Welcome to Family Weekend!

by Family Weekend Committee

Family Weekend at Michigan Tech is today (Oct. 1) and tomorrow (Oct. 2),  and we look forward to welcoming the 600-plus families who registered to attend! With the weekend schedule of events, there’s something for everyone.

Love the arts? Take your pick from a concert, comedian, magician and six showings of the Film Board movie, Disney-Pixar’s “Soul.”

Enjoy sports? Cheer on the Huskies at six games/matches.

Get a thrill from the outdoors? Get out to hike or bike on the Tech Trails, hit a last few rounds at the Portage Lake Golf Course, take a chair lift ride to see the colors from Mont Ripley or ride the wagon for a Tech Trails Color Tour.

Wild about history? Check out the A. E. Seaman Mineral Museum or take a Quincy Mine Tour.

Interested in Homecoming traditions at Tech? Watch the hilarity of the Cardboard Boat Races and/or join us for the sponsored tailgate before the football game tomorrow.

Simply want to relax? Dine at a local restaurant or drive up the Keweenaw Peninsula for a day with your family.

The options are endless! Check out the Family Weekend Schedule of Events for more info and activities.

Thomas Oommen is PI on $188K DoT Project

Thomas Oommen (GMES/MTTI/ICC-DataS) is the principal investigator (PI) on a project that has received a $188,433 research and development contract from the U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Railroad Administration.

The project is titled “An Integrated Automated Decision Support System for Ground Hazard Risk Mitigation for Railway using Remote Sensing and Traditional Condition Monitoring Data.”

Pasi Lautala and Melanie Kueber Watkins (CEE/MTTI) and Colin Brooks (MTRI/MTTI) are co-PIs on this potential three-year project.