Posts under the ‘Research’ category

From the Center for Water & Society World Water Day, First Place Award Original Research $250: Marcel Dijkstra, Advisor: Marty Auer, Topic of research: “Predicting Ecosystem Changes in Lake Superior Insights Regarding Thermal Structure and the Spring Algal Bloom”

Center for Water & Society World Water Day Third Place Award $100 Coursework/Informational, to Stephanie Tulk for her project: “Management of Hydrological Systems near Alpine Glaciers”

Pictures and links to the posters and the other students who participated can be found at Center for Water & Society World Water Day Results

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• View video: “The Role of Satellite Derived Information in the Restoration of the Great Lakes”
• View a video from the Remote Sensing of Bridge Condition Assessment
• View photos from the Remote Sensing of Bridge Condition Assessment

MTRI: Michigan Tech Research Institute (Ann Arbor) poster presentations were on display in the Atrium of the Dow Environmental Sciences and Engineering Building where numerous faculty and students had the chance to study them.

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“The Role of Satellite Derived Information in the Restoration of the Great Lakes,” Dr. Robert Shuchman, Michigan Tech Research Institute at the EPSSI Seminar

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The 89th Annual Transportation Research Board (TRB) meeting held in Washington, DC, from Jan. 10-14, was well represented by Michigan Tech’s faculty, staff and students.

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MTRI: Michigan Tech Research Institute (Ann Arbor) poster presentations were on display in the Atrium of the Dow Environmental Sciences and Engineering Building where numerous faculty and students had the chance to study them.

One important feature for students was the wealth of information about becoming engaged in research. Students and researchers currently involved in research projects were present with their posters to answer questions.

The pictures and poster presented here are only a sample of the major project posters. To see more titles and examples of the posters go to the MTRI: Michigan Tech Research Institute (Ann Arbor) website

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Scientists at Tech are known for their expertise in lake restoration and management, much of it applied to pristine Lake Superior. Now two researchers, an old hand and a budding scholar, are working on a small UP lake that is nearly choked to death.

Alex Mayer and David Hand, both professors of civil and environmental engineering, and Karen Endres, a former PhD student, have been named winners of the 2009 Rudolph Hering Medal from the American Society of Civil Engineers. The award is given annually for the best paper on environmental engineering or water resources published in an ASCE journal during the previous year.

Cory McDonald, a PhD candidate in environmental engineering, received the JGLR/Elsevier Young Student Award. This award is given to “emerging young scientists with a JGLR article ranked in the top 10, as determined by the IAGLR Chandler-Misener Review Committee.” Recipients receive a complimentary one-year IAGLR membership and a $750 cash prize.

Graduate student Christopher DeDene (CEE) and Associate Professor Zhanping You (CEE) have received $14,775 from the National Science Foundation for the first increment of a potential three-year project, “Sustainable Asphalt Concrete Pavements.”

Professor Alex Mayer (CEE/MTCWS), co-PI Richard Donovan (ChE/MTCWS), co-PI Robert Pastel (CS/MTCWS) and co-PI Charles Wallace (CS/MTCWS) have received $249,840 from NSF for a two-year project, “CI-TEAM Demo: Environmental CyberCitizens: Engaging Citizen Scientists in Global Environmental Change through Crowdsensing and Visualization.”