Kettering University

President's Perspective

Dr. Liberty's introduction to each issue of Kettering Perspective. Dr. Liberty discusses recent happenings, upcoming events and the overall mission of Kettering University.

Happy 100th General Motors!

General Motors Corp. was born as a talent merger in 1908. It blended Flint’s hard-working workforce; the early success of Buick (which had produced about 8,000 cars by then); and the vision and energy of sales-wizard Billy Durant.

Sniffing out business opportunities

Skunk Works. Sound familiar? Probably not. Most readers have no idea what this phrase means.

But in 1943 during the height of World War II, Skunk Works was an organization within Lockheed Aircraft Corp., a manufacturer of war aircraft.

Switching to lollipops

It is one of those things many of us take for granted – turning on the lights when we walk into a room, flipping on the radio or the blender, but for children with disabilities that impair dexterity, these are challenging tasks.

Enter a team of Kettering students from Dr. Henry Kowalski’s Experimental Mechanics class.

Kettering honored 315 graduates at summer commencement

Innovation and technology served as themes for Kettering University’s Commencement ceremonies in June at the Connie and Jim John Recreation Center.

Kettering President Stan Liberty presided at graduation services for 315 graduates (238 undergrads and 77 master’s candidates). The grand marshal was Dr. Henry Kowalski, professor of Mechanical Engineering.

LITE and AIM expose students to science and engineering

Analyzing car crashes in a salvage yard, isolating fat proteins in a Chemistry lab, performing simulated knee surgery and discussing the ethics of green business practices is a great way to spend your summer – at least that’s what more than 40 high school-aged girls thought when they signed up for one of Kettering’s pre-college programs.

 

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