Category: In the News

Give Back to the Pack Is April 10-11

by Office of Alumni Engagement | Annual Giving Mark your calendars! Michigan Tech’s 24-hour giving challenge, Give Back to the Pack, returns at noon on April 10, bringing together alumni, friends, faculty, staff and families in philanthropic support of the University. Every gift, regardless of size, makes a difference. Our goal is to encourage participation . . .

Celebrating the Art of Computing

Celebrating the Art of Computing: Human Creativity and Artificial Intelligence Converge at Juried Exhibition From The Michigan Tech Unscripted blog. Read the original article: mtu.edu/unscripted/2024/03/celebrating-the-art-of-computing-human-creativity-and-artificial-intelligence-converge-at-juried-exhibition.html A picture is said to be worth a thousand words — but it can require many more to create art with artificial intelligence. As the second annual Art in Silico . . .

Sightline, a Company Led by Ashley Kern ’15 ’17, Featured in News Story

The Alpena News mentioned Michigan Tech in a story exploring the ways small businesses are incorporating artificial intelligence. Ashley Kern ’15 ’17 (B.S. Mathematical Sciences, M.S. Data Science) was quoted in the story. Kern’s business SightLine, a predictive analytics company focused on higher education, was highlighted in the story. SightLine and Kern were the subjects of a 2023 . . .

Research in Focus: Needles, Haystacks, and Sugar Chains

From the 2024 Michigan Tech Magazine A glycobiologist and a computer scientist join forces to find protein-bound glycans faster—a major advance in the understanding of human health and disease. Shortly after Dukka KC arrived on campus in fall 2021, the new professor of computer science emailed Michigan Tech glycobiologist Tarun Dam. The note, as Dam remembers it, said in essence, . . .

Mechatronics Program Ranked No. 2 in US

From the 2024 Michigan Tech Magazine Mechatronics Program Ranked No. 2 in US The field of mechatronics is driving a technological revolution of the manufacturing industry, reinventing the way products are designed, produced, and delivered with digital technologies, automation, and data analytics. This past June, MTU’s interdisciplinary mechatronics program was ranked No. 2 in the United States . . .