Graduate School Newsblog

DeVlieg Recipients Announced

Published June 7, 2012

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Patrick Bowen, PhD candidate in Materials Science and Engineering

The Graduate School is pleased to announce that two students have earned fellowships from The DeVlieg Foundation. The DeVlieg Foundation has generously provided support for graduate students pursuing research in engineering, wildlife, and biology at Michigan Tech.

The recipients this year are:

Patrick Bowen, PhD candidate in Materials Science and Engineering
Nan Pond, PhD candidate in Forest Science

Photographs and details of awards and fellowships coordinated by the Graduate School can be found online.

Nan Pond, PhD candidate in Forest Science

A Growing Concern

Published June 6, 2012

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When daylight starts to last well into evening, and Houghton-Hancock area residents get in gardening mode, there’s not a lot of choice at the local discount stores: petunias, impatiens, marigolds, geraniums. Or geraniums, marigolds, impatiens and petunias. But what if you want to grow campanula, with its delicate, bell-shaped lavender blooms? Or morning glories to attract butterflies? Fennel and cilantro and sweet banana peppers to spice up your summer cooking?

When Amber Campbell, an MBA student and avid gardener, thought about that, she saw a business opportunity. With the help of Tech’s Small Business and Technology Development Center and the MTEC SmartZone’s Entrepreneur Support Center, she has turned a bright idea into a going, growing business: G&A Farmer’s Market and Garden Center on Sharon Avenue in Houghton.

She opened in May in a small plastic greenhouse filled with brilliantly colored bedding plants, feathery herbs and hardy vegetables. Later in the growing season, she plans to add a fruit and vegetable stand, selling fresh, local berries, tomatoes, peppers, green beans and Asian vegetables such as garlic chives and bok choy.

In China, where Campbell grew up, she and her family grew and ate their own fruits and vegetables. “I remember how fresh and good they were,” she says. “I am bringing my own good memories to life here.” Campbell credits graduate students Fahimeh Baziari and Alex Wohlgemuth from Tech’s Peace Corps Master’s International Program with volunteering to help fence her site, and Tech master gardener Lynn Watson, who “gave me lots of useful advice on gardening.”

For the full story, see Garden.

Published in Tech Today by Jennifer Donovan, director, public relations

Michigan Tech Brown Bat Research

Published June 5, 2012

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Red Orbit, a science news website, published an article about Michigan Tech research into the origins of little brown bats. Assistant Professor Joseph Bump and Alexis Sullivan report on the work in the July 2012 issue of the journal Ecological Applications. To read the story, see Brown Bats.

Sullivan, lead author on the paper, is currently pursuing dual masters of science degrees in Forest Molecular Genetics and Biotechnology as part of the ATLANTIS program.

Published in Tech Today.

How to check PDF conversion settings for images and embedding fonts

Published June 4, 2012

By Debra Charlesworth

Tutorials and Help

Creating high quality images and embedding all fonts are two requirements of creating a thesis or dissertation. These two requirements will ensure that your document is presented at the highest quality and that the document appears the same on any computer, regardless of the fonts that are available. This tutorial will show how to check and select the conversion settings in Word to make sure your document meets the requirements.

How to create bookmarks using Word and Adobe Acrobat

Published June 4, 2012

By Debra Charlesworth

Tutorials and Help

Having bookmarks that replicate the table of contents (TOC) is a helpful feature to navigate a thesis or dissertation. Bookmarks allow the reader to see a TOC wherever they are in the document, and navigate easily to that section of the document. This tutorial will show you how to create bookmarks using Word and Adobe Acrobat on the PC. This tutorial assumes that you are using the Graduate School’s template to create your dissertation or thesis.

How to create a hyperlinked table of contents

Published June 4, 2012

By Debra Charlesworth

Tutorials and Help

Having a table of contents (TOC) with hyperlinks is one requirement of the procedures to submit a thesis or dissertation. Hyperlinks allow a reader to click on any part of your table of contents and navigate directly to that page. This tutorial will show you how to create a hyperlinked table of contents using Word and Adobe Acrobat on the PC.

International Climate Change Policy and Technology Fellowship Program

Published May 23, 2012

By Debra Charlesworth

Funding Opportunities

Now Accepting Applications for MS/MA or PhD Graduates and recent Alumni in Engineering, Physical Sciences, or Public Policy

Application closes midnight EDT, Sunday, June 17, 2012 – visit http://www.orise.orau.gov/ccpt/ to get started NOW!

Opportunity in Washington, D.C. to contribute to a multilateral initiative to promote industrial efficiency in major economies through the Clean Energy Ministerial (www.cleanenergyministerial.org). The Fellowship position would involve frequent interactions with international counterparts and some international travel.

Prior industrial efficiency experience and demonstrated project management skills are both required. Preferred qualifications include international experience and prior work in energy and/or climate change policy. Familiarity with energy management is also desirable.

Stipends range from $50,000 to $100,000 depending on academic level, skills and experience.

Additional allowances for medical insurance or transportation may be provided.

Questions?

E-mail Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education (ORISE) at ccpt.fellowship@orise.orau.gov .

Graduate Student Appointed Collegiate Director of SWE

Published May 23, 2012

By Debra Charlesworth

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Graduate student Kaitlyn Bunker (PhD student, Electrical Engineering) has been appointed collegiate director of the Society of Women Engineers (SWE). She will serve on the national SWE Board of Directors this year. Alicia Walby, an undergraduate majoring in mechanical engineering, has been appointed SWE’s regional collegiate representative for this region. Regional collegiate representatives act as liaisons between the region governor, the board of directors and the students in the region.

Published in Tech Today

Nominations open for the 2012 CGS/ProQuest Distinguished Dissertation Award

Published May 13, 2012

By Debra Charlesworth

Announcements

Nominations are now closed for the 2012 CGS/ProQuest Distinguished Dissertation Award.

This year, nominations are being accepted from dissertations in the fields of:

mathematics, physical sciences, and engineering (more details)
social sciences (more details)

Michigan Tech may nominate one student in each field. PhD students who have completed all of their degree requirements between July 1, 2010, and June 30, 2012, are eligible.

A nomination packet must include the following required items:

a completed nomination form.
a 10-page abstract of the dissertation, double spaced on white letter-sized paper. (pdf preferred, number each page, and put nominee’s name on each page)
three letters addressing the significance and quality of the PhD work
1. one letter from the dissertation advisor.
2. one letter from a member of the nominee’s dissertation committee.
3. one letter from a person chosen by the nominee.

A nomination packet may also include the following optional items:

abstract appendices containing non-textual material such as charts, tables or figures. (pdf preferred, number each page, and put nominee’s name on each page)
a brief CV

Nominations must be delivered to Debra Charlesworth in the Graduate School no later than 4 p.m. on June 28; e-mail nominations are preferred. Contact Debra (ddc@mtu.edu) if you have any questions about the competition. See also the Council for Graduate School’s announcement page.

The fields of competition for 2013 will be Biological/Life Sciences and Humanities.