Dr. Jack Simon, Class of ’63 Metallurgical Engineering, discusses a conference entitled “Material Challenges in Alternative & Renewable Energy” in TechAlum Newsletter.
Associate Professor Joshua M. Pearce (MSE/ECE) authored an article, “The Case for Open Source Appropriate Technology,” published in the journal Environment, Development and Sustainability (Volume14, pp 425-431, 2012).
On April 12, Michigan Technological University hosted the 13th Annual Undergraduate University Expo. In the ballroom of the Memorial Union Building, undergraduate students displayed exhibits from their Enterprise teams and senior design projects.
Senior Design winners included the Bioabsorbable Polymer-Coated Metal Stent Degradation Simulation Design team, the Economic Recovery of Alloying Elements from Grinding Swarf Design team and the Portage Health Noise Monitoring Device Design team.
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The vice president for research is pleased to announce this year’s recipients of the Research Excellence Fund Awards, which total $515,000. Mark Plichta is among the recipients of an Infrastructure Enhancement Grant.
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Associate Professor Joshua Pearce (MSE/IMP), Associate Professor Durdu Guney (ECE/IMP), Associate Professor Paul Bergstrom (ECE/IMP) and Professor Emeritus Anand Kulkarni (ECE/IMP), “DMREF: Optical Enhancement and Engineering of Multi-junction Indium Gallium Nitride Solar Photovoltaic Devices,” NSF
Associate Professor Joshua Pearce (MSE/ECE) coauthored an article, “The Application of LiDAR to Assessment of Rooftop Solar Photovoltaic Deployment Potential in a Municipal District Unit,” in the journal, Sensors.
Senior Design Awards to MSE Projects
Taking first place was Bioabsorbable Polymer-Coated Metal Stent Degradation Simulation Design. The students devised a better way to check for the degrading of stents, which are inserted into arteries, both in vitro (in the lab) and in vivo (in the living subject). Team members were Kristina Price, Brendan Daun, Thomas Faulkner, Erin Larson, Derek Yesmunt and David Strobel (Biomedical Engineering); and Kelsey Waugh and Matt Gardeski (MSE). The team was sponsored by Boston Scientific and advised by Associate Professor Jeremy Goldman (Biomedical Engineering) and Associate Professor Jaroslaw Drelich (MSE).
Second place went to the Economic Recovery of Alloying Elements from Grinding Swarf. The students speculated that they could help metal-grinding operations reclaim cobalt and nickel, in addition to other metals, from the waste or “swarf.” It could produce as much as $1.75 million in a year. The team consisted of Alicia Steele (MSE/ME); and Daniel Hein, Michael Wyzlic and Nicholas Kraft (MSE). They worked with the Casting Services Group of ThyssenKrupp. Jaroslaw Drelich was their advisor, too.