Kuilin Zhang (CEE/MTTI) is the principal investigator on a project that has received $65,139 from the University of Chicago.
Yue Li (CEE), is the Co-PI on the project “Coordinated Transit Response Planning and Operations Support Tools for Mitigating Impacts of All-Hazard Emergency Events.”
This is the first year of a potential two-year project totaling $135,000.
Gov. Rick Snyder has re-appointed Mike Drewyor (SoT), to the State Board of Professional Surveyors and the State Board of Professional Engineers. The boards regulate the practices of professional surveyors and engineers.
Drewyor is a professor of practice in the School of Technology and teaches in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering as well. He earned bachelor’s and master’s degrees in civil engineering from Michigan Tech.
The Center for Technology & Training (CTT), part of the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, sent Software Engineers Sean Thorpe and Mike Pionke to provide Roadsoft on-site technical assistance to the Livingston, Eaton, Barry and Missaukee County Road Commissions and the cities of Rochester Hills and Auburn during the week of April 18, 2016.
Professor David Watkins has been appointed as Editor-in-Chief (EIC) of the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) Journal of Water Resources Planning and Management, effective March 2016. The Journal of Water Resources Planning and Management is a leading journal in the field of water resources and has the highest impact factor of all ASCE journals. As the EIC, Dr. Watkins works with 20 associate editors to process 400 to 500 manuscripts submitted annually to the journal. Approximately 120 papers are published each year, examining social, economic, environmental, and administrative concerns relating to the conservation and use of water. Dr. Watkins previously served as an associate editor for the journal.
Professor of Practice, Mike Drewyor, has been reappointed by the governor to the Michigan Board of Professional Engineers. The nine-member board serve four-year terms in which they regulate the practice of professional engineers.
http://www.michigan.gov/snyder/0,4668,7-277-57577_57657_59871-382899–,00.htmlhttp://
Senior Design Colloquium
The Civil and Environmental Engineering Department is pleased to invite the University community to attend the spring 2016 senior design team presentations. This semester students have undertaken a wide range of interesting projects to fulfill the Department’s design project requirement. Refreshments will be served.
April 29, 2016
8:30 am – 12:00 pm
Presentations will be in Chem Sci 101 & 102
James Iwanicki ‘1989 – BS, Civil Engineering has been elected President of the County Road Association (CRA) of MI. James has been with Marquette County Road Commission for 17 years and recognized in 2014 as CRA Rural Engineer of the Year.
http://uppermichiganssource.com/news/local/county-road-association-of-michigan-president-elected
Civil and Environmental Engineering’s newest instructor, Michelle Jarvie-Eggart was awarded “Most Engaging Professor” by Delta Phi Epsilon this semester. She is teaching ENVE 4506, Sustainable Engineering Design. Michelle earned her PhD in Environmental Engineering in 2007. Since then she has worked on sustainability and compliance issues for mining and other heavy industries in Marquette, MI. She and her family moved back to Houghton in November.
An article titled “The Cladophora Resurgence in Lake Ontario: Characterization and Implications for Management” by Anika Kuczynski, Martin T. Auer, Colin N. Brooks, and Amanda G. Grimm was recently accepted as one of the “Editor’s choice” papers for 2016 by the Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences (CJFAS). The NRC Research Press uses this as a means of highlighting articles of “particularly high caliber and topical importance.” The article will be published as an Open Article (no CJFAS subscription required) for increased visibility. Please visit http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/journal/cjfas.
Michigan Technological University alumnus, Michelle Banonis, has been selected as the Bay Delta Office Manager for the Bureau of Reclamation’s Mid-Pacific Region effective March 21, 2016. Banonis has most recently been serving as the Mid-Pacific Region’s Special Assistant to the Regional Director as well as leading efforts on California Water Fix.
Banonis obtained her Bachelor of Science in environmental engineering from Michigan Tech where she is also a member of the Presidential Council of Alumnae (PCA). She also holds a Juris Doctor from Humphreys College Laurence Drivon School of Law and is a licensed attorney in California.