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Engineering Showcase Features and stories connected to Michigan Tech Engineering.The variety of topics shown here will change from time to time. Some of these links will lead to the websites of other departments and programs. |
Michigan Tech wins 8th place in 21st Annual ASCE National Concrete Canoe Competition at Montreal, Canada at the Montreal’s Olympic Basin 2008 |
Women in Engineering at Michigan Tech A Sample of Summer 2008 Activities |
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The Michigan YES! Expo: The fifth annual YES! Expo (Youth Engineering and Science) will be held Thursday, Nov. 6, 2008 at Ford Field in Detroit. Last year more than 15,000 middle and high school students attended the YES! Expo, where they visited more than 100 exhibits sponsored by corporations, colleges and universities from all over Michigan. Michigan Tech's presence included more than 20 exhibits representing all of the University's colleges and schools. |
Top Rail Industry Engineers speak at Michigan Tech Railroad Night Banquet Tech Preparing Students to Build a Better Railroad in Rail Industry Careers See the Railroad Engineering website brochures and slide show and also Railroad Engineering Movie Clips |
 See 2007 Photos and Movies: Students from many different countries participate in the Parade of Nations and International Ethnic Food Festival every year in the Autumn. |
Exceptional students and scholars Michigan
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 Ecology of Lake Superior aboard the EPA Research Vessel Lake Guardian. . A week long intensive ecology course with students working with professors and researchers on real 'hands-on' projects. |
Engineering Development for Humanity: D80 Conference, What is D80? |
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Undergrad Expo 2007 Review Undergrad Expo 2008 Coming April 17, 2008 Michigan Tech Undergraduate Research, Enterprise & Senior Design Expo Report Michigan Tech students are engaged in real research for industry, government and in other nations: Senior Design, Enterprise and Undergraduate Research |
Nanotechnology at Michigan Tech |
 The 2008 Winter Baja Competition was Saturday, February 16th in Lake Linden, Michigan 2008 Winter Baja Competition photos and video in Lake Linden, Michigan |
Intelligent Transportation: Vehicles are about to get a lot smarter and safer - Article from ECE Department Report (PDF) |
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Summer Youth Programs 2008 |
 Volcanic research: Obtain your MS degree while working as a Peace Corps volunteer in the first and only Master's International program in the country in Mitigation of Natural Geological Hazards. Michigan Tech has the largest Peace Corps Master's degree program. |
Engineers Without Borders Michigan Tech is off to a great start. The Michigan Tech chapter won the EWB National Award for Chapter Development |
 Aqua Terra Tech Enterprise has won a national award and embarked on a project to solve engineering problems in Nicaragua. Read more details about the ATT project. Or view the slide show of ATT Trip to Nicaragua, or view the Aqua Terra Tech Enterprise website. NEW:The ATT Team Now Featured at NSF |
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Winner of Best Overall Entry in the 2006 Fall Graduate Poster Session View Slide Shows of Field Excursion to the Rio Sonora Basin, Mexico |
Michigan Tech has acquired the Environmental and Emerging Technologies Division of the Altarum Institute. The Altarum Institute is a nonprofit research institute, providing health systems research to clients ranging from government agencies to commercial companies. Michigan Tech Research Institute Dedicated in Ann Arbor (Michigan Tech News Story) |
Vascular regeneration - It’s all in the geometry: Following coronary artery bypass surgery, vein grafts tend to fail due to blockage after only a decade. Jeremy Goldman would like to create a graft that will last a lifetime. Read the article from COE Newsletter (PDF) |
 Earn a master's degree while in the Peace Corps: Michigan Tech is the only university offering engineering degrees in the Peace Corps Master's International program, including Civil and Environmental Engineering Michigan Tech has the largest Peace Corps Master's degree program. |
Michigan Tech SAE Aero Design® Team Michigan Tech’s SAE Aero Design team flew their radio-controlled plane to a third-place finish in the Society of Automotive Engineers’ Aero Design West, held in March in Van Nuys, Calif. Then they soared to first place in Aero Design East, held May 4-6 in Ft. Worth, Texas. |
 International Senior Design Students travel to developing countries and work on projects such as community flood control, water supply and treatment, and improving sanitary conditions. The service learning class is designed to emulate work of a design/build firm in industry, combining field construction and an engineering design project to benefit people of the developing world. ISD is a part of D80 Center. |
 Sustainable Engineering Initiative: International Senior Design students work with community members in the Dominican Republic to place rebar for the roof of a water reservoir for the community. |
Two of Michigan Tech's many special focus Institutes are the Sustainable Futures Institute and the Remote Sensing Institute |
Artist's depiction of new A.E. Seaman Mineral Museum, Michigan's Official State Mineral Museum, atop Quincy Hill. The museum will eventually move into the new site. Major Collections from Paul and Janet Clifford and Gene and Rosalind Meieran. |
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Ripley Ski Hill Website Ski the Keweenaw: Nearby Ski Resorts Reports, Information and Photos |
 Biomedical Engineering is an important field for applying science and technology to restore human health. Student researcher is testing the strength bear bones in Bone Mechanics research that shows that the tensile strength of black bear (Ursus americanus) cortical bone is not compromised with aging despite annual periods of hibernation See a movie clip of bear bone strength test (2.4 Mb WMV) Learn more about the bone mechanics research |
 Michigan Tech Rowing Team and Keweenaw Star Excursion boat. Click for video clip The Keweeenaw Waterway allows navigation between the eastern and western parts of Lake Superior. A recreational non-motorized trail runs for 4.5 miles along the entire waterfront of Houghton, with picnic areas, a city park and several nature trails outside of town. |
 The Enterprise Program gives teams of students the opportunity to become industrial entrepreneurs, to create a business enterprise and solve engineering problems supplied and funded by industry partners.
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Materials Science and Mechanical engineering students who are interested in furthering knowledge in the metal casting industry can join the Innovative Casting Enterprise. They work with corporations on research and development of new casting technologies. |
Michigan Tech offers unique interdisciplinary programs for connecting engineering to environment and natural resources studies and research. |
 Michigan Tech Aerospace Engineers Selected for NASA Reduced Gravity Flight Student Program Photos of Aerospace Team members trip to conduct experiments in reduced gravity. And later win the Bronze at Nanosat 3 |
The SV Denis
Sullivan had two cruises out of Houghton, one in Lake Superior
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Summer Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) program is open to students majoring in the following (or related) disciplines: any field of Engineering, Social Sciences, or Business/Economics. |
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