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The National Society of Black Engineers Student Chapter (10 students) conducted classroom presentations at seven elementary, middle and high schools and Family Engineering Nights at three schools in Detroit during spring break week, reaching more than 2,000 students to promote college attendance and careers in Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM).

Joan Chadde conducted a Michigan Environmental Education Curriculum Support (MEECS) Water Quality workshop on Belle Isle for middle and high school teachers from Detroit and metro area schools participating in the U.S. Forest Service funded project “Developing Middle and High School Students to Become Urban Forest Stewards.”

Pasi Lautala and Joan Chadde presented an Intermodal and Rail Transportation Workshop for 22 Detroit Public School teachers. The workshop is funded in part by University of Wisconsin Center for Freight Infrastructure Research and Education and included a tour of the Norfolk Southern railyards in Detroit.

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Cesar Chavez Day was observed at Michigan Tech. It celebrates the birthday of Cesar Estrada Chavez, and it serves as a tribute to his commitment to social justice and respect for human dignity.

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More than 230 girls from across the western Upper Peninsula attended the annual Get Women in Science and Engineering (Get WISE) event on Tuesday, held each year on Michigan Tech’s campus.
“Get WISE is a way to get girls to unite in ways that they normally can’t in their everyday classrooms,” said Jen Martin, coordinator for Youth Programs. “It’s another different way to get girls interested in STEM [science, technology, engineering and mathematics].”

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Michigan Tech College of Engineering Distinguished Speakers Series presents: “Constructal Law of Design and Evolution in Nature” lecture by Adrian Bejan, PhD. He is the J. A. Jones Distinguished Professor at Duke University.

About the Lecture: The reoccurring patterns of nature have long puzzled even the most devoted proponents of chance and Darwin’s theory of evolution. But the Constructal Law changes the terms of this debate, and shows that a single law of physics governs the “design” behind everything that moves, whether animate or inanimate. According to the Constructal law, shapes and structures arise because they facilitate movement, in animal design, river basin design, traffic patterns, social dynamics, and technology and sports evolution

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A new design produces the simplest and most effective invisibility cloak yet.

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To help researchers fast-track their technologies to the marketplace, Michigan is launching a new entrepreneurial training program called Michigan Innovation Corps (I-Corps).
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New material could have dozens of uses

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Special coatings could fight bacteria and discourage the growth of scar tissue on medical implants

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Four Michigan Tech graduate engineering programs rise in US News rankings.

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