February 3, 2012—
Michigan Technological University’s Rail Transportation Program–part of the Michigan Tech Transportation Institute–is one of seven members of a research university consortium that has received the US Department of Transportation’s (USDoT) first multi-million grant to a University Transportation Center focused solely on rail transportation. The University of lllinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC) will lead the consortium. Read More about it
Civil Engineering CE 5990 Graduate Seminar
Thursday, February 2
Time: 4-5pm,
Dow 642
Presenter: Dr. Gregory M. Odegard, Associate Professor, ME-EM, Michigan Tech
Abstract: Polymer-based composites and nanocomposite materials have the potential to provide significant increases in specific stiffness and specific strength relative to current Aeronautics and Astronautics, and the Structures and Materials Technical Committee of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers.significant increases in specific stiffness and specific strength relative to current materials used for many engineering structural applications. To facilitate the design and development of polymer nanocomposite materials, structure-property relationships must be established that predict the bulk mechanical response of these materials as a function of the molecular- and micro-structure. The objective of this research is to establish an accurate and efficient approach for using computational modeling to develop structure-property relationships for polymer-based systems. A combination of molecular dynamics and micromechanical modeling methods has been used to predict the mechanical response of high-performance polymers, nanoparticle/polymer composites, SWNT/polymer composites, and SWNT arrays. An overview of this research will be presented along with the results from specific material systems.
Environmental Engineering CE 5992 Graduate Seminar
Presenter: Drs. Watkins, Griffis, Mayer (MTU CEE Dept.), Katelyn Watson, Ali Mirchi, Rabi Gyawali, Meredith Ballard – doctoral candidates
Location: 642 Dow
Date: Monday, April 16th, 2012
Environmental Engineering CE 5992 Graduate Seminar
S-STEM 4: Great Lakes P monitoring & Pilgrim River Watershed Plan
Location: 101 Rekhi Hall
Date: Monday, April 9th, 2012
Environmental Engineering CE 5992 Graduate Seminar
Presenter: Dr. Alan Weidemann, Office of Naval Research
Location:
Date: Monday, April 2nd, 2012
Environmental Engineering CE 5992 Graduate Seminar
S-STEM 3: Bone Char Water treatment & PCMI Assessment
Location: 101 Rekhi Hall
Date: Monday, March 26th, 2012
Environmental Engineering CE 5992 Graduate Seminar
Presenter: Lana Pollack, International Joint Commission
Location: M&M U115
Date: Thursday, March 22nd, 2012
Environmental Engineering CE 5992 Graduate Seminar
Presenter: Michelle Banonis, U.S. Bureau of Reclamation (MTU alumna)
Location: 642 Dow
Date: Monday, March 19th, 2012
Environmental Engineering CE 5992 Graduate Seminar
Presenter: Dr. Daya Muralidharan, MTU School of Business
Location: 642 Dow
Date: Monday, March 12th, 2012
Environmental Engineering CE 5992 Graduate Seminar
S-STEM 2: Microbial Fuel Cell & Indoor Air Quality Modeling
Location: 101 Rekhi Hall
Date: Monday, February 27th, 2012