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PITTSBURGH, Oct. 11, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Innovation moves at a rapid pace. Yet few companies know how to keep the process effective, efficient and repeatable. Jonathan Cagan and Craig M. Vogel, authors of "Creating Breakthrough Products," identify that innovation in the 21(st) century is spurred by the integration of technology with lifestyle desires. The result is integrated product-service ecosystems that connect activities across spectrums of use. (Logo:...

PITTSBURGH, Oct. 11, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- The Carnegie Mellon University Software Engineering Institute (SEI) recently announced that the ninth annual SEI Architecture Technology User Network (SATURN) Conference will be held in Minneapolis, Minn., April 29 to May 3, 2013. The Call for Submissions is now open. The SATURN Conference is the flagship event of the SEI Architecture User Network, a community of architecture practitioners and researchers from around the world. The...

April Flowers for redOrbit.com - Your Universe Online A full size prototype of the Polaris lunar rover was unveiled recently by Astrobotic Technology Inc., a spin-off company of Carnegie Mellon University (CMU). Polaris is a water-prospecting robot specially designed to work in the permanently shadowed craters of the lunar poles. Polaris is scheduled to launch using a SpaceX Falcon 9 launch vehicle. Falcon 9 is a two-stage rocket powered by liquid oxygen and rocket grade kerosene...

ALPHARETTA, Ga., Oct. 8, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Rolta International, Inc. announced that the quality systems of Rolta India Limited, a leading provider of end-to-end information technology consulting, solutions and services, have been successfully assessed at the highest Level 5 of SEI's Capability Maturity Model Integration(®)-DEV (CMMI(®)) version 1.3 for its Software Application Development and Maintenance. Rolta was an early adopter of CMM(®) in 2004, and has kept pace with the...

PITTSBURGH, Oct. 3, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- The Tennessee Department of Education has approved Carnegie Learning's suite of math curricula as preferred basal instructional materials through June 2018. Adopted materials include Carnegie Learning MATHia® software for middle grades 6-8 and Carnegie Learning Bridge to Algebra, Algebra I, Geometry, and Algebra II textbooks and Cognitive Tutor® software for high school students. All programs provide highly individualized, student-centered...

PITTSBURGH, Sept. 28, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Carnegie Learning, Inc., publisher of K-12 mathematics curricula and professional development services, announces that the Georgia Department of Education has approved Carnegie Learning's vertically aligned sequence of middle school and high school textbooks and personalized instructional software as adopted curricula through 2018. Following a comprehensive K-12 Mathematics Textbook Adoption review process this year, the following materials...

PITTSBURGH, Sept. 25, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Carnegie Speech, the intelligent language learning company, was awarded the Gold Award for Excellence in E-Learning by the prestigious Chief Learning Officer magazine during the publication's annual Learning in Practice awards ceremony last week. The Company was the only language learning solution to be nominated. (Photo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20120925/NY80566 ) Chief Learning Officer magazine's Learning in Practice awards were...

VALLEY FORGE, Pa., Sept. 20, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) announced today that its IS&GS-Defense product line achieved the highest possible rating for maturity of its engineering and management processes. The Maturity Level 5 rating was established after a rigorous, third-party Capability Maturity Model(®) Integration (CMMI(®)) for Development, Version 1.3 evaluation of Lockheed Martin IS&GS-Defense's businesses processes, ensuring they are repeatable,...

PITTSBURGH, Sept. 20, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Carnegie Mellon University launched the Wilton E. Scott Institute for Energy Innovation today, a major research and education initiative focused on improving energy efficiency and developing new, clean, affordable and sustainable energy sources. The institute was made possible by a lead gift from CMU alumni Sherman Scott (E'66), president and founder of Delmar Systems, and his wife, Joyce Bowie Scott (A'65), a trustee of the university....

PITTSBURGH, Sept. 17, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Carnegie Mellon University's Adam W. Feinberg was awarded a five-year, $2.25 million National Institutes of Health (NIH) Director's New Innovator Award to continue developing new biomaterials and cardiac tissue engineering strategies to help repair the human heart following injury and disease. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20020422/CMULOGO) "I am extremely excited about this award because it will allow me to continue pursuing...