Category: Awards and Honors

Michigan Tech hosted the Regional ACM International Collegiate Programming Contest on October 31, 2015. There were 18 teams in attendance, including 9 teams from Michigan Tech, 3 from Algoma University College in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, Canada, 4 from Northern Michigan University, and 2 from Lake Superior State University. The winning team of the local . . .

Two Michigan Tech alumni working for Ford Motor Company are featured in a new careers video. Wills Frantz, 2011 Computer Systems Science, and Molli Andor, 2015 Mechanical Engineering, were interviewed in the latest recruiting video. CS alumnus Wills Frantz, an IT Team Leader for web-based dealer ordering with Ford, is also serving on the brand . . .

Abhilash Kantamneni, a PhD student in computer science, has been named to Midwest Energy News’ honor roll of young achievers, called 40 Under 40. He is one of four on the list from Michigan. Kantamneni has led a community energy initiative that has tripled installed metered solar in Houghton County. Working with community partners, he . . .

2015 Heart & Hands of the Keweenaw Award HANCOCK—It’s fitting that a man with a passion for promoting alternative energy should be a powerhouse in his own right. Abhilash Kantamneni, or “Abhi” as he is known locally, is this year’s winner of the Heart & Hands of the Keweenaw Award, earned for his outstanding ability . . .

The Graduate School has announced that PhD Candidate in Computer Science Jun Tao has received a Doctoral Finishing Fellowship. Read more at Tech Today. It is satisfying when these works start getting recognized and we received collaboration request from other university and research labs.