Computer Science Lecturer Leo Ureel is the recipient of a $5000 Jackson Life Blended Learning Grant from the Jackson Center for Teaching and Learning. Grants were awarded to blended learning projects that are strategically transformative, have demonstrated need, and will have broad impacts. Mr. Ureel’s project, “Canvas Teaching Assistant”, will provide students with a highly . . .
Computer Science PhD candidate Jun Ma has been awarded a Finishing Fellowship by Michigan Tech’s Graduate School. The evaluation of candidates is based on their research, publication, and contribution to the mission of Michigan Tech. Competition for these awards is always strong and only a few students are awarded each semester. Jun Ma is the . . .
“8 Apps That Turn Citizens into Scientists” The following article appeared in Scientific American, and discusses the development of Citizen Science mobile apps by faculty members Alex Meyer (Environmental/Civil Figure) and Robert Pastel (Computer Science). Supported by a grant from National Science Foundation, this interdisciplinary project includes students from Computer Science, Environmental Engineering, Scientific and . . .
Drs. Jean Mayo, Ching-Kuang Shene and Chaoli Wang of MTU and Dr. Steven Carr of Western Michigan University, have been awarded $199,164 from the National Science Foundation to develop materials to educate students on modern access control models and systems. Educating students in this area is important for keeping the nation’s computer resources secure. Access . . .
A paper (entitled “On the Complexity of Adding Convergence”) by Alex Klinkhamer and Dr. Ali Ebnenasir received the best paper award at FSEN 2013 (http://fsen.ir/2013/). This is not an easy conference to get in to. This year’s acceptance rate was 26% amongst 65 submissions from 30 countries. Since Alex could not make it to the . . .
Computer Science Ph.D. student Leo C. Ureel II is the recipient of the 2013 Michigan Tech Student Leadership Award, in the “Exceptional Community Service Project” category, for his work with the Breaking Digital Barriers project. Leo has been a key figure in organizing and fundraising for this effort, which brings Michigan Tech students together with . . .