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Rahman Publishes on the Shipbreaking Industry in Bangladesh

Published August 9, 2016

S.M. Mizan Rahman, who graduated in spring 2016 with a PhD in Environmental and Energy Policy, has published three papers on the shipbreaking industry in Bangladesh:

Rahman SMM and AL Mayer. 2015. How social ties influence metal resource flows in the Bangladesh ship recycling industry. Resources, Conservation & Recycling 104(A):254-264.

Rahman SMM, R Handler, AL Mayer. 2016. Life Cycle Assessment of steel in the ship recycling industry in Bangladesh. Journal of Cleaner Production 135:963-971.

Rahman SMM and AL Mayer. 2016. Policy compliance recommendations for international shipbreaking treaties for Bangladesh. Marine Policy 73:122-129.

Contact Audrey Mayer for reprints.

From Tech Today.

Durfee Publishes Paper on Trade Agreements for the Arctic

Published August 4, 2016

By Amy Spahn

Mary Durfee authored the paper, “Dementia perhaps, but the state is not dead: TTIP, CETA, and the Arctic,” published in COJOURN, Vol 1, No. 2.

COJOURN is the Cornvinus Journal of International Affairs published by the Institute of International Studies at Corvinus University in Budapest, Hungary.

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Lafreniere Co-Authors Paper on Geo-Spatial Analysis of Postal Spaces and Networks

Published August 2, 2016

By Amy Spahn

Don Lafreniere (SS) co-authored a paper, “Rebuilding the Landscape of the Rural Post Office: A Geo-Spatial Analysis of 19th-century Postal Spaces and Networks” in Rural Landscapes: Society, Environment, History, Vol. 3, No. 1, pp. 1-19.

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PAR Paper Co-Authored by Wellstead Featured in Government Executive

Published August 2, 2016

By Amy Spahn

A recent paper co-authored by Adam Wellstead “To Bridge the Divide between Evidence and Policy: Reduce Ambiguity as Much as Uncertainty” in Public Administration Review was featured in Government Executive, an on-line publication with 80,000 federal manager readers.

The full paper is available for download.

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SS Alumnus Publishes on Immigration and Ethnic History

Published July 7, 2016

By Amy Spahn

Marc Sanko (History, 2011) published an essay, “The Worlds of the Immigration Historian” in the Immigration and Ethnic History Society’s new blog on July 1^st. The essay was picked as one of ten to run over the course of the year in a competition during December. Sanko, a PhD Candidate at West Virginia University, also had an article, “The Gift of Empire: Exploring the Importance of the Skilled Labor Experience in Maltese Migrants, 1919-1924”, recently accepted for publication in The Michigan Historical Review.

Wellstead Co-Authors Paper on Climate Change Policy and the Challenges

Published July 7, 2016

By Amy Spahn

Adam Wellstead (SS) co-authored “Structural-functionalism redux: adaptation to climate change and the challenge of a science-driven policy agenda” in Critical Policy Studies.

From Tech Today.

Lafreniere Co-Authors Paper on Mobility of the Windsor-Detroit Border

Published July 7, 2016

By Amy Spahn

Don Lafreniere (SS) co-authored a paper, “The Windsor-Detroit Borderland: The Making of a Key North American Environment of Mobility” in Moving Natures: Mobility and the Environment in Canadian History published by the University of Calgary Press.

From Tech Today.

Walton Quoted in Kansas City Star

Published July 6, 2016

By Amy Spahn

The Kansas City Star quoted Assistant Professor Steven Walton (SocSci) in an article about the Society for Industrial Archeology’s annual meeting in Kansas City and tours of historical industrial sites. The Society for Industrial Archeology is based at Michigan Tech. See the article here.

From Tech Today.

Study on Solar-Hybrid Energy Systems Featured in Several Media Outlets

Published July 1, 2016

By Amy Spahn

A new study focused on solar-hybrid energy systems using cogeneration, photovoltaics and battery technology and its potential impact in the Upper Peninsula was picked up by several media outlets including Solar Thermal Magazine, Phys.org and e! Science News.

The research was conducted by Abhilash Katamneni (CS), Richelle Winkler (SS), Joshua Pearce (ECE/MSE) and Lucia Gauchia (ECE/ME).

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