MSU students work in industrial laboratories at General Motors and Ford Motor Company, while industrial scientists perform as adjunct faculty at the Center. The Center for Fundamental Materials Research looks at materials science from a molecular and atomic perspective. The Travel, Tourism and Recreational Resource Center participates in communities through the County Tourism Profile Program. County tourism profiles are provided to government agencies, investors and developers, and the community as a concise analysis of economic trends, tourism patterns, and community characteristics. Family Nutrition Program Shiawassee County is served by the Family Nutrition Program, a food and nutrition education program for food stamp recipients and their families.
Participants learn about nutrition, food selection and budgeting, and food safety and sanitation.
FNP is offered in all counties in Michigan through MSU Extension in collaboration with the Family Independence Agency and other human service agencies. The Center for Remote Sensing and Geographic Information Science analyzes spatial information and interprets its impact on the health and environment of Michigan. It provides services for MSU scientists involved in agricultural and environmental research projects, such as those concerned with gypsy moth deforestation. It also works closely with the Michigan Department of Natural Resources on the Michigan Resource Inventory System, a digital inventory of state land. The Center has digitized land ownership in Branch County and has integrated it with the state road network and has developed an electronic map of Roscommon County.