A team of Purdue University Northwest (PNW) College of Technology researchers has been awarded a total of more than $1 million in federal and private funding to develop and test advanced agriculture technology (agTech) solutions. The project will be based in a greenhouse under development at the Digital Crossroad Data Center in Hammond, IN.
PNW will receive $726,389 through the U.S. Economic Development Administration’s (EDA) Scaling Pandemic Resilience Through Innovation and Technology (SPRINT) Challenge. The university is one of 44 awardees of these grants from a pool of 238 applicants nationwide.
The funds were awarded to Project TRAVERSE: agTech Robotics, Automation and Virtually Employed Resiliently Scaling Enterprises. Project TRAVERSE uses advanced manufacturing technology, robotics and cyber-physical systems to develop and pilot test agTech solutions, like remote planting and harvesting of an array of crops. The project is expected to provide alternative solutions to curr
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Morrison Container Handling Celebrates 50th Anniversary
Morrison Container Handling Solutions celebrated its 50th anniversary on May 1. Since 1971, the company has prided itself on providing the best solutions in container handling.
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Left to Right: Dustin Lee (Director of Sales), Nick Wilson (President and Founder), Nancy Wilson (CEO), Chris Wilson (VP of Operations), Ryan Finke (Head of Engineering). “The COVID-19 pandemic offered us the opportunity to make an impact and our dedicated team stepped up to meet that challenge for our Country,” Morrison s CEO Nancy Wilson said. “And it was our team’s ability that delivered 31 integrated systems that, combined, manufacture more than 5 million COVID-19 test kits each and every day along with solutions that allowed our customers to quickly convert their container handling to needed items like hand sanitizer.”
One Region, the Munster-based nonprofit that aims to increase population and household incomes in Lake, Porter and LaPorte counties, named Region native Marie Foster-Bruns its new president and CEO.
Foster-Bruns, a former Purdue University Alumni Association chief experience officer, was selected after a four-month search in which more than 120 candidates were considered.
Green Door Books is writing its next chapter. The used bookstore, known for its art shows, $1 books, extensive zine library and namesake green door, is moving to a bigger spot in downtown Hobart after the local chain Toys in the Attic bowed out. Joseph S. Pete
âWe are excited to announce Marieâs selection as CEO for One Region and the Northwest Indiana Regional Opportunities Council. Her extensive background in nonprofit management, fundraising and community relations were highly valued by the board and the search committee at a time when the organization is poised for growth in