College of Engineering at Michigan Tech: Graduate Progrsm Seminars & Other Events

Seminars & Events Page

Expositions

Undergraduate Expo 2008
Senior Design, Undergraduate Research, Enterprise teams, & High School Enterprise teams

Engineering Seminars

Remote Sensing Institute Seminars: Monday 4 pm U113 Minerals & Materials Building

Chemical Engineering - Grain Processing Corp. Lecture:

Research scientist Colin Brooks (MTRI) will give a lecture sponsored by the Michigan Tech Center for Water and Society, “The Connection between Land Use/Land Cover and Water Quality in the Agricultural Upper Tiffin River Watershed of Southeastern Michigan," Thursday, April 24, 3 p.m in EERC 100.

Sustainable Futures Institute

"Defining the Science of Sustainability"

A series of discussions that will address sustainability from several perspectives. The SFI Colloquium on Sustainability will be held on Fridays this semester from noon to 1 p.m. in MEEM 208. SFI IGERT students from Southern University-Baton Rouge participate via videoconferencing.

Friday, April 4
Environmental/Ecology Perspective
The discussion will be led by PhD students Valerie Fuchs and Lauren Fry (Civil and Environmental Engineering).

Friday, April 11
Society/Policy Perspective
The discussion will be led by PhD students from the Program in Public Policy at Southern University-Baton Rouge, La.

Friday, April 18
Industry/Economy Perspective
The discussion will be led by PhD students Chris Cooney (MEEM) and Pete Holman (Chemical Engineering).

For more details on the SFI Colloquium, visit www.me.mtu.edu/~jwsuther/colloquium/index.html .

Materials Science & Engineering Seminar

Environmental, Water Resources Engineering Graduate Seminar: 3 pm. 642 Dow Environmental Sciences & Engineering

April 14: Dr. Rod Chimner Assistant Professor School of Forest Resources and Environmental Science Michigan Technological University, 'Fen wetland restoration in Colorado' April 14, 3 pm. 642 Dow Environmental Sciences & Engineering

April 21: (1) Improving Forecasts of Flood Risk by Incorporating Climate Variability into Bulletin 17B LP3 Model Ms. Ashwini Kashelikar Environmental Engineering M.S. Student Michigan Technological University
(2) Information-theoretic model selection in aquatic biogeochemical modeling Mr. Cory McDonald Environmental Engineering Doctoral Student Michigan Technological University

Seminars & Other Talks

School of Technology Lectures:
"Long Range Face Recognition" - Monday, March 31, 2008, 3:30-4:30 p.m., Grover C. Dillman Hall, Room 214

"Automatic Cooperative Tracking" - Tuesday, April 1, 2008, 1:30-2:30 p.m., Electrical Energy Resources Center, Room 100

Physics
Professor Mark A. Reed, Harold Hodgkinson Chair of Engineering and Applied Science and the associate director of the Yale Institute for Nanoscience and Quantum Engineering at Yale University, will present a physics colloquium, "Biodetection with Semiconducting Nanowires," Thursday, April 3, 11 a.m. in Fisher 135.

Forest Resources and Environmental Science
The annual School of Forest Resources and Environmental Science spring symposium sponsored by Xi Sigma Pi National Forestry Honor Society, "Ecosystems and Climate Change," will be held Friday, April 4, in U. J. Noblet Forestry G002. An array of presentations will be offered throughout the day.

Assistant Professor Thomas Pypker (SFRES), hydrologist and micrometeorologist, will present "Climate Change and Hydrology" at 10 a.m.

Research Associate Professor Andrew Burton (SFRES), below-ground processes and ecosystem ecology researcher, will present "Tree Physiology and Carbon Allocation Responses to Climate Change" at 11 a.m.

Assistant Professor John Vucetich (SFRES), population biologist, will present "Wolves and Moose of Isle Royale, 50 Years of Research" at 1 p.m.

Associate Professor Nancy Auer (Biological Sciences), fish/conservation biologist, will present "Rehabilitating Lake Sturgeon: Challenges in a Time of Climate and Economic Change" at 2 p.m.

Chris Burnett and Justin Miller, green timber consulting foresters of Big Creek Forestry in Marquette, will present "What Field Foresters Can Do About Climate Change" at 3 p.m.

News, Photos & Results of Expositions & Seminars

Graduate Student Council Poster Session and Colloquium -- Photos

World Water Day Poster Session and Seminar --Photos

MTRI Research Projects Posters Presented at Michigan Tech’s Campus -- Photos

Engineering Development for Humanity: D80 Conference --Photos & Video

Sustainable Futures Institute Sustainability Research Projects Poster Session -Photos

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Modified on:
April 23, 2008

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