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Alumnus makes Surprising Finds on St. Thomas, Virgin Islands

Published February 7, 2014

He’s digging up the past–somewhere between 200 BC and 400 AD–in an unexpected archaeological excavation in downtown Charlotte Amalie on the Caribbean island of St. Thomas in the US Virgin Islands.

David Hayes, who got his MS in Industrial Archaeology from Michigan Tech in 2000, is principal investigator for a year-old dig that began when he noticed pottery popping out of a highway improvement site. The highway work was stopped, and the pieces have since been dated to early ceramic makers and farmers of the Saladoid era, 2000 to 1,400 years ago.

Tech Gives Minnesota Communities’ History Back to Them

Published February 2, 2014

By smcrisma

A PhD candidate in Industrial Heritage and Archaeology at Michigan Tech has given the residents of Minnesota’s Cuyuna Range a unique gift–a glimpse into the history of their own communities. Fred Sutherland is researching the history of the Cuyuna Range, an iron mining region between Brainerd and Aitkin, Minn., for his PhD dissertation. Earlier this month, he presented a summary of findings from a survey of nearly 900 historic buildings and sites along the Cuyuna Range.

Tech Student Brings Solar Power to Chinese Village

Published January 22, 2014

By smcrisma

Yawei Wei inspects the solar panels he and his family installed on his cousin's roof in the rural Chinese community of Zao Yuan.

Every Chinese New Year, the power goes out for everyone in Yawei Wei’s hometown. That got him wondering: isn’t there some way to get more electricity to China’s rural villages?

Wei, whose specialty is power engineering, realized he might not be able to keep the lights on during the surge in power demand over New Year’s Eve. But he could do something. He could bring solar panels to sunny Zao Yuan. Specifically, he could bring them to his cousin’s roof.

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Time travel paper gets media attention

Published January 8, 2014

By smcrisma

A paper by Professor Robert Nemiroff (Physics) and graduate student Teresa Wilson on their study designed to find time travelers on the Internet has garnered plenty of media attention. Hits include the following and many more:

The Huffington Post
The Telegraph
NBCNews
Slate
Popular Science

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To Russia with Code: Tech Students Make World Finals in Computer Programming

Published December 19, 2013

By smcrisma

Only 120 teams of 10,000 worldwide are going, and Michigan Tech is one of them. They earned the right to go to Russia to compete in the world finals of the International Collegiate Programming Contest next June by finishing fifth in the North Central regional qualifying contest.

Computer science students Tom Holmes and Eric Rinkus and math major Ryan McNamara will be making the trip to Ural Federal University in Ekaterinburg with coach and computer science PhD student Jason Hiebel.

According to longtime coach Dave Poplawski, professor of computer science, it is a great accomplishment just to get this far, especially given the quality and size of other universities that have qualified and the number of schools Tech had to beat. US teams the likes of MIT, University of California-Berkeley, Carnegie Mellon, University of Michigan, Virginia Tech, NYU and others will be crunching 0s and 1s in Russia.

Graduate students making national media coverage

Published December 4, 2013

By smcrisma

The research of Materials Science and Engineering PhD Students Chenlong Zhang and Bas Wijnen along with their collaborators Jerry Anzalone (MSE), Paul Sanders (MSE) and Joshua M. Pearce (MSE/ECE) has been covered widely by the national media including: NBC News, CNN Money, Live Science and the International Science Times in articles like “Low-Cost, Open-Source 3-D Metal Printer Could Bring Revolutionary Technology To Millions.”

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The Van Pelt and Opie Library Announces Digital Commons @ Michigan Tech.

Published November 23, 2013

By smcrisma

Digital Commons @ Michigan Tech offers the campus a digital repository for worldwide access to its research, scholarship and other academic works created by members of the Michigan Tech community.

Digital Commons @ Michigan Tech has the capacity to provide and preserve access to all types of documents and publications–from articles and reports to books, journals and other creative works. Tools are also provided to manage the publication process, including peer review. Organization can be by college, department or even individual scholar. Access can be open globally, controlled by ISO login or unique passwords when desirable.

PCMI graduate’s paper published in Journal

Published November 23, 2013

By smcrisma

Peace Corps Masters International Environmental Engineering Program graduate Cara Shonsey has published a paper titled, “Quantifying available water supply in rural Mali based on data collected by and from women,” in a special issue of the Journal of Cleaner Production on Water, Women, Waste, Wisdom and Wealth. Her advisor, John Gierke (GMES), co-authored the paper. See online.

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Alumnus named one of Ebony magazine’s Power 100

Published November 18, 2013

By smcrisma

Michigan Tech alumnus Otha Thornton ’01, president of the National PTA, has been named one of Ebony magazine’s Power 100, the country’s African American leaders. See online.

Biotechnology Research Center announces Fall 2013 Travel Awards

Published November 8, 2013

By smcrisma

The Biotechnology Research Center announces its Fall 2013 Travel Grants. Recipients include:

Post doctoral Research Scientist Presentation:

Mimi Yang (SCH) 246th American Chemical Society National Meeting (poster)
Lijun Zhang (EBE) MSC 2013 Adult Stem Cell Therapy and Regenerative Medicine Meeting (poster)

Graduate Student Presentations:

Faten Dhawi Almuhanna (IBMB) International Plant and Animal Genome XXII Meeting (poster)
Ran An (ECM) SciX 2013 Conference (poster)
David Chadderdon (ECM) 2013 AIChE Annual Conference (podium)
Kristina Flesher (FAE) International Annual Meetings of ASA, CSSA, and SSSA (poster)
Azhang Hamlekhan (MEEM) TMS 2014 Annual Meeting & Exhibition (podium)
Sean Hopkins (EBE) ) 246th American Chemical Society National Meeting (poster)
Maryam Khaksari (ECM) SciX 2013 Conference (poster)
Connor McCarthy (EBE) 246th American Chemical Society National Meeting (poster)
Ramkumar Mohan (SBL) The Midwest Islet Club Meeting (poster)
Ji Qi (ECM) 2013 AIChE Annual Conference (podium)
Aparupa Sengupta (SBL) Society for Industrial Microbiology and Biotechnology (podium)
Emily Shearier (EBE) TERMIS-AM 2013 Conference and Exposition (poster)
Maria Tafur (ECM) 2013 AIChE Annual Conference (podium)
Le Xin (ECM) 2013 AIChE Annual Conference (podium and poster)

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