Category: Research

Chemical Engineering Graduate Research Forum

The 1st Annual Graduate Research Forum for the Department of Chemical Engineering was held on January 24, 2013.
Judges for the Oral Presentations were:

  • Richard Donovan – Senior Research Engineer (Chemical Engineering)
  • Jay Meldrum – Director (Keweenaw Research Center)
  • Caryn Heldt – Assistant Professor (Chemical Engineering)
  • Debra Charlesworth – Assistant to the Dean (Graduate School)
    Awards will be announced on Friday, February 1, 2013, 12-1 in room 215 Chem Sci.
    Check the webpage for photos and award announcements.

  • Sustainable Forest-Biofuel Pathways Research

    Professor David Shonnard (ChE/SFI) and CoPIs Associate Professor Andrew Burton and Assistant Professor Audrey Mayer (both SFRES) and Professor Ezra Bar-Ziv and Professor Jeffrey Naber (both ME-EM) have received $1.8 million from the National Science Foundation for a four-year project: “SEP: Sustainable Forest-Biofuel Pathways to Hydrocarbon Transportation Fuels; Biomass Production, Torrefaction, Pyrolysis, Catalytic Upgrading, and Combustion.”

    Michigan Tech among the top 157 universities for licensing income

    In a story about how universities commercialize technologies developed by their faculty, the Chronicle of Higher Education listed Michigan Tech among the top 157 universities for licensing income, licenses issued, research expenditures, start-up companies formed and patents applied for and issued. The report was based on statistics compiled by the Association of University Technology Managers. See Technologies.

    2012 ASISC conference a remarkable success

    The 2012 ASISC conference held in Houghton was a remarkable success this year with people travelling from all over the world to share their
    research in mineral processing. Along with presenters from industry,
    Michigan Tech graduate and undergraduate students presented their latest research centered around sustainable developments for mineral processing. It provided a great networking opportunity for Michigan Tech students to meet representatives from leaders in the mining and steel manufacturing industry as well as other researchers from many other institutions.

    ASISC Conference Picture Page