College of Engineering Blog

Railroad Night, hosted by Railroad Engineering and Activities Club (REAC)
with a chance to meet the rail industry alumni and officials.

Keynote speaker for Railroad Night 2013 was Robert C. VanderClute (left)
Sr. Vice President Safety and Operations, Association of American Railroads;
2012 Recipient of Railway Age’s W. Graham Claytor Jr. Award for
Distinguished Service to Passenger Transportation, shown here with Brian Sykes, Norfolk Southern,
and Dr. Pasi Lautala, Director of the Rail Transportation Program, Michigan Tech
See more photos and information here at RTP Railroad Night 2013 page

Trains Magazine visits campus and the RTP’s 8th Railroad Night ~ “we recently visited Michigan Tech to talk about the railroad engineering program. It’s a big program, that is getting bigger, and you’ll be amazed at the experiences these students have already had with internships, reverse engineering, and job prospects”

See the video produced by Trains Magazine here

The 2013 Winter Baja was held Saturday, Feb. 16, near the Student Development Complex at Michigan Technological University. The event kicks off National Engineers Week at Michigan Tech. More than 50 off-road vehicles from 22 universities raced around a one-mile snow course. Click here for a video report, photos and links ot news articles.

$13,000 in designated Railroad Scholarships are available for Michigan Tech undergraduate or graduate students in any discipline with an interest in railroad transportation. Interested students are encouraged to apply for AREMA, CN and Union Pacific Railroad scholarships.

RTP-sponsor CN has four $1,000 scholarships available for undergraduate students, while sponsor Union Pacific offers three scholarships in the amount of $2,000 each, for both undergraduate and graduate students with interests in rail transportation.

The American Railway Engineering and Maintenance-of-Way Association (AREMA) offers three Michigan Tech Alumni scholarships with a preference towards Railroad Engineering and Activities Club (REAC) members. AREMA offers 30+ additional scholarships provided for by partnering organizations. All applications submitted to AREMA are also eligible for $40,000 of other AREMA scholarships.

Internal CN and Union Pacific applications are due by March 8 to Bill Sproule. Only one AREMA application is required for all scholarships and is due electronically or via post by March 8. Applications and additional information is available here

Friday, February 15, 2013; Guy Meadows, Director, Great Lakes Research Center, Michigan Technological University; “Discovering Submerged Landscapes with Advanced Aquatic Sensors”; GLRC Building Room 202 2:00 pm; Biological Sciences Seminar
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Parent-Daughter Engineering Exploration Day, for girls, grades 7-11 and their parents, will be held Saturday, Feb. 23, 9:30 a.m.-1:00 p.m., in GLRC 202.
Girls and their parents are invited to give engineering a try with fun activities led by young female engineering students at Michigan Tech! Learn what engineering is and how engineers help make a difference. Find out why engineering is a great career choice, and hear about the many career paths open to engineers.
Engineers solve all kinds of problems—and one of their most important tools is their own creativity!
Registration deadline is Monday, Feb. 18, and the event is free. It Includes lunch, Engineers Week T-shirt (for girls) and all activities. To register, call 906-487-3341. Limited to 40 girls and their parent(s) or chaperones.

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To most people, ceramics means pottery—glazed and fired clay fashioned into mugs or bowls. But ceramics have industrial applications too. The most important product of the ceramics industry is ceramic capacitors, which store electromagnetic energy. Another is ceramic resonators, which produce oscillations or back-and-forth movements.

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