Assistant Professor Ranjana Mehta (CLS/KIP) will present “Neuroergonomics Applications to Occupational Health Research” at 2 p.m., Friday, March 16, in Chem Sci 101.
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Michigan Tech faculty, staff members and students received awards tallying $101,875 through the Michigan Space Grant Consortium (MSGC), sponsored by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), which includes 11 university members.
Among the faculty members receiving $5,000 seed grants was Ranjana Mehta (Cognitive & Learning Sciences): “Interactive effects of physical and mental fatigue on task performance during orthostatic challenge.”
Among the faculty and staff members receiving $5,000 or more for pre-college, public outreach, teacher training, and/or augmentation programs was Joan Chadde (Center for Science and Environmental Outreach): “Great Lakes Teacher Institute.”
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After earning a bachelor of science degree in chemistry from Michigan Technological University in 2008, Sarah Weinreis made it her mission to teach science at the high school level. Weinreis began talking to people she knew at Tech who quickly referred her to the Robert Noyce Teacher Scholarship.
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Stacey Frankenstein-Markon is serving in Uganda as part of Michigan Tech’s Peace Corps Master’s International (PCMI) program in applied science education. Brad Baltensperger, chair of the Department of Cognitive and Learning Sciences and program director of the PCMI Applied Science Education Program, and Casey Huckins, an associate professor of biological sciences who heads the University’s new PCMI in biological sciences, spent a week in Uganda to discuss the graduate students’ research.
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The Center for Pre-College Outreach and the Center for Science and Environmental Outreach will collaboarte on a Lunch and Learn, “Grant Writing: Easy K-12 Outreach Options with a Big Impact,” from noon to 1 p.m., Wednesday, April 4, in Memorial Union Ballroom A2. Presenters will be Steve Patchin, director of Pre-College Outreach and Youth Programs, and Joan Chadde, education coordinator for the Western UP Center for Science, Mathematics and Environmental Education and Michigan Tech Center for Science and Environmental Outreach.
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Eight members of the Michigan Tech student chapter of the NSBE will visit six middle schools and one high school to talk with students. They will also conduct Family Engineering events at three schools. Family Engineering is designed to address the nation’s need for an increased number–as well as a greater diversity–of students skilled in math, science, technology, and engineering (STEM disciplines). For more information about Family Engineering, contact Joan Chadde, K-12 program coordinator, at 487-3341 or at jchadde@mtu.edu.
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Sarah Weinreis completed her BS in Chemistry at Michigan Technological University in 2008, but her dream was to help high school students succeed in science and mathematics. She found a path to her goal through the Robert Noyce Teacher Scholarship program, which enabled her to earn her teacher certification at Michigan Tech.
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Learning about eating disorders
It’s just a number. That’s the message Counseling and Wellness Services and the Association of Psychology Students at Michigan Technological University were sending with a bathroom scale for Eating Disorder Awareness Week.
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The Center for Science and Environmental Outreach received a $6,000 grant from the US Forest Service to bring 30 students in grades 4-6 from Baraga and L’Anse to learn about scientific research, gather ideas for the Western UP Science Fair and to interest them in science-related careers.
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The Graduate School Government held its annual research colloquium on February 2-3, 2012. Presenters from CLS include:
Improvement of Decision Making in Complex and Dynamic Environments (oral)
by Patrick Belling & Paul Ward
Using a Prediction and Option Generation Paradigm to Understand Decision Making (oral)
by Joel Suss & Paul Ward
The Effect of Encoding Type and Experience on Spatial Recognition of Dynamic Information (poster)
by Patrick Belling, Emma Veach, Brynn Ahonen, & Paul Ward
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