help new students move inJuly 9, 2013
Students, faculty, staff members and alumni can still sign up to help new students move into the living centers from August 19-21. Read More
Shipwreck expedition crew includes Grand Valley alumnusJune 13, 2013
Alumnus David J. Ruck is working with a team of international underwater archaeologists on what they hope is the oldest known shipwreck in the upper Great Lakes. Read More
Grand Valley STEM graduates help drive economyJune 12, 2013
About 700 students earn undergraduate and graduate degrees in a STEM field from Grand Valley each year. Read More
Engineering, computing schools enter into international partnershipsJune 5, 2013
Engineering and computing students have a new opportunity to study abroad and intern at companies overseas through two new international partnerships. Read More
'Failure Lab' focuses on learning from mistakesMay 16, 2013
Speakers who focus on business and life tend to try to inspire guests through stories of success, wealth, promotion, and happiness. But from time to time, lessons learned along the way dont come from success, but from failure. Read More
Grand Valley shares research at international wind energy conferenceMay 15, 2013
A group of faculty and staff members from Grand Valley attended the WINDPOWER Conference and Exhibition in Chicago May 6-8. Read More
Students place high at engineering conferenceMay 1, 2013
A group of engineering students took high honors at the American Society of Mechanical Engineers District B Conference in March. They will go on to the international conference in November. Read More
Registration open for alumni golf outingApril 24, 2013
Registration is open for the annual Alumni Golf Outing that will take place on Saturday, July 20, at The Meadows. Read More
Students showcase engineering, computing projectsApril 18, 2013
A machine that sorts Skittles by color and an iPhone app created for the Waterfront Film Festival were part of PCEC's Project Day. Read More
Grand Valley conference will focus on STEM education, industry collaborationApril 15, 2013
The advancement and improvement of STEM education will be the focus of a national conference that will take place at Grand Valley in June. Read More
GradFest set for mid-AprilApril 10, 2013
GradFest, an event held before commencement, will take place April 15-18 on the Allendale and Pew Grand Rapids campuses. Read More
COW volunteers bowl with senior citizensMarch 22, 2013
A group of alumni and students competed in a Wii bowling tournament with senior citizens, one of many Community Outreach Week events planned by the Alumni Association and the Community Service Learning Center. Read More
FIRST Robotics kicks off, scholarship awardedMarch 22, 2013
President Haas presented the FIRST Robotics Engineering Scholarship to an incoming student during the Opening Ceremony of the FIRST Robotics Competition March 22. Read More
Registration open for CLAS on the GreenMarch 21, 2013
The golf outing, June 19, is hosted by the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, with all proceeds to benefit CLAS scholarships. The event is open to all faculty, staff, alumni, students and community friends. Read More
Alumnus among celebrities at Cabela's openingMarch 19, 2013
Grand Valley alumnus Steven Rinella will be among the celebrities on site for the Cabela's opening of their new store in Grandville this week. Read More
Science Olympiad and FIRST Robotics held togetherMarch 18, 2013
Grand Valley will host Science Olympiad and FIRST Robotics on March 23. Read More
Volunteers ready for COWMarch 8, 2013
More than 600 Grand Valley volunteers are expected to participate in the university's fifth annual Community Outreach Week, sponsored by the Alumni Association and the Community Service Learning Center. Read More
Grand Valley alumnus chosen by Detroit Symphony OrchestraMarch 4, 2013
Grand Valley alumnus Hunter Eberly has been named principal trumpet of the Detroit Symphony Orchestra Read More
What should be next year's Homecoming theme?February 25, 2013
Students can submit their ideas for the theme of Homecoming 2013, which will take place October 14-19. Read More
Video and photos: Students thank donors during GVS(You) WeekFebruary 21, 2013
Students gathered in the lobby of the Kirkhof Center February 21 to write thank you notes to donors for their commitment to the university. Read More
Student group hosts week of thanks to donorsFebruary 18, 2013
The Future Alumni Association will host the first-ever GVS(You) Week from February 18-22 to raise awareness about donors who give to Grand Valley. Read More
Students build power system for African hospitalFebruary 13, 2013
A group of Grand Valley engineering graduate students designed a portable medical system for a hospital in Malawi, Africa. Read More
Engineering major races an adaptive snowmobileFebruary 12, 2013
Despite a motocross accident that left him partially paralyzed, mechanical engineering major Garrett Goodwin returned to the racing circuit, now racing an adaptive snowmobile. Read More
Conference will help with transition from student to professionalJanuary 21, 2013
Students are invited to attend a one-day conference that will provide tips on how to make a smooth transition from being a student to a professional. Read More
National Playwriting Program to honor two plays from Grand ValleyDecember 13, 2012
The Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival will honor two plays from Grand Valley State University at the Region III Conference, to be held January 8-12. Read More
Photos and video: Fall CommencementDecember 8, 2012
More than 1,000 Grand Valley students participated in the fall commencement ceremony December 8 at Van Andel Arena in Grand Rapids. Read More
High school students to learn about engineering, computing professionsDecember 4, 2012
More than 200 high school students from across West Michigan will visit Grand Valley December 6 to learn about career opportunities in engineering and computing. Read More
Video: Fair answers major questionsNovember 8, 2012
Hundreds of students learned about the more than 80 majors and programs offered at Grand Valley at the Majors Fair November 7. Read More
Fair will address major, career choicesOctober 31, 2012
Students can learn more about majors offered at Grand Valley at the Majors Fair November 7, from 11 a.m.-2 p.m. in the Kirkhof Center, Grand River Room. Read More
Grand Valley to host IBM-sponsored computing contestOctober 31, 2012
Student computer programmers from across the state will gather November 3 at Grand Valley to compete in the regional segment of the world's most prestigious programming competition. Read More
Engineering students deliver on motorized swing requestOctober 25, 2012
Five Grand Valley engineering students successfully delivered and installed their latest project - a special motorized swing for students with special needs. Read More
Grand Valley premieres new play about Iraq War veteransOctober 24, 2012
Grand Valley will launch the world premiere of a new play that tells the personal stories of several Iraq War participants. Read More
Lakers will 'Sail Away' during HomecomingOctober 17, 2012
Grand Valley Lakers will "Come Sail Away," the theme of 2012 Homecoming, with a host of events that will run Friday and Saturday, October 19-20. Read More
Students receive manufacturing engineering scholarshipsAugust 29, 2012
Three students were recognized at a presentation August 29 as recipients of the Autocam Engineering Scholarship, a new scholarship founded by Autocam President and Trustee John C. Kennedy. Read More
Middle school girls learn about computing careers at GVSU campAugust 10, 2012
Area seventh and eighth grade female students learned about the growing fields of information systems and computing at a five-day camp. Read More
Grand Valley engineering students graduate, showcase projectsAugust 4, 2012
Graduating students displayed their senior projects at the School of Engineering's 14th annual Design Conference and Graduation August 3. Read More
Grand Valley scholarship focuses on manufacturing career needsAugust 2, 2012
A new scholarship in the Padnos College of Engineering and Computing will address the need for advanced manufacturing skills in West Michigan. Read More
Students build device for child with spina bifidaJuly 23, 2012
Two engineering students created a life-changing tool that helps a 2-year-old girl with spina bifida. Read More
Alumni collaborate on transcontinental Olympic eventJuly 9, 2012
As college students, Adam Cuthbert and Daniel Rhode had always wanted to compose music with electronic influences for a symphony orchestra. Now their collaboration will be part of a transcontinental project in honor of the Olympics. Read More
Alumnus Tyler Howe is 'Take the Stage' finalistJuly 3, 2012
Grand Valley alumnus Tyler Howe is one of nine finalists in 'Take the Stage,' the Myspace online singing competition. Read More
Grand Valley student named Point Foundation ScholarJune 27, 2012
Grand Valley student Xinyi Ou is one of 29 students in the U.S. to receive a scholarship from Point Foundation. Read More
Middle school girls learn about engineering careers at campJune 21, 2012
About 80 middle school girls flew the airplanes they designed and built at the Grand Valley Science, Technology and Engineering Preview Summer Camp conclusion event June 21. Read More
Alumna qualifies for Summer OlympicsJune 14, 2012
Sarah Zelenka, a 2009 Grand Valley crew alumna, will compete in the 2012 Summer Olympics in London this summer. Read More
Grand Valley engineering program receives national recognitionJune 14, 2012
Grand Valley was named one of 29 institutions in the U.S. as an Exemplar of Real World Engineering Education by the National Academy of Engineering. Read More
Alumni Golf Outing scheduledMay 21, 2012
The Alumni Golf Outing is set for Saturday, July 21, at The Meadows. Tee time is at 1:30 p.m., registration will begin at noon. Proceeds will benefit the Grand Valley Fund. Read More
Two students win Sister City scholarships to study in ItalyMay 2, 2012
Two students from Grand Valley have won the annual Angela Andrews Ryan Scholarship to study in Perugia, Italy. Read More
Engineering students build tool for man with quadriplegiaMay 1, 2012
A group of engineering students from Grand Valley who designed and built a special lawn mower for a man with quadriplegia performed a demonstration May 1. Read More
Students greet Sen. StabenowApril 30, 2012
Members of Grand Valley's Student Senate greeted U.S. Sen. Debbie Stabenow at the Keller Engineering Laboratories Building. Read More
Grand Valley Project Day features life-changing projectsApril 20, 2012
A remote-controlled lawn mower designed for a man with quadriplegia and a personal electric vehicle built for a 2-year-old with spina bifida were part of the Padnos College of Engineering and Computing's Project Day April 19. Read More
Three former Grand Valley Students exhibit art at Mary Free BedApril 19, 2012
Three artists who studied at Grand Valley are included in the annual Mary Free Bed Fine Arts Exhibition, which focuses on contributions of Michigan artists who are disabled. Read More
English faculty create new scholarshipApril 17, 2012
Students Sabrina Hatfield and Kelly Gorajec are the inaugural recipients of the two annual English Faculty Scholarships for New Majors, a new scholarship fully funded by the English department faculty. Read More
Grand Valley engineering and computing day features life-changing projectsApril 17, 2012
A remote-controlled lawn mower designed for a man with quadriplegia and a personal electric vehicle built for a 2-year-old with spina bifida will be part of Grand Valley's Project Day April 19. Read More
Student wins scholarship in support of Classics educationApril 11, 2012
Grand Valley student Jonathan Langerak, from Zeeland, is a recipient of the 2012 Manson A. Stewart Scholarship, awarded by the Classical Association of the Middle West and South (CAMWS), an academic organization that focuses on the study of ancient Greece and Rome. Read More
Students to compete at international engineering competitionApril 5, 2012
A group of Grand Valley students qualified for an international engineering competition after placing at the ASME 2012 District B Student Professional Development Conference. Read More
Grand Valley is participating in national transportation research effortApril 4, 2012
Grand Valley State University is among nine universities from across the country that are part of a national research coalition to address public transportation issues. Read More
Grand Valley student awarded prestigious Goldwater scholarshipMarch 30, 2012
Grand Valley State University junior Brianne Docter, of Jenison, has been named a 2012 Goldwater Scholar. Read More
Community Outreach Week continues with service, smilesMarch 29, 2012
Community Outreach Week is continuing around West Michigan and around the nation. Laker students and alumni are taking part to improve their communities. Read More
Lakers ready for Community Outreach WeekMarch 26, 2012
Hundreds of Grand Valley alumni, faculty and staff members, students and friends are expected to participate in service projects during Community Outreach Week, March 26-31. Read More
Grand Valley hosts FIRST Robotics CompetitionMarch 18, 2012
High school students from across the state gathered at Grand Valley to compete in the FIRST Robotics District Competition on March 16 and 17. Read More
GVSU hosts statewide robotics competitionMarch 13, 2012
Nearly 1,000 students on 41 high school teams from across the state will gather at Grand Valley to compete in the FIRST Robotics District Competition from March 16-17. Read More
High school students showcase sustainable ideas at GVSU eventFebruary 20, 2012
West Michigan high school students will display projects and ideas about energy and sustainability at Grand Valley's Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) Energy Fair on February 24. Read More
Max Bush returns to Grand ValleyFebruary 16, 2012
The Theatre Program at Grand Valley has commissioned a new play on the Iraq War by the distinguished playwright and alumnus Max Bush ('72), artist-in-residence since November. Read More
Barakat joins international engineering committeeFebruary 15, 2012
Associate professor of engineering Nael Barakat was nominated to join an international engineering organization that serves as a resource for global organizations such as the United Nations. Read More
GVSU participates in Michigan International Auto ShowJanuary 27, 2012
Grand Valley is participating in the Michigan International Auto Show in Grand Rapids at DeVos Place from January 26-29. Read More
Hundreds gather for FIRST Robotics kick-off eventJanuary 9, 2012
Nearly 400 high school students and parents gathered at Grand Valley for the FIRST Robotics Competition kick-off event on January 7. Read More
Wind research buoy will collect data through winterJanuary 6, 2012
After nearly two months of preliminary tests on Lake Michigan, the research buoy that is collecting data for the offshore wind assessment project was moved onshore, where it will continue to operate this winter. Read More
The Rapid extends Route 50December 20, 2011
Beginning January 9, The Rapid will extend Route 50, known as Grand Valley's Campus Connector, to Rapid Central Station each week day from 6:45 p.m.-12:30 a.m. Read More
Engineering and computing students display projects built for real-world useDecember 8, 2011
Students in Grand Valley's Padnos College of Engineering and Computing displayed and demonstrated projects they completed during the fall semester at the annual Design Day event on December 8. Read More
Staff member will lead workshop about coping with griefDecember 5, 2011
Rob Friedhoff, academic advisor for the Padnos College of Engineering and Computing, will lead a workshop on coping with grief after death of a family member. Read More
Engineering school launches new, industry-integrated GA programNovember 30, 2011
The School of Engineering at Grand Valley is introducing a new, unique graduate assistantship program that allows students receiving a master's degree in engineering to perform work outside of the university with West Michigan companies. Read More
GVSU hosts electric car workshop for high school studentsNovember 14, 2011
Nearly 50 high school students from West Michigan will attend an electric car workshop at Grand Valley on November 15. Read More
Four PAS students first to earn federal scholarshipsNovember 7, 2011
Joanne Trembley had been a secondary teacher prior to taking time off to raise a family. When she returned to school, she chose another career path: physician assistant studies. Read More
GVSU supports high school students at FIRST Robotics InvitationalOctober 24, 2011
Engineering students from Grand Valley will support high school students participating in the 2011 FIRST West Michigan Robotics Invitational on October 29 in Zeeland. Read More
GVSU hosts IBM-sponsored regional programming contestOctober 18, 2011
The School of Computing and Information Systems at Grand Valley is hosting a regional programming contest October 22. The winning team will compete in the World Finals in Warsaw, Poland in 2012. Read More
Panel will discuss electric vehicles, advanced battery and impact on economySeptember 29, 2011
A panel of community members will discuss how the electric vehicle and advanced battery industries are affecting job growth and the economy in West Michigan October 3. Read More
Guide to Grand Valley ArtPrize events and artistsSeptember 26, 2011
Use this guide to plan your route and cast your votes for alumni, faculty and participating ArtPrize artists with a link to Grand Valley. Read More
Students design, build educational toy for children's museumSeptember 26, 2011
Children visiting the Grand Rapids Children's Museum are playing with a new educational tool designed and constructed by engineering students from Grand Valley. Read More
GVSU engineering programs earn reaccreditationSeptember 19, 2011
The Accreditation Board for Engineers and Technology, Inc. has granted reaccreditation to all engineering majors within the School of Engineering at Grand Valley. Read More
Engineering students create back-to-school tool for special needs studentsAugust 29, 2011
A unique back-to-school tool that was designed and developed by a team of Grand Valley engineering students will help special needs students at Kent Intermediate School District this year. Read More
Parking permits feature artwork by alumnusAugust 29, 2011
For the first time, parking permits for the campus community feature artwork by an alumnus. Read More
Grand Valley State plays role in rapidly growing AES global industryAugust 22, 2011
Students at Grand Valley are learning about the advanced energy storage and how they can support the growing global industry. Read More
Engineering students graduate August 5August 2, 2011
Students graduating from the School of Engineering will conclude their college experiences by showing off their industry work in a special ceremony Friday. Read More
Clark LipDub to air on 'Inside Edition'July 18, 2011
"Inside Edition" has scheduled a segment about the Clark/GVSU LipDub for broadcast tonight. Read More
Alumnus wins Kresge Artist FellowshipJuly 6, 2011
Grand Valley alumnus Hubert Massey ('83) is among the 12 awardees to receive a 2011 Kresge Artist Fellowship. The fellowship provides a $25,000 award, public recognition and professional practice opportunities to literary, performing and visual artists in Detroit. Read More
GVSU master's program is a first for West MichiganJuly 6, 2011
For the first time in West Michigan, students can further their education in one of the fastest growing professions in the nation. Read More
National grant will help science, engineering studentsJune 13, 2011
Science and engineering students entering their last two years at Grand Valley may be eligible to receive assistance through a National Science Foundation grant. Read More
Middle school girls get glimpse into engineering careersJune 6, 2011
Area middle school girls will get a glimpse into the careers of engineering, an occupation made of 10 percent women, at a four-day camp at Grand Valley. Read More
Governor signs bill sponsored by alumnusJune 3, 2011
Pictured is Gov. Rick Snyder signing a Michigan House bill sponsored by Rep. Frank Foster (R-Pellston). Foster is a 2009 Grand Valley graduate who was elected in 2010 to represent Michigan's 107th District. Read More
Grand Valley grad receives U.S. Department of State scholarshipMay 23, 2011
Recent Grand Valley graduate Sandra Braden has won a U.S. Department of State Critical Language Scholarship issued by the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs. Braden will study the Arabic language and culture in Oman this summer. Read More
Alumna volunteers for relief trip in JapanMay 12, 2011
Grand Valley graduate Emma Nixon recently volunteered to be part of a team that ventured into one of the cities in Japan hit hardest by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami. Read More
Celebrating Alumni Art on CampusMay 12, 2011
The Grand Valley Alumni Association will present a special event in the GVSU Art Gallery, Thursday, May 19, from 5:30- 7:30 p.m. Read More
Group visits Haiti to tour schoolsMay 3, 2011
A Grand Valley group returned from Haiti where members toured schools to learn more about that country's education system and identify possible partner schools for a scholarship program. Read More
Students place at national robotics challengeApril 27, 2011
Twelve students from Grand Valley competed in the National Robotics Competition April 16 and 17; seven students placed second and third. Read More
Math major earns prestigious scholarshipApril 25, 2011
Kate Coveney, an applied mathematics major, received a competitive scholarship sponsored by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Read More
Engineering students receive national recognitionApril 22, 2011
Three Grand Valley School of Engineering students qualify to compete at the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) national conference in Colorado in November. Read More
Six receive study abroad scholarshipsApril 15, 2011
Six Grand Valley students received scholarships to study abroad during the 2011-2012 academic year. Read More
Dean Antczak receives Classical Association AwardApril 11, 2011
College of Liberal Arts and Sciences Dean Fred Antczak was presented the CAMWS Award for Special Service, which honors contributions to the promotion of Latin and Classical Studies. The award, which is not bestowed every year, recognized the "remarkable and successful growth in the past decade" of Grand Valley's Classics program, which was founded in 2000. Read More
'Horizontal Accidents' World PremiereApril 7, 2011
Celebration Cinema North will host the world premiere of "Horizontal Accidents," the Grand Valley 2010 Summer Film Project directed by Tom Seidman, at 7 p.m., Thursday, April 7. Admission is $5. Read More
Regional engineering conference draws students from across countryMarch 22, 2011
Students from Michigan, Ohio, Western Pennsylvania, West Virginia and Ontario will attend a professional mechanical engineering conference and competition at Grand Valley State University from March 25-27. Read More
Reality circus to perform a Grand Valley 50th anniversary eventMarch 17, 2011
West Michigan is invited to a free and fabulous reality circus performance as part of Grand Valley State University's 50th Anniversary celebration. "Stand Up Eight" will be presented Thursday, March 24, at 7 p.m. in the Fieldhouse Arena, on Grand Valley's Allendale Campus. Read More
Iannelli named director of engineering schoolMarch 14, 2011
Joe Iannelli, a native of Italy, has been selected as the new director of Grand Valley's School of Engineering. He will assume his position July 3. Read More
MAREC partners with entrepreneurs to market solar energy creditsFebruary 28, 2011
Grand Valley's MAREC was recently certified as a generator of solar power, allowing the facility to gain revenue for the solar power it produces. Read More
COW seeks volunteers for 50 projectsFebruary 25, 2011
In the spirit of Grand Valley's 50th anniversary, the theme of this year's Community Outreach Week is "50 for 50." University organizers are looking for volunteers to participate in 50 volunteer projects locally and nationally. Read More
Faculty to participate in National Engineering WeekFebruary 17, 2011
As part of National Engineering Week, Grand Valley faculty members will participate in the Grand Rapids Public Museum's Student Engineering Week. Read More
Bus ridership hits 2 million markFebruary 16, 2011
On February 15, at 6:30 p.m., Grand Valley recorded 2 million bus riders for the 2010-11 academic year. This is 16 days earlier than last year. Read More
Fifth graders compete in pinewood derby at Grand ValleyFebruary 15, 2011
A group of fifth graders from Sibley Elementary School races pinewood derby cars built with help from engineering students. Read More
GVSU approves major change for engineering studentsFebruary 11, 2011
The School of Engineering at Grand Valley will now offer five different engineering majors. The proposal was presented to the university's Board of Trustees at its February 11 meeting and was approved. Read More
CANCELED: GVSU hosts auto race for fifth gradersFebruary 4, 2011
The pinewood derby event at Grand Valley scheduled for Friday, February 4, has been canceled due to Grand Rapids Public School closings. Read More
Engineering and computing professors receive fellowsJanuary 26, 2011
Two faculty members of the Padnos College of Engineering and Computing were awarded with the distinction of fellow in their profession. Read More
When will Grand Valley reach 2 million bus riders?January 25, 2011
Guess when Grand Valley will reach 2 million bus riders to be eligible to win an Ipod Nano. Read More
Grand Valley sees growth in engineering and computing internships in West MichiganJanuary 21, 2011
The number of internships for engineering students increased by 42 percent in 2010, and computing and information systems co-ops increased by 31 percent, compared to 2009. Read More
Alumnus publishes second bookJanuary 20, 2011
Paul Clemens, who graduated from Grand Valley's Honors College in 1995 with a bachelor¿s degree in English, Language and Literature, has published his second book about Detroit. Read More
Alten paintings travel to NaplesJanuary 19, 2011
In conjunction with Grand Valley's 50th anniversary, more than 30 paintings by Mathias J. Alten from the university's collection will be exhibited in Naples, Florida, home to many seasonal and full-time Midwesterners and alumni. Read More
Grand Valley alumnus stars in new Travel Channel seriesJanuary 7, 2011
Grand Valley State University alumnus Steven Rinella will star in a new Travel Channel series beginning Sunday, January 9, at 9 p.m. Read More
Engineering and computing students showcase projectsDecember 10, 2010
Grand Valley students from the Padnos College of Engineering and Computing showcased more than 80 semester projects during Project Day December 9. Read More
Grand Valley helps high school students build electric carsNovember 4, 2010
Students from high schools in Ludington, Coopersville, Byron Center and Kalamazoo will visit Grand Valley State University to learn how to build electric cars on Tuesday, November 9. Read More
Fair to answer major questionsOctober 27, 2010
Students can find more information about majors offered at Grand Valley at the Majors Fair on Wednesday, November 3, from 11 a.m.-2 p.m. in the Kirkhof Center, Grand River Room. Read More
11 new scholarships celebrated at eventOctober 21, 2010
At the 2010 Scholarship Celebration Dinner, Grand Valley announced its increased commitment to scholarship support for students with the creation of 11 privately funded scholarships in the last six months. Read More
Grand Valley grad in performance trifecta; Playing tonight with GR SymphonyOctober 15, 2010
Trumpeter Hunter Eberly has had quite the jet-setter week with nothing but good news. The 2009 graduate of Grand Valley and native of Muskegon is performing October 15-16, with the trumpet section of the Grand Rapids Symphony's production of "Lord of the Rings." Read More
Engineering students to mentor high school students at FIRST Robotics InvitationalOctober 6, 2010
Engineering students from Grand Valley State University will serve as mentors for high school students participating in the 2010 FIRST West Michigan Robotics Invitational on October 9. Read More
Alumni ArtPrize Reception and Art TourSeptember 28, 2010
Fellow Lakers and art enthusiasts are gathering for a September 28 reception and tour spotlighting the talents of Grand Valley State University graduates who are exhibiting during ArtPrize 2010. Read More
Students can SPARKLE at FieldhouseSeptember 23, 2010
Students, faculty and staff members can now spin their own useable, electric energy by using the SPARKLE bike at the Fieldhouse. Read More
Prototype wheelchair delivered to Lincoln Developmental CenterSeptember 15, 2010
Students from the Grand Valley's School of Engineering delivered a power wheelchair trainer to Lincoln Developmental Center Tuesday that may brighten the future of special education students there. Read More
New activities planned for HomecomingAugust 5, 2010
With the theme, "The Golden Ticket," Homecoming 2010 will be a sweet celebration honoring Grand Valley's 50th anniversary. Read More
Engineering graduation ceremony August 6August 3, 2010
Some 53 engineering students from Grand Valley will cap their college experiences by showing off their work for local industry in a special ceremony Friday. Read More
Grand Valley trumpeter wins international acclaimJuly 16, 2010
A recent Grand Valley State University graduate, Alex Wilson, from Belleville, Mich., has won First Place at the International Trumpet Guild Orchestra Competition, held this year in Sydney, Australia. Read More
Prof runs to support child care for student parentsJuly 7, 2010
Jeremiah Cataldo will be running 100 miles in under 30 hours to raise money for Grand Valley State University's Children's Enrichment Center, even though he doesn't yet have a child there. Read More
GVSU contingent to march in Cherry Festival ParadeJune 22, 2010
Grand Valley will kick off its 50th anniversary celebration, and 15th anniversary of the Traverse City Regional Center, in style at the National Cherry Festival. Read More
GVSU hosts former Detroit Tiger for golf outingJune 22, 2010
Grand Rapids native and former Detroit Tiger Dave Rozema will be the special guest at Grand Valley State University¿s 2010 Sleep Inn & Suites All-Alumni Benefit Golf Outing on July 10 at the Meadows Golf Course. Read More
Grad awarded teaching assistantshipJune 3, 2010
Author and former journalist Nancie Hudson returned to college in 2008 to finish her undergraduate degree because she couldn't find a job. Two years later, Hudson graduated from Grand Valley with honors and now has landed her dream job - a teaching assistantship at the University of Colorado at Boulder. Read More
$1.1 million in NSF grants fund GVSU researchMay 12, 2010
Researchers at Grand Valley State University have been awarded nearly $1.1 million in grants from the National Science Foundation to conduct work in biomedical engineering, math education, aquatic plant life and fossil record research in South Africa. Read More
GVSU engineering students win national honorsApril 22, 2010
Students from Grand Valley State University's Padnos College of Engineering and Computing took both first and second place in a national robotics contest in Ohio. Read More
GVSU mobile lab unveils Android appApril 19, 2010
Grand Valley State University has launched a new mobile application for Android smartphones. The app ¿ which features news, maps, multimedia content and a directory ¿ was built by students and is the second product of the Mobile Applications and Services Lab in Grand Valley's School of Computing and Information Systems. An iPhone version of the app was released in February. Read More
GVSU student named Udall ScholarApril 9, 2010
Grand Valley State University student Ashley Keller has been selected by the Morris K. Udall and Stewart L. Udall Foundation as a 2010 Udall Scholar. Read More
GVSU engineering students qualify for international competitionMarch 30, 2010
A team of students from Grand Valley State University's School of Engineering performed well in the regional American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) competition over the weekend, earning the right to compete in the international competition in Vancouver. Read More
Bus ridership hits 2 million markMarch 3, 2010
On March 2, at 4:38 p.m., Grand Valley recorded 2 million bus riders for the 2009-10 academic year. This is 20 days earlier than last year. Read More
GVSU unveils iPhone appMarch 1, 2010
Grand Valley State University has launched a new mobile application for the iPhone. The app -- which features news, maps, multimedia content and a directory -- was built by students and is the first product of the Mobile Applications and Services Lab in Grand Valley's School of Computing and Information Systems. Read More
Grand Valley alumnus collaborates on latest 50 Cent film scriptFebruary 17, 2010
Brian Miller, a 1999 graduate of the School of Communications at Grand Valley State University, has co-written a movie script with Curtis "50 Cent" Jackson, currently being filmed in Grand Rapids Read More
Youths experience engineering first-hand at GVSUFebruary 12, 2010
A group of 10 high school students from around West Michigan will get to experience firsthand some of the more gee-whiz parts of studying engineering when they visit Grand Valley's School of Engineering on Tuesday, February 16. Read More
Film by Grand Rapids native to air on PBSJanuary 29, 2010
A performance-driven documentary about the jazz age in Paris, directed by a Grand Valley State University alumnus, will be aired nationally on public television stations in February, in conjunction with Black History Month. Read More
GVSU fans gather to watch big gameDecember 11, 2009
Alumni and fans of Grand Valley State University football will gather from coast-to-coast to root for the Lakers as they square off against Northwest Missouri State in Saturday's NCAA Division II national championship game. Read More
Grand Valley again listed as a 'Best Workplace for Commuters'November 4, 2009
Grand Valley has again been named one of the nation's Best Workplaces for Commuters by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency for being a leader in offering superior commuter benefits. Read More
GVSU Students Compete in IBM's 'Battle of the Brains'October 27, 2009
Student computer programmers from Grand Valley State University will participate in the regional segment of the world's most prestigious programming competition, the 34th annual IBM-sponsored Association for Computing Machinery International Collegiate Programming Contest. Read More
Homecoming offers slate of activitiesOctober 9, 2009
A concert by Motion City Soundtrack and Laker football versus Findlay are highlights of a packed homecoming weekend, October 16-18. Read More


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Harris Technical Services Corp., Colorado Springs, Colo., is being awarded a $43,062,041 cost-plus-award-fee contract to provide for communications, operations, and maintenance services to be provided to the Air Force Space Command's 50th Space Wing, to include: configuration management, electrical power systems management, communication systems engineering, small computer hardware maintenance, and database applications support, 24 hour maintenance management, industry safety, communications security, information management, local area network management, communications network control center operations, telephone operations, visual information management, communications circuit management, satellite control center support, computer operations support, communications-computer systems maintenance and operation for the Defense Satellite Communications System, Secure Communications System, Military Strategic, Tactical & Relay and other operations in support of the Air Force Satellite Control Network. Harris Corp. will perform this effort at Schriever Air Force Base, Colo. and at Onizuka Air Force Station, Calif. At this time, $769,925 of the funds has been obligated. This work will be complete by August 2002. Solicitation began January 2002 and negotiations were completed June 2002. The 50th Space Wing, Schriever Air Force Base, Colo., is the contracting activity (FA2550-02-C-0007).
Northrop Grumman Corp., Ryan Aeronautical Center, San Diego is being awarded an undefinitized $30,290,000 fixed-price-incentive-firm contract to provide for long lead parts and advance procurement for low-rate initial production Lot 2. Total funds have been obligated. The Aeronautical Systems Center, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, is the contracting activity (F33657-02-C-5422).
Lockheed Martin Missiles and Space Co., King of Prussia, Penn., is being awarded an $8,400,000 firm-fixed price; cost plus incentive fee contract modification to authorize the contractor to develop Tail-Biting Convolutional Encoding for the M-Code Data Message for the IIR-M space vehicles. The location of performance is ITT Industries, ITT Aerospace and Communications, Clifton, N.J. (98 percent). This work will be complete September 2003. The Space and Missile Systems Center, Los Angeles Air Force Base, Los Angeles is the contracting activity (F04701-00-C-0006, P00024).
S. B. Ballard Construction Co., Virginia Beach, Va., is being awarded a $15,457,906 firm-fixed-price contract for an Aerial Delivery and Field Services Training Facility. Work will be performed at Fort Lee, Va., and is expected to be completed by Aug. 20, 2004. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. There were 85 bids solicited on April 17, 2002, and nine bids were received. The U. S. Army Corps of Engineers, Norfolk, Va., is the contracting activity (DACA65-02-C-0043).
ITT Industries, Colorado Springs, Colo., is being awarded a $10,805,274 modification to a firm-fixed-price contract for incorporation of the Integrated Module Power Control Subsystem Wideband Gapfiller Satellite. Work will be performed in Colorado Springs, Colo., and is to be completed by July 31, 2010. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This was a sole source contract initiated on May 24, 2001. The U.S. Army Communications-Electronics Command Acquisition Center, Fort Monmouth, N.J., is the contracting activity (DAAB07-00-C-A261).
CAPCO Inc., Grand Junction, Colo., was awarded on July 25, 2002, a $6,907,920 firm-fixed-price contract for 6,456 BSU-86A/B Fin Assemblies. Work will be performed in Grand Junction, Colo., and is expected to be completed by June 2004. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. There were an unknown number of bids solicited via the World Wide Web on March 12, 2002, and three bids were received. The Operations Support Command, Rock Island, Ill., is the contracting activity (DAAA09-02-C-0039).
Bean Stuyvesant L.L.C., New Orleans was awarded a $4,000,000 increment as part of a $47,403,111 firm-fixed-price contract for Phase II of a navigation improvement project on New York Harbor, Kill Van Kull, and Newark Bay Channels on July 25, 2002. Work will be performed at various locations throughout New York and New Jersey, and is to be completed by Oct. 10, 2003. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. There were 31 bids solicited on Sept. 4, 2001, and four bids were received. The U. S. Army Corps of Engineers, New York, N.Y., is the contracting activity (DACW51-02-C-0019).
The Bell-Boeing Joint Program Office, Patuxent River, Md., is being awarded a not-to-exceed $32,251,400 modification to a previously awarded cost-plus-incentive-fee contract (N00019-96-C-0054) to provide additional funding for the reconfiguration of four low rate initial production V-22 aircraft to a safe return-to-flight configuration in support of the Engineering and Manufacturing Development Flight Test Program. Efforts to be performed include depreservation tasks, safe return-to-flight software upgrades, anti-icing instrumentation modifications, line clearance re-designs, and incorporation of spec-compliant fuel cells. Work will be performed in Amarillo, Texas, and is expected to be completed by October 2003. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The Naval Air Systems Command, Patuxent River, Md., is the contracting activity.
Mattie & O'Brien Mechanical Contracting Company, Inc.*, Boston, Mass.; L. A. Ruiz Associates, Inc.*, North Andover, Mass.; Enfield Enterprises, Inc.*, Springfield, Mass.; and Lumus Construction, Inc.*, Woburn, Mass., are being awarded a firm-fixed-price, indefinite-delivery and indefinite-quantity, multiple award construction contract for new construction, renovations, alterations, repairs, demolition and design build projects at various locations within the Southern New England area. The total contract amount is not-to-exceed $30,000,000 (base period and four option years). Mattie & O'Brien Mechanical Contracting Company, Inc. is being awarded the initial task order in the amount of $228,900 (including the minimum guarantee) for interior building renovations to Building 101 at the Naval Undersea Warfare Center, Newport, R.I. Work for this task order is to be completed by December 2002. The remaining three contractors are being awarded the minimum guarantee of $5,000. Work will be performed at various Navy and Marine Corps installations in Rhode Island (40 percent), Connecticut (40 percent), and Massachusetts (20 percent), and is expected to be completed by July 2007. The term of the contract is not to exceed 60 months. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract was competitively procured (an 8(a) procurement) via the Naval Facilities e-solicitation Web site, with eight proposals received. Firms responding were required to have a bona fide place of business serviced by the Small Business Administration, Region I office. These four contractors may compete for task orders under the terms and conditions of the awarded contract. The Engineering Field Activity Northeast, Naval Facilities Engineering Command, Lester, Pa., is the contracting activity (N62472-02-D-0043/0044/0045/0046).
Brown & Root Services, A Division of Kellogg Brown & Root, Arlington, Va., is being awarded $9,700,000 for Task Order 0019 under a cost-reimbursement, indefinite-delivery and indefinite-quantity construction contract for construction of a 204 unit Detention Camp, Phase III, located on the windward side of the Naval Station, at the Radio Range area of U.S. Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. Units will be of modular steel construction. Each unit measures approximately 6 feet 8 inches by 8 feet and includes a bed, a toilet, and a hand basin with running water. Work will be performed in Guantanamo Bay and is to be completed by October 2002. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The basic contract was competitively procured with 44 proposals solicited, three offers received and award made on June 29, 2000. The total contract amount is not to exceed $300,000,000, which includes the base period and four option years. The Naval Facilities Engineering Command, Atlantic Division, Norfolk, Va., is the contracting activity (N62470-00-D-0005).
Corning Inc., Corning, N.Y., is being awarded a $600,000 increment of a $10,400,000 other transaction (technology investment agreement) to develop high power fiber lasers. Work will be performed in Corning and is to be completed by July 29, 2005. Funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) issued a Broad Agency Announcement in Federal Business Opportunities on Oct. 11, 2001, and 16 proposals were received. DARPA is the contracting activity (MDA972-02-3-0004).
The Boeing Defense and Space Group, Philadelphia, was awarded a cost-plus fixed-fee contract modification against contract USZA95-00-C-0002. This contract provides for the conversion of two (2) each CH-47 Army helicopters to the MH-47 Special Operations Aircraft (SOA) configuration. The place of performance is Philadelphia. The U.S. Special Operations Command (USSOCOM), Technology Applications is the contracting activity.
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Hi everyone, I hope your summer is going well! Hopefully you are enjoying the summer sun and the much needed break from the grind of school.
I know for me it has been the busiest summer I have had and I'm not even taking any summer classes. So I can't imagine adding that to the equation for those taking classes. Being away from the beautiful weather of the bay area is starting to take it's toll with the many days of 100 degree plus here in Rocklin. Crazy as it may sound, I am starting to miss school and my job at the law school. So I can't wait for the school year to start back up! Thus far the summer has been filled with being with my girlfriend, spending time with friends and family, as well as working.
My girlfriend and I have been getting our fair share of frozen yogurt in this summer, as we rarely are able to enjoy it in the city. We have a summer trip planned with her family to Cabo in a couple weeks and I cannot wait! A couple of weeks ago I spent the week with the grandparents, my uncle, and the rest of my family in San Diego for a quick get away. It was very nice to get out and play golf with my grandparents and escape the sweltering heat! I was very fortunate this summer to be able to come home and have a job waiting for me, it was such a relief. I am working for a family friend who owns a hotdog business and have been going to different events helping sell hotdogs out of the many hotdog carts they have. Not the most glamorous job, but always interesting and fun talking to all sorts of different people. I am working a few days a week in downtown Sacramento as well as helping out with a few major events on the weekends such as the Folsom rodeo in the beginning of July. Like I said I can't wait for school to be here, but in the mean time enjoying the summer here in Rocklin.


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Dumped micro-pig finds loving new home in Ruskington, near Sleaford
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A POORLY pig that was dumped on a doorstep is now loving life as a house-pet in Ruskington and is best pals with the family dog.
'Crackle' the little micro-pig was found battered and bruised and sat in a cardboard box on a strangers doorstep in Market Rasen four months ago.
The RSPCA were called to the scene and they then got in touch with Rob Louth who runs an animal sanctuary at his home with wife Susan in Ruskington.
The couple who care for a whole variety of weird and wonderful animals were more than happy to take Crackle into their home.
Mrs Louth said: "Crackle was in such a bad way it was heart-breaking.
"Her teeth were really badly damaged, one of her eyes was ulcerated and her face was very swollen.
"It looked as if the injuries had come as a result of her being kicked."
When Crackle had recovered the couple built her a pigsty in the garden for her to live in but they quickly discovered that Crackle couldn't cope with being out in the cold. She added: "The vet thought she may have had pneumonia which you never fully recover from and so now she just can't seem to hold the warmth."
As a result of this Crackle was moved indoors where she has a comfy bed and enjoys hanging out with the family's Labradoodle George as well as the many other animals that they care for from time to time.
Crackle is now practically house-trained, apart from the odd occassion if she is woken in the night, and she likes to greet the family as they come home.
Susan said: "She's so funny, she'll come and greet us at the front door just as a dog would."
Crackle enjoys a diet of special pig food as well as apples and carrotts as treats but the couple admitted if she got the chance Crackle would eat them out of house and home.
Rob added: "It's definitely true what they say about pigs, they eat anything and Crackle would just eat and eat if we let her."


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Two coyotes were captured on camera prowling Sullivan's Island near Station 26 1/2 near the beach, according to Stanford Joel, who posted the video on Facebook on Sunday.
Joel, who lives on Sullivan's Island said he knew wildlife lived in the area, so on Saturday night he set up a motion and heat activated camera on his fence facing into a beach access path.
"Sunday morning I went out to the camera to retrieve the memory card and uploaded the video. I was very surprised at what I saw!" he stated by email. A few days ago Joel's camera captured some deer as well.
A Sullivan's Island man's video camera captured these shots of deer on the beach access path a few days ago. (Standford Joel/Provided)×
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Tesla is disrupting more than just the car business
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Feb 12, 2015 Its battery factory may slash Tesla prices as company takes aim at solar industry.
SolarCity courts customers by selling bonds
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Oct 20, 2014 Raising capital isn't SolarCity's number one reason for borrowing.
The numbers for September 30, 2014
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Sep 30, 2014 Secret Service slipups, solar power and the death of Saturday morning cartoons.
Solar grows, with government help
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Apr 18, 2014 Despite some failures, solar is growing into a big industry.
Installing solar panels? Think of the firefighters
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Nov 12, 2013 For firefighters, there can be too many solar panels on a roof. Fire officials and the solar industry are paying attention to the concern.
How rooftop solar and big utilities can co-exist
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Oct 29, 2013 Rooftop solar installations cut into utilities' revenue, but still use their expensive grid and and rely on them for backup power.
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Jul 2, 2013 Solar facilities like Ivanpah could be the future -- or, they could be a footnote in the history of clean energy.
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May 20, 2013 Inventors of an experimental solar aircraft simply want to prove it's possible to fly long distances using energy from the sun.
U.S. puts tariffs on Chinese solar panels
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May 18, 2012 The U.S. believes China is dumping solar panels at below-market prices in America and has hit back with a penalty of 31 percent. That tariff is surprisingly steep and many in China are not reacting well. Could they backfire?


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If the auto industry knows anything, it's that styling sells. Why do you want a Ferrari? Sure, it's fast and it makes a great noise. But, maybe most of all, it looks great - and it makes you look great, too.
After all, how many Ferrari drivers would like to find out if they still turned heads without the car and all the attendant fine threads, jewels and coiffure?
But what the car guys worked out long ago is that the same magic works all the way down the price spectrum. If you can only afford a Fiat, it still needs to look great. Fiat's asking you to part with a ton of cash to buy it, so the car - and by association its driver - needs to look great. Fiat knows that, and hires the best to staff the styling department.
When it comes to business jets, the same rules apply. There is plenty of competition, and many jet owners look very good pulling up to the airfield in Ferraris.
Gulfstream is as much a style statement as a brand of airborne conveyance. After shedding its turboprop aspirations for jets in the mid-1960s, it quickly rose to the zenith of ramp appeal.
Embraer, new to the light end of the business jet market, learned the value of raw sex appeal for a mould line with its Phenom 100 light jet when it hit the runways two years ago. Despite major teething problems with the aircraft for its first year or so of life, issues Embraer eventually overcame, customers never wavered in their devotion. That conviction came in large part because they had a hot looking aircraft that was giving passersby whiplash.
Piper now wants a piece of that action. At the National Business Aviation Association trade show in Atlanta on Tuesday it will reveal a sleek new mould line and name for its first jet product, the PiperJet. That a change was needed must have been very obvious to the company's new owners, Brunei-based Imprimis, which bought the airframer in total last year.
A scrub of the Frankenstein-like design (rectangular body of a Piper Meridian turboprop, jet wing, and turbofan engine way up on the tail, DC-10-style) ensued. The redesign, which Piper is putting the final touches on at its home base in Florida, results in a circular fuselage and a line that is actually attractive, even sexy, even with that big bold pickle of an engine up there.
It's not Brazilian hot nor upper crusty Gulfstream passionate, but it's a huge step forward for a company seeking to tap into the crowd that can and will pay to look marvellous.
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Arrinera Automotive has released some new details about their upcoming Hussarya.
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Training using tree transducers is described. Given sample input/output pairs as training, and given a set of tree transducer rules, the information is combined to yield locally optimal weights for those rules. This combination is carried out by building a weighted derivation forest for each input/output pair and applying counting methods to those forests.
1. A method, comprising:
obtaining tree transducer information including input/output pair information and transducer information;
converting said input/output pair information and said transducer information into a set of values in a weighted tree grammar; and
using said weighted tree grammar to solve a problem that requires information from the input/output pair information and transducer information.
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an input part which includes tree transducer information that includes input samples and output samples, and includes transducer information;
a processor that processes said tree transducer information and said transducer information and produces an output table indicative of said tree transducer information and said transducer information, said output table including a set of values, and weights for said set of values.
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obtain tree transducer information including at least an input tree, output information corresponding to said input tree, and transducer information;
convert said tree transducer information into a weighted set of values indicative of said tree transducer information and said transducer information; and
use said set of values to solve a problem.
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using a computer to obtain information in the form of a first-tree, second information corresponding to said first tree, and transducer information; and
using said computer to automatically distill information from said first tree, said from said second information, and said transducer information into a list of information in a specified tree grammar with weights associated with entries in the list and to produce locally optimal weights for said entries.
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This application claims the benefit of the priority of U.S. Provisional Application Ser. No. 60/553,587, filed Mar. 15, 2004 and entitled "TRAINING TREE TRANSDUCERS", the disclosure of which is hereby incorporated by reference.
Many different applications are known for tree transducers. These have been used in calculus, other forms of higher mathematics. Tree transducers are used for decidability results in logic, for modeling mathematically the theories of syntax direction translations and program schemata, syntactic pattern recognition, logic programming, term rewriting and linguistics.
Within linguistics, automated language monitoring programs often use probabilistic finite state transducers that operate on strings of words. For example, speech recognition may transduce acoustic sequences to word sequences using left to right substitution. Tree based models based on probabilistic techniques have been used for machine translation, machine summarization, machine paraphrasing, natural language generation, parsing, language modeling, and others.
A special kind of tree transducer, often called an R transducer, operates with its roots at the bottom, with R standing for "root to frontier". At each point within the operation, the transducer chooses a production to apply. That choice is based only on the current state and the current root symbol. The travel through the transducer continues until there are no more state annotated nodes.
The R transducer represents two pairs, T1 and T2, and the conditions under which some sequence of productions applied to T1 results in T2. This is similar to what is done by a finite state transducer.
For example, if a finite state transition from state q to state r eats symbol A and outputs symbol B, then this can be written as an R production of q(A x0)->B (r x0).
The R transducer may also copy whole trees, transform subtrees, delete subtrees, and other operations.
The present application teaches a technique of training tree transducers from sample input/output pairs. A first embodiment trains the tree pairs, while a second embodiment trains the tree transducers based on tree/string pairs. Techniques are described that facilitate the computation, and simplify the information as part of the training process.
An embodiment is described which uses these techniques to train transducers for statistical based language processing: e.g. language recognition and/or language generation. However, it should be understood that this embodiment is merely exemplary, and the other applications for the training of the tree transducers are contemplated.
These and other aspects will now be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings, wherein:
The present application describes training of tree transducers. The embodiment describes training of tree transducers, e.g., probabilistic R transducers. These transducers may be used for any probabilistic purpose. In an embodiment, the trained transducers are used for linguistic operations, such as machine translation, paraphrasing, text compression and the like. Training data may be obtained in the form of tree pairs. Linguistic knowledge is automatically distilled from those tree pairs and transducer information.
TΣ represents the set of trees over the alphabet Σ. An alphabet is a finite set of symbols. Trees may also be written as strings over the set Σ.
A regular tree grammar or RTG allows compactly representing a potentially infinite set of trees. A weighted regular tree grammar is a set of values, where trees in the set have weights associated with them. The trees can be described as a quadruple G (Σ, N, S, P), where Σ is the alphabet, and N is the set of non-terminals, S is the starting (initial) terminal, and P is the set of weighted productions. The productions are written left to right. A weighted RTG can accept information from an infinite number of trees. More generally, the weighted RTG can be any list which includes information about the trees in a tree grammar, in a way that allows the weight to change rather than a new entry each time the same information is reobtained.
The RTG can take the following form:
The tree is parsed from left to right, so that the leftmost non-terminal is the next one to be expanded as the next item in the RTG. The left most derivations of G build a tree pre-order from left to right according to
The total weight of t in G is given by WG:TΣ→R, the sum of leftmost den derivations producing t:
Therefore, for every weighted context free grammar, there is an equivalent weighted RTG that produces weighted derivation trees. Each weighted RTG is generated from exactly the recognizable tree language.
An extended transducer are is also used herein. According to this extended transducer xR, an input subtree matching pattern in state q is converted into its right hand side ("rhs"), and it's Q paths are replaced by their recursive transformations. The right hand side of these rules may have no states for further expansions (terminal rules) or may have states for further expansion. In notation form
The sources of a rule r=(q, l, rhs, w) ε R are the input-paths in the rhs:
The reflexive, transitive closure of
D(X)≡{(I, O, h)εT Σ �T Δ�(paths�P)*|(Q i(I)( ))
The leftmost derivations of X transform the tree-preorder from left to right (always applying a transformation rule to the state-labeled subtree furthest left in its string representation):
LD(X)≡{(I, O, ((p 1 , r 1), . . . , (p n,rn))εD(X)|∀1≦i<n:p i+1≮lez p i}
The total weight of (I, O) in X is; given by Wx:TΣ�TΔ→R, the sum of leftmost derivations transforming I to O:
The tree transducers operate by starting at an initial state root and recursively applying output generating rules until no states remain, so that there is a complete derivation. In this way, the information (trees and transducer information) can be converted to a derivation forest, stored as a weighted RTG.
The overall operation is illustrated in the flow chart of
The processor 250 and speech engine 265 may be any general purpose computer, and can be effected by a microprocessor, a digital signal processor, or any other processing device that is capable of executing the steps described herein.
The flowchart described herein can be instructions which are embodied on a machine-readable medium such as a disc or the like. Alternatively, the flowchart can be executed by dedicated hardware, or by any known or later discovered processing device.
The system obtains a plurality of input and output trees or strings, and transducer rules with parameters. The parameters may then be used for statistical machine translation. More generally, however, the parameters can be used for any tree transformation task.
At 210, the input tree, output tree and tranducer rules are converted to a large set of individual derivation trees, "a derivation forest".
The derivation forest effectively flattens the rules into trees of depth one. The root is labeled by the original rule. All the non-expanding A labeled nodes of the rule are deterministically listed in order. The weights of the derivation trees are the products of the weights of the rules in those derivation trees.
The input/output tree pairs are used to produce a probability estimate for each production in P, that maximizes the probability of the output trees given the input trees. The result is to find a local maximum. The present system uses simplifications to find this maximum.
The technique describes the use of memoization by creating the weighted RTG's. Memoization means that the possible derivations for a given produced combination are constant. This may prevent certain combinations from being computed more than once. In this way, the table, here the wRTG can store the answers for all past queries and return those instead of recomputing.
Note the way in which the derivation trees are converted to weighted RTG's. At the start, rule one will always be applied, so the first RTG represents a 1.0 probability of rule one being applied. The arguments of rule one are 1.12 and 2.11. If 1.12 is applied, rule 2 is always used, while 2.11 can be either rule 3 or rule 4, with the different weightings for the different rules being also shown.
At 230, the weighted RTG is further processed to sum the weights of the derivation trees. This can use the "inside-outside" technique, (Lari, et al, "The estimation of stochastic context free grammars using the inside-outside algorithm, Computer Speech and Language, 4, pp 35-36). The inside-outside technique observes counts and determines each time a rule gets used. When a rule gets used, the probability of that rule is increased. More specifically, given a weighted RTG with parameters, the inside outside technique enables computing the sums of weights of the trees derived using each production. Inside weights are the sum of all weights that can be derived for a non-terminal or production. This is a recursive definition. The inside weights for a production are the sum of all the weights of the trees that can be derived from that production.
The outside weights for a non-terminal are the sum of weights of trees generated by the weighted RTG that have derivations containing it but exclude its inside weights, according to
Estimation maximization training is then carried out at 240. This maximizes the expectation of decisions taken for all possible ways of generating the training corpus, according to expectation, and then maximization, as:
2. Maximizing by assigning the counts to the parameters and renormalizing
Each iteration increases the likelihood until a local maximum is reached.
The step 230 can be written in pseudocode as:
The above has described tree-to-tree transducers. An alternative embodiment describes tree to string transducers is shown in the flowchart of
The tree to string transduction is then parsed using an extended R transducer as in the first embodiment. This is used to form a weighted derivation tree grammar. The derivation trees are formed by converting the input tree and the string into a flattened string of information which may include trees and strings. 285 of
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An example is now described here in of how to cast a probabilistic language model as an R transducer.
Table 2 shows a bilingual English tree Japanese string training corpus.
According to the model, an English tree becomes a Japanese string in four operations.
In 320, a decision is made at every node about inserting a Japanese function word. This is a three-way decision at each node, requiring determination of whether the word should be inserted to the left, to the right, or not inserted at all. This insertion technique at 320 depends on the labels of the node and the parent. At 330, the English leaf words are translated probabilistically into Japanese, independent of context. At 340, the internal nodes are removed, leaving only the Japanese string.
This model can effectively provide a formula for
First, an xRs tree to string transducer is built that embodies the probabilities noted above. This is a four state transducer. For the main-start state, the function q, meaning translate this tree, has three productions:
State r means "reorder my children and then recurse". For internal nodes, this includes a production for each parent/child sequence, and every permutation thereof:
The RHS then sends the child subtrees back to state q for recursive processing. For English leaf nodes, the process instead transitions to a different state t to prohibit any subsequent Japanese function word insertion:
State t means "translate this word". There is a production for each pair of cooccuring in English and Japanese words.
Each production in the XRS transducer has an associated weight, and corresponds to exactly 1 of the model parameters.
The transducer is unfaithful in one respect, specifically the insert function word decision is independent of context. It should depend on the node label and the parent label. This is addressed by fixing the q and r production. Start productions are used:
States are used, such as q.top.vb which states mean something like "translate this tree, whose route is vb". Every parent-child payer in the corpus gets its own set of insert function word productions:
Finally, the R productions need to send parent child information when they recurse to the q.parent.child states.
The productions stay the same. Productions for appraisal translations and others can also be added.
Although only a few embodiments have been disclosed in detail above, other modifications are possible, and this disclosure is intended to cover all such modifications, and most particularly, any modification which might be predictable to a person having ordinary skill in the art. For example, an alternative embodiment could use the same techniques for string to string training, based on tree based models or based only on string pair data. Another application is to generate likely input trees from output trees or vide versa. Also, and to reiterate the above, many other applications can be carried out with tree transducers, and the application of tree transducers to linguistic issues is merely exemplary.
Also, only those claims which use the words "means for" are intended to be interpreted under 35 USC 112, sixth paragraph. Moreover, no limitations from the specification are intended to be read into any claims, unless those limitations are expressly included in the claims
All such modifications are intended to be encompassed within the following claims
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