Day: July 26, 2021

Chen Zhao to Presnt Proposal Defense Monday, July 26, 3 pm

Graduate student Chen Zhao will defend his dissertation proposal for the PhD in Computational Science and Engineering Monday, July 26, 2021, at 2:00 p.m. via online meeting.

Zhao’s dissertation advisor is Dr. Weihua Zhao, Applied Computing; his research topic is Deep Learning for Medical Image Segmentation using Prior Knowledge and Topology.

Join the Zoom meeting here: https://michigantech.zoom.us/j/85266979905

Chatterjee Named to Endowed GMES Position

by Office of the Provost and Senior Vice President for Academic Affair

Snehamoy Chatterjee (GMES/ICC-DataS) has been appointed to a endowed faculty fellow position in the Department of Geological and Mining Engineering and Sciences (GMES).

Witte Family Endowed Faculty Fellow in Mining Engineering


Dr. Chatterjee, associate professor in GMES, has been appointed the new Witte Family Endowed Faculty Fellow in Mining Engineering, a position created to retain and attract highly qualified faculty who are at the top of their profession, inspire students to think beyond the classroom material, and integrate their research into the classroom.

Chatterjee was instrumental in developing GMES’s new interdisciplinary program in mining engineering and now teaches several key courses for this program. He continuously updates his courses to adopt new teaching and technological approaches and incorporates research in his instruction. He is always looking out for students’ best interests by seeking ways for them to participate in research and design projects in order to enhance their learning and professional development.