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Postmark to honor Douglass Houghton, Michigan Geologist
The United States Postal Service will have a bicentennial pictorial cancellation to honor Douglass Houghton at Douglass Houghton Hall on Michigan Tech’s Campus in Houghton Michigan on Saturday, November 7, 2009 in the lower level lounge from 11am until 3pm. |
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Michigan Tech, Michigan State Sign Biofuel Research Contract with Frontier Renewable Resources
Development of a model of the biofuel supply chain, tracking biomass from tree to the plant gate, the lead researcher is David Watkins, Civil and Environmental Engineering; Harvesting and transportation of biomass for the biofuel plant, Project co-leader is David Shonnard of Chemical Engineering; |
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Strategic Faculty Hiring Initiatives Seek Energy, Health Faculty
The Strategic Faculty Hiring Initiatives are designed to enhance and expand the University’s existing, cross-disciplinary research strengths.
One new initiative focuses on Energy: Next Generation Energy Systems. The other is in Health: Basic Sciences, Technologies and Medical Informatics. |
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Michigan Tech Research Institute Receives NIH Grant to Study Wildfires, Health
Tyler erickson is part of a team of Michigan Technological University researchers has received a $452,086 grant from the National Institutes of Health’s National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences for the first year of a research study of the impact of climate change on wildfires and the resulting impact on human health of smoke from the wildfires |
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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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Michael Mullins:
Center for Fundamental and Applied Research in
Nanostructured and Lightweight Materials
Michael Mullins is the director of Michigan Tech’s Center for Fundamental and Applied Research in Nanostructured and Lightweight Materials. The Center was recently awarded $1.23 million in continuing funding from the US Department of Energy, bringing its total DOE support to nearly $3 million. |
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Michigan Tech Researchers Lead Project to Develop Cleaner, More Efficient Diesel Engines
Johnson: More Research Needed to Boost Truck Fuel Economy, Safety |
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Michigan Tech Research Institute (MTRI) Poster Session Fall 2009
MTRI scientists and engineers were at Michigan Tech to discuss current projects, collaborations with Tech departments and areas of research. |
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Michigan Tech's SAE Racing Wins Video Contest
Award Winning Video: Michigan Tech Formula SAE wins the "This is our SAE" video contest! The winning video can be seen above (Youtube Video Link)
2008: Michigan Tech Formula Car SAE Team at Michigan International Speedway
See the results for 2008 and photos or view the Michigan Tech Formula SAE website for more details and photos |
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Sustainable Futures Institute
Sustainability Research Projects Poster Session Fall 2009 and Banquet, event that featured several poster awards and the induction of Dr. Alex Mayer and Dr. Michael Mullins as the 2009 Distinguished Fellows and 17 Scholars of SFI
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Global Watershed GK12 Fellowships: Diving Deep into Water Topics with Middle School Teachers, Students
Starting this fall, Michigan Tech PhD students will begin an in-depth, collaborative effort to bring the engineering, natural science and political aspects of water resources to middle school students and their teachers. Professor Alex Mayer (CEE), director of the Center for Water and Society, anticipates that the effort will go beyond raising young people's awareness of water issues.
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Local Alumnus Makes Good: GS Engineering Awarded $25-Million Government Contract:
GS Engineering, founded by 1980 MEEM graduate Glen Simula, was awarded a $25-million, five-year contract with the US Special Operations Command. |
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Researchers Receive $1.5 Million to Make Steel, Syngas Using Microwaves
Professor Jiann-Yang Hwang and Xiaodi Huang, a project manager and research leader in the Institute of Materials Processing received $1.5 million from the Michigan Public Service Commission to further develop a new, energy-efficient method for making steel. And, by the way, it also produces syngas |
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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?" |
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Madhukar Vable has published all 500-plus pages of the second edition of “Mechanics of Materials” online Mechanics of Materials” has a sample syllabus, lecture slides and sample exams, plus plenty of color photographs. For years, Vable never left home without his camera, and he took hundreds of photos to illustrate concepts in his book View the online book Mechanics of Materials |
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Parade of Nations and Multicultural Food Festival was Fun
See how much Student Talent shows at Michigan Tech and how much fun that talented engineering studentscan have. |
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National Science Foundation Awards Nearly $4.2 Million for Research at Michigan Tech: Eight research projects in eight different fields at Michigan Technological University are receiving grants totaling $4,172,719 from the National Science Foundation (NSF). Funding for four of the projects comes from the American Reinvestment and Recovery Act of 2009, also known as federal stimulus money |
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Michigan Tech’s Undergraduate Engineering Ranking Rises
Michigan Tech's undergraduate engineering programs rose in the latest US News & World Report rankings, placing 64th in the nation among engineering schools whose highest degree is a doctorate.Environmental Engineering ranked 15th and Materials Science and Engineering ranked 17th nationally. |
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Enrollment rose again this school year, topping last year's number by 118 students. Fall enrollment figures tallied last night totaled 7,132.
A surge in Graduate School enrollment accounted for the increase, including increasing enrollment of international graduate students. The Graduate School reported 1,189 students, the most ever and a 21-percent increase over fall 2008. The number of international graduate students is up more than 17 percent |
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Michigan Tech Hires 7 Multi-disciplinary Computational Innovators
Michigan Tech has hired seven new faculty members in six different departments to conduct research in computational discovery and innovation. It is the University's second Strategic Faculty Hiring Initiative. |
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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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Family Engineering Inspires Students (and Mom and Dad)
Supported by NSF, the program helps families work together to discover what engineering is, how to solve engineering problems and hopefully inspire some youngsters to pursue education and careers in engineering. |
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Michigan Tech Receives $3 Million in Federal Stimulus Funds to Develop Hybrid Electric Curriculum ----- More
Michigan Tech Offering Free Course for Auto Engineers on Next-Generation Hybrid, Battery Technologies ---- More |
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New Geoscience Graduate Program Builds Global Partnerships in Education and Research
The new program, INVOGE (International Volcanology and Geotechniques), will build on Michigan Tech's well-known graduate programs and global research in volcanology and geohydrology and will allow students to spend a significant part of their graduate study on campuses in France and Italy and at worldwide research sites, such as the Reunion volcano site in the French Indian Ocean. |
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Michigan Tech Partners with Army Corps of Engineers Environmental Lab
Michigan Technological University and the US Army Corps of Engineers’ Environmental Laboratory in Vicksburg have signed an educational and research partnership agreement that opens the door to a broad range of research projects, faculty exchanges and student internships. Michigan Tech’s planned Great Lakes Research Center (GLRC) will house the new partnership on campus. |
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Green Campus Enterprise Working to Lighten University's Carbon Footprint
During spring semester, the Green Campus Enterprise conducted a three-pronged effort aimed at cutting the University's generation of greenhouse gases. |
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Teaching the Teachers: Grand Rapids Science Teachers Converge on Tech
It's all part of a new program called MiTEP (Michigan Teaching Excellence Program), funded by a $4 million 5-year National Science Foundation Math Science Partnership grant.
NSF Awards $4 Million to Michigan Tech to Build Earth Science Teaching Model in Grand Rapids.
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Baja Team Wins Award for most combined points in all three Baja SAE events
For the first time in school history Michigan Tech has won the Mike Schmidt Memorial Iron Team Award in the SAE International Collegiate Design Series Baja Competition. The Iron Team title is awarded to the team with the most combined points after all three North American Baja SAE events. |
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Students Break 1,000 mpg in SAE Supermileage Competition
Michigan Tech's team surprised everyone last weekend by wringing a whopping 1,140 miles per gallon out of their low, sleek, custom-made vehicle in the 2009 SAE Supermileage competition.
The effort was enough to earn them a silver in the 25-team field in just their second year at the event, held June 4-5 at the Eaton Corporation Marshall Proving Grounds, in Lower Michigan.
Supermileage Enterprise team Website
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Michigan Tech Partners With IBM in Global Rail Innovation Center
When IBM set its sights on becoming an international rail transportation leader, one of the first university partners they turned to was Michigan Technological University. Michigan Tech's Rail Transportation Program is an emerging player educating future leaders for the rail industry. Shown at left, Pasi Lautala, director of Michigan Tech's Rail Transportation Program |
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National Summer Transportation Institute: Michigan Tech will host Michigan's first National Summer Transportation
Institute in July 2009. Michigan 9th and 10th graders... to learn
more about this great opportunity to explore carers in transportation.
Summer Youth Programs,
Click Here for news story from Tech Today for more information. |
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Former Tech Faculty Member Inducted into Construction Hall of Fame ;Professor Ed Haltenhoff was the project engineer for all on-site construction engineering pertaining to the foundation for the Mackinac Bridge ---- More |
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Richard E. Honrath
1961-2009
Memorial |
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Governor Appoints Two Michigan Tech Deans to Wind Council |
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Michigan Tech’s Undergraduate Engineering Ranking Rises
Michigan Technological University’s undergraduate engineering programs rose in the latest US News & World Report rankings
Graduate school rankings released today by US News & World Report rank three of Michigan Tech's graduate engineering programs in the top 50 nationwide. The annual rankings evaluated 198 graduate schools of engineering. More Details |
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Michigan Construction Career Days to attract students to the construction and transportation industries and college programs.
April 21 & 22, 2009 at the Ingham County Fairgrounds in Mason,MI
See 2009 Michigan Construction Career Days Photos
See 2009 Michigan Construction Career Days Videos |
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CN Donates $250,000 to Michigan Tech's Rail Transportation Program
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2009
Undergraduate Expo highlights student research, enterprise
teams and senior design projects with the Award Winners and Video Clips
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Graduate Student Council-sponsored Research Poster Presentation and Research Colloquium Competition at the Rozsa Center Atrium
Graduate Education Event April 23 Will Highlight Michigan's Best and Brightest |
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Board of Control Approves Bonds for $24 Million in Capital Projects Including Great Lakes Research Center on
the Michigan Tech waterfront for $6.8 million. |
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1. 2009 SAE Clean Snowmobile Challenge
at Michigan Tech ME-EM Page
2. Michigan Tech Takes a Silver in Clean Snowmobile Challenge
3. Forest Service Official: Clean Snowmobile Challenge Helps Sustain the Natural World
4. Wisconsin Madison Sweeps Clean Snowmobile Challenge
5. 2009 SAE Clean Snowmobile Challenge March 16-21, 2009 at the Keweenaw Research Center
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Michigan Tech Shares Funding for A New Biofuel Research Center
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Plumbing the Great Lake's Secrets by Jennifer Donovan
Is Lake Superior a source or a sink for carbon dioxide? Noel Urban, associate professor of civil and environmental engineering, wants to know. What about beach erosion and estuary flow, inquires Barkdoll. Can we protect the watershed that feeds the lake containing 10 percent of all the available fresh water in the world? Mayer hopes that answer lies in the new Great Lakes Research Lab. |
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The 2009 Winter Baja Competition was on Saturday, February 14th in Lake Linden, Michigan
2009 Winter Baja Competition photos and video in Lake Linden, Michigan |
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Entrepreneurship in Hard Times: Kanwal Rekhi, a Michigan Tech alumnus, advisor and supporter who became a highly successful Silicon Valley entrepreneur, Rekhi says hard times can actually be the best of times for would-be entrepreneurs |
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Allen's Work with Two-Phase Flow Garners NSF CAREER Award; Article in Michigan Tech Research 2009 |
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Battling the Ballast Water by Marcia Goodrich from Michigan Tech Research Magazine 2009
For David Hand, the line between work and play is as thin as monofilament. This is evident from the trophy lake trout on his office wall and in the passion that charges his voice when he talks about a deadly threat to his beloved Lake Superior fishery.
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Michigan Green Schools: WUPCenter and Michigan Tech now host Michigan Green Schools website |
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Tyler Erickson, a research scientist at the Michigan Tech Research Institute in Ann Arbor, has been named one of five scientists worldwide who created winning entries in a Google Earth Education competition; News Story from Tech Today |
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4th Annual Railroad Night
David Connell, Vice President, Engineering, Union Pacific Railroad with Keynote speaker Gil Carmichael, Intermodal Transportation Institute
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Great Lakes Maritime Transportation Teacher Institute article featured in
Lighthouse Digest Magazine
Find out more about Summer institutes for Teachers |
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"Gigantic Magnetofossils" Ruled in Ancient Global-Warming Climate: magnetofossils are new to the biomineral world, according to Michigan Tech paleomagnetist Aleksey Smirnov |
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Michigan Tech Annual Events and Banquet to Honor Dr. Martin Luther King
February is Black History Month: See Schedule of events at Michigan Tech |
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Prosperity By Design: D80 Conference: The 2nd Annual D80 Conference was Saturday November 8, 2008
What is D80?
Many challenges confront our planet's inhabitants, particularly the 80% not typically considered by designers of infrastructure, goods and services. Engineers must play a critical role in elevating the quality of life for all while ensuring future generations can thrive. |
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Drill Here! Locating Drinking Water Under Challenging Conditions: Jill Bruning, and John Gierke go to Nicaragua for field testing Learn more at: Remote Sensing for Hazard Mitigation and Resource Protection in Pacific Latin America |
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William W. Predebon, Ph.D. - Elected ASME Fellow
William Predebon, professor and chair of the Department of Mechanical Engineering – Engineering Mechanics, has been elected a fellow of ASME.... More |
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Michigan Tech, General Motors, Engineering Society of Detroit Work Together to Retrain Displaced Automotive Engineers |
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Max Seel, professor of physics and longtime dean of the College of Sciences and Arts, has been named interim provost and vice president for academic affairs. He will be assuming the duties of Lesley Lovett-Doust, who has accepted the presidency of Nipissing University in North Bay, Ontario |
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Michigan Tech Receives $1.6 Million in NSF Grants to Expand High School Enterprise
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Campaign Chair Dave House Gives Michigan Tech $10 Million, Largest Gift in University History |
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2009 World Water Day Events - Monday, March 23, 2009 |
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Komar Kawatra receives funding for an "Advanced Sustainable Iron & Steel Making Center." |
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DOE Gives Fuel-Cell Materials Research Center $1.2 Million |
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Service Systems Engineering, Educational Programs, Diversity Initiatives and Minority Programs, University Leadership: Dr. Lesia Crumpton-Young Program Director, Division of Undergraduate Education, National Science Foundation, She presented several workshops at Michigan Tech |
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Ecology
of Lake Superior Aboard the EPA's Research Vessel Lake Guardian:
Students and researchers gather data in a 7 day day trip of
hundreds of miles around Lake Superior.
Lake Superior Photos
and Videos |
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The Great Lakes on the Brink with author Dave Dempsey hosted by Lake Superior Stewardship Initiative:
Great Lakes Water: Commodity or Commons? The Great Lakes Compact in the Context of Global Water Scarcity Video WMV 100 Mb |
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New Mechanical Engineering Peace Corps Master's International
New Mechanical Engineering Peace Corps website
Michigan Tech Still #1 (2009)
Michigan Tech Ranks #1 in Peace Corps Master's Degree Programs (2008) |
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Up, Up and Away: Studying Volcanoes With Balloons
Studying Volcanoes With Balloons Video
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Electron Transistors Turn Up the Heat by Marcia Goodrich from Michigan Tech Research Magazine 2009
Electrons can be intractable little subatomic particles, which is why researchers sometimes have to dunk them in liquid helium to make them behave. Paul Bergstrom's team is only the second research group in the world to build the device known as a single electron transistor that minds its manners at room temperature. |
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College
of Engineering secretary Sherry Saarinen has
been showing her talents in the performing arts along with her
sisters as the Finnish poetry and musical troupe 'Nyt Naura'.
-Suomalainan
Sisters - Nyt Naura |
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A Finnish Dance Band in the Copper Country!!
- Pasi Lautala
and the Pasi Cats! Pasi is a grad student in CEE
leading the Summer in Finland Railroad Engineering class |
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Talent Shows at Michigan Tech!!
The global talent of our students at Michigan Tech really does show! These are shows that are organized, engineered and put on the stage by student performers! |
