Michigan Tech announces that Adrienne Minerick (ChE) has been hired to serve as dean for the School of Technology. She will begin serving on July 1 and replaces retiring dean, Jim Frendewey. Minerick is currently associate dean for research and innovation in the College of Engineering, assistant to the provost for faculty development, and a . . .
Posts relate to the NSF ADVANCE Initiative at Michigan Tech. ADVANCE at Michigan Tech promotes faculty retention, career success, and STEM equity. We place emphasis on advancing underrepresented individuals with intersectionality. Our funding comes from the National Science Foundation (NSF) and we are currently the recipients of two ADVANCE grants.
By Stefanie Sidortsova, published May 14, 2018 in Tech Today Janet Callahan will become dean of Michigan Technological University’s College of Engineering on July 1, 2018. Callahan comes to Michigan Tech from Boise State University, where she is chair and professor of the Micron School of Materials Science and Engineering. Callahan replaces retiring dean Wayne . . .
Caryn Heldt (ChE) is the principal investigator on a project that has received a $300,000 research and development grant from the National Science Foundation. The project is titled “Driving Forces in Aqueous Two-Phase Systems for Vaccine Development.” This is a three-year project totaling $300,000.
by Allison Mills, Tech Today, April 10, 2018 Michigan Tech’s thought leaders glimpse into the University’s future. Nina Mahmoudian, Lou and Herbert Wacker associate professor in mobile systems of mechanical engineering, reflects on where the field is heading over the next decade. Q: What is happening today that will change mechanical engineering education and research . . .
by Associate Vice President for Administration Theresa Coleman-Kaiser, senior associate vice president for administration, traveled to Grand Rapids March 16 for a quarterly meeting of the board of directors of the Michigan Lean Consortium (MLC). In her role as board vice president, Coleman-Kaiser coordinated a presentation by Cheryl Ronk, president of the Michigan Society of . . .
CEE 5992 Seminar Date: January 22, Monday Time: 3:05 pm – 3:55 pm Location: GLRC 0202 Presenter and Affiliation: Prof. Eric Seagren, Michigan Technological University Presentation Title: “A Pilot Program for Female Ph.D. and Postdoc Mentoring Teams at TUM and Michigan Tech” Abstract: The overall goal of this co-operative work between Prof. Eric . . .
It was Michigan Tech’s “wonderful reputation” that first got the attention of Audra Morse. That reputation was enough to convince her to leave Texas Tech to lead Michigan Tech’s Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering. On July 1, Audra Morse began her tenure as chair of the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Michigan Technological University. . . .
Women Also Know Stuff is the name of a website that provides a database of political science scholars working in politics, policy, and government in order to make women’s work more visible and accessible to others: www.womenalsoknowstuff.com and #womenalsoknowstuff A summary article of the project appears in Inside Higher Education by Colleen Flaherty (July 6, . . .
by Jennifer Donovan, Tech Today, June 26, 2017 SR Education Group, an online education research publisher, has named Michigan Tech one of the 2017 Top Online Colleges for Women in STEM. To develop this list, SR Education Group researched all accredited colleges offering at least 10 fully online STEM degrees, evaluating them on factors indicative . . .
by Mark Wilcox in Tech Today, January 9, 2017 Michigan Tech President Glenn Mroz has appointed Julie Seppala as vice president for finance. Her appointment was effective on Dec. 18. Previously, Seppala was appointed treasurer of the Board of Trustees, the executive director of financial services and operations and treasurer of the Michigan Tech Fund . . .