|
|
 |
 |
CMU Research Centers & Institutes |
|
|
|
|
Central Michigan University’s many innovative educational and
research partnerships give students real-world career experiences and
opportunities to help serve emerging needs in society. |
|
 |
- The CMU Biological Station is located on Beaver Island in northern
Lake Michigan. This tract of land serves a variety of field courses
offered at the station by providing a highly diverse site for field
trips, research and other activities.
- The Center for
Applied Research and Rural Studies was created to
address concerns in rural Michigan. The Center utilizes the resources
and academic expertise of CMU to assist social agencies, governmental
units and non-profit organizations who require guidance in order to
address social, economic, environmental and community development
concerns.
- The Center for Geographic
Information Science was established to
facilitate and handle the rapidly increasing amounts of spatially
referenced data for central and northern Michigan. These data are
being utilized for application projects, research, and teaching.
- The LaBelle
Entrepreneurial Center
is devoted to synergistically
unite CMU students and faculty, current and potential small business
owners and other business educators in central and northern Michigan,
in a learning partnership for the mutual benefit of all.
- The Michigan
Water Research Center is a collaboration of faculty
and their research laboratories at CMU. Their services include
collection and analysis of surface, groundwater, and finished water
samples.
- The Software Engineering
& Information Technology Institute
was
established as an international cooperative research, development and
teaching organization comprised of a partnership between CMU and
industrial, academic and governmental organizations involved in the
software engineering and information technology fields.
- The Brain
Research and Integrative
Neuroscience (BRAIN) Center is currently researching effective
pharmaceutical interventions for neurodegenerative diseases such as
Huntington’s and Parkinson’s disease, as well as lead toxicity in
children.
- The Center
for Computer Vision conducts research
in computer vision and robotics and develops software in object recognition
using techniques of image processing.
- The Center
for Supply Chain Management conducts
research and assesses the status of Supply Chain Management in manufacturing
companies, utilizing an integrated systems view of supply chain issues. The Center
draws on expertise from both the College of Business Administration and the College
of Science and Technology.
|
|
|
