A Houghton High School student who has been active in Michigan Tech’s Copper Country Programmers, a computer club for local teens, has been named winner of a Michigan regional award in the National Center for Women and Information Technology (NCWIT) Aspirations in Computing competition. Another Houghton High School student is a runner-up. Caitlyn McKenzie received . . .
Philart Jeon: PI, National Health Institute. “NRI: Colloborative: Interactive Robotic Orchestration – Music-based emotion and social interaction therapy for children with ASD,” 2014-2017. Philart Jeon: Co-PI, US DOT-OST, National University Rail Center Project. “NURail-Tier I,” 2014-2017 Robert Pastel & Charles Wallace: CI-Team, National Science Foundation.”Environmental CyberCitizens: Engaging Citizen Scientists in Global Environmental Change through Crowdsensing . . .
Associate Professor Charles Wallace (CS) has been chosen as a Fulbright Alumni Ambassador. Fulbright Alumni Ambassadors are selected competitively for two-year terms. During that time, they present information on their Fulbright experience at campus workshops, academic conferences and other venues. The goal of the alumni ambassadors is to help increase the diversity of the individuals . . .
The Detroit News published a front-page story about crowdfunding at Michigan universities, focusing on Michigan Tech’s Superior Ideas crowdfunding site. The story quotes Natasha Chopp, Superior Ideas’ research development and marketing manager; alumna Linda Wittbrodt ’83; and Associate Professor Charles Wallace (CS).
Dr. Charles Wallace, Associate Professor and Interim Chair in the Computer Science Department, has won the Faculty Distinguished Service Award. Congratulations!! Read the entire article in Today Today.