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College of Engineering
Research Magazine
Fall 2009
Graduate Brochure (PDF)
Graduate School
Undergraduate Admissions
"Talent Shows at Michigan Tech"
The global talent of our students
at Michigan Tech really does show
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photos of
Michigan Tech
campus
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Michigan
COE Winter Carnival Pictures
Native Speakers Forum and
Spirit of the Harvest Powwow
Joe Rogers speaks at Annual
Commemorative
Program
in honor of
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
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More MPGs on the Trail: Fuel Economy the Focus of Clean Snowmobile Challenge Twenty-ten
The ME-EM Department, along with the
Keweenaw Research Center, will again
be hosting the SAE Clean Snowmobile
Challenge on March 15-20, 2010. See link above for sponsorship, schedule of events and other information.
• 2010 SAE Clean Snowmobile Challenge
at Michigan Tech (KRC)
• 19 Teams Up For UP's Clean Snowmobile Challenge from Great Lakes Innnovation and Technology Report
• Clean Engines Ready - Daily Mining Gazette
•2009 Clean Snowmobile Challenge
at Michigan Tech ME-EM Page
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Dr. Terry Woychowski, a 1978 Mechanical Engineering graduate of Michigan Technological University, is vice president, global vehicle program management, General Motors Corp. He addressed the College of Engineering First Year Student Assembly, Mon., August 31 at the Rozsa Center at Michigan Tech. The title of his talk:
• "Engineering - How Will You Change the World?"
Dr. Woychowski presented a seminar in October:
• "Leadership — Changing the World Through Influence" --- New Video |
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Michigan Tech Showcases New Professional Master of Engineering Program
Automotive engineering is entering a new era of hybrid electric-drive vehicles that demand a special set of skills. To prepare engineers to thrive in this hybrid/electric world, Michigan Technological University is developing an interdisciplinary professional Master of Engineering program
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Winter Baja at Michigan Tech, February 20, 2010: Michigan Tech’s 2010 Winter Baja Competition
will be held on Saturday February 20, 2010 at Lake
Linden Community Park in Lake Linden MI. The event is an informal, but competitive Mini-Baja race held on a motocross-style track made out of snow!
See Photos and video of the February 14, 2009 Blizzard Baja. |
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Michigan Tech Trains Automotive Engineers for Hybrid Technologies
Lead instructor is Jeff Naber, associate professor of mechanical engineering-engineering mechanics and director of the Advanced Power Systems Research Center at Michigan Tech. Other faculty include Jeff Allen, John Beard, Jeff Burl, Steve Hackney, Wayne Weaver and Jeremy Worm. |
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State Authorizes Michigan Tech to Seek Construction Bids for the new Great Lakes Research Center
“As Michigan moves toward a blue-water economy, this Great Lakes Research Center will play a vital role in helping the state understand and use its freshwater resources,” said Michigan Tech President Glenn D. Mroz. Other recent Great Lakes Research News |
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See Great Lakes IT Report article: "If you're looking for hope about the future of Michigan, there's no place better to start than Michigan Technological University." |
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Sustainable Futures Institute Annual Banquet and
Poster Session for Fall 2009 features Dr. W. Charles Kerfoot speaking about the new $25 million Great Lakes Research Center |
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D80 Center Conference October 2009:
Go! Learn? Contribute.
The D80 Conference is a celebration of the efforts to solve issues that confront the world's poorest 80%. Avery Bang of Bridges to Prosperity presented "Jobs in Development are Yours for the Taking" and Bridges for Development |
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New Geoscience Graduate Program builds Global Partnerships in Education and Research ---- -More
• INVOGE (International Volcanology and Geotechniques) |
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Explorations in Engineering Described as 'Exciting and Dynamic' High School Students explored the entire spectrum of engineering programs at Michigan Tech |
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Undergraduate Research Expo: 2009 highlights student research, enterprise
teams and senior design projects with the Award Winners
and Videos
• Michigan Tech Expo Channel on Youtube |
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Undergraduate Expo 2010 Registration is open for the April 15, 2010 Expo
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| ME-EM Graduate Seminar: Feb. 11: Professor Linda Ng Boyle; University of Washington; Title: 'Mitigating the Effects of Driver Distraction' 112 MEEM at 3:00 PM. |
| CEE Environmental Engineering Graduate Seminar: Feb-15: Lauren Fry &
Jarron Hewitt; Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Michigan Technological University
DOW 642, 3:00 pm |
| Chemical Engineering
Grain Processing Corporation
Lecture Series: Feb 12: Dr. K. Michael Gibson,
Michigan Technological University,
Department of Biological Sciences, Title: "When metabolism goes awry!
The case of maple syrup urine disease" 10:00 a.m.,
Chem. Sci.
& Engineering,
Room 101 |
| Biomedical Engineering Seminar: TBA |
| MSE Seminar: February 12: Dr. Jeffrey S. Allen,
Advanced Power Systems Research Center,
Department of Mechanical Engineering - Engineering Mechanics,
Michigan Technological University, "Capillary Phenomena in Fuel Cells", 3:00 – 4:00 pm
Room 610,
M&M Building |
| Sustainable Futures Institute Speaker Series:
TBA |
| Archana Pandey and Abhishek Prasad, graduate students in the physics department, will present two colloquia titled respectively, "Glucose Sensors and Bio-fuel Cells Based on Vertically-aligned Multi-walled Carbon Nanotubes for Integrated Energy Sensing, Generation, and Storage (SGS) Systems," and, "Controlled Growth and Applications of ZnO Nanowires," at 4 p.m., Thursday, Feb. 11, in Fisher 139. |
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Tech-Talks Scholarship: Wednesday, Feb. 10
hosted by the Sustainable Futures Institute (SFI), will be from 4 to 5 p.m., Wednesday, Feb. 10, in Memorial Union Ballroom A-2. |
| Friday, February 12, 2010;
8:00-9:00 Dow 642;
Dr. Chris Organ, Department of Organismic & Evolutionary Biology, Harvard University
"Below the Surface: Discovering Biology with Trees and Fossils" Bio Sciences Seminar |
| Sponsored Programs will hold "Intellectual Property" session at noon, Monday, Feb. 15, in Memorial Union Ballroom A2. Enroll in the session online and the "2010 CAREER Proposal Workshop"
Saturday, February 20, 2010;
8:00 AM to 6:00 PM; Enroll in the session online |
| Grand Opening of the new CN Rail Transportation Education Center (CN RTEC) by David Ferryman, vice president of Network System Engineering at CN; February 16, 8:55 to 9:55 a.m., in Dillman Hall 315 and 316 |
| Railroad Night: 5th Annual Michigan Tech Railroad Engineering and Activities Club (REAC) Rail night: February 16, 2010.
Keynote speaker is Mr. Tony Hatch, Senior Transportation Analyst on Wall Street, ABH Consulting.
The event will be held at the North Shore Grill (in the Best Western Franklin Square Inn)
Time: 7:00 pm to 10:00 pm |
Graduate Research Colloquium Poster & Presentation Competition, MUB Ballroom, February 25-26th, 2010.
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A scholarship initiative to supply STEM teachers for schools has 8 to 10 openings. The deadline for applications is March 1. The program begins in August for the 2010-11 academic year.
For more information: http://noycescholars.mtu.edu . |
| Call for Abstracts for the Annual ESC/BRC Graduate Research Forum:
Graduate students from any department conducting research related to
ecology, the environment or biotechnology to submit titles and abstracts
for poster presentation at the sixth annual ESC/BRC Graduate Research Forum from 3 to 5 p.m., Friday, March 26, in the atrium of the UJ Noblet Forestry Building. Abstracts must be submitted electronically to esc@mtu.edu as an attachment
in Word by noon, Friday, March 5. |
| Center for Water & Society Colloquium |
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Undergraduate, Graduate and Postdoc Research Opportunities
There are a variety of paid research opportunities available. |
| Applications for the 2010 Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowships (SURFs) are now open.
Up to $3,500 awarded. Applications are due noon Friday, Feb. 26.
For more information, visit www.mtu.edu/surf . |
| University Calendar |
| Graduate School & Defense Schedule |
| Past Events |
Michigan Tech Winter
Carnival 2010
COE Winter Carnival Pictures |
| Transportation Forum |
| Native Speakers Forum and Spirit of the Harvest Powwow Sponsored by the
American Indian Science & Engineering Society (AISES) |
| D80 Conference 2009; Agenda with over 20 presentations |
| Sustainable Futures Institute
Poster Session and Banquet Fall 2009 |
| Michigan Tech Research Institute (MTRI) Poster Session Fall 2009 |
| Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers Gala Latina Photos |
| Society of African and American Men, SAAM Men's Week 2009 |
| Career Fair Photos Fall 2009 |
| Parade of Nations 2009 |
Undergraduate Expo 2009
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