A computer-simulation company and an engineering company, both in the Detroit area, are pooling together their wind energy expertise and calling themselves the North American Wind Energy Innovation and Development Center, according to an announcement today at a conference in Dallas. Engineering and testing company Ricardo, with an office in Van Buren Township, MI, and software and test systems supplier LMS North America, with offices in Troy, MI, want to be an umbrella organization for suppliers, utilities, governments and other stakeholders in wind energy. Their services will include testing of components and systems, integration with existing processes, and software-based modeling and simulation.
Author: Howard Lovy
Howard Lovy is a veteran journalist who has focused primarily on technology, science and innovation during the past decade.
In 2001, he helped launch Small Times Magazine, a nanotech publication based in Ann Arbor, MI, where he built the freelance team and worked closely with writers to set the tone and style for an emerging sector that had never before been covered from a business perspective. Lovy's work at Small Times, and on one of the first nanotechnology-themed blogs, helped him earn a reputation for making complex subjects understandable, interesting, and even entertaining for a broad audience. It also earned him the 2004 Prize in Communication from the Foresight Institute, a nanotech think tank.
In his freelance work, Lovy covers nanotechnology in addition to technological innovation in Michigan with an emphasis on efforts to survive and retool in the state's post-automotive age. Lovy's work has appeared in many publications, including Wired News, Salon.com, the Wall Street Journal, The Detroit News, The Scientist, the Forbes/Wolfe Nanotech Report, Michigan Messenger, and the Ann Arbor Chronicle.
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