Natural Hazards and Human Impacts
August 3 – 14, 2015
SS 5150
3 credits
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This course emphasizes the impact of Earth system processes on societies, and human impacts on local, regional, and global Earth processes. The course will emphasize the integration of field-based activities as a means to insure deep student learning.
Learn more at Teacher Professional Development – Current Institutes.
For more information, contact Certification Officer Judy A Hilss.
Environmental Justice Day Speakers and Reception
Please come join Wilma Subra and Jessica Koski (third speaker TBA) for Michigan Tech’s first ever Environmental Justice Day!
The main event will be held March 19th, 4:30-6:45 pm in the MUB Ballroom B. There will also be a reception in the GLRC on March 18th at 5:30 pm, and Wilma will also be available earlier in the day for other meet and greets.
At the panel, we will be discussing what environmental justice is, how that impacts career decisions, and ethics in science.
This event is supported by the Parent’s Fund of the Michigan Tech Fund, Students for Environmental Sustainability, the Center for Science & Environmental Outreach and the Biology Department.
For more information contact Nicolette Slagle at nmslagle@mtu.edu
Assistant Prof. Myounghoon “Philart” Jeon (CLS/CS) has two new journal articles in press, “The effects of social interactions with in-vehicle agents on a driver’s angry level, driving performance, situation awareness, and perceived workload” in Applied Ergonomics and “Auditory user interface design: Practical evaluation methods and design process case studies” in The International Journal of Design in Society.
Shane Mueller and Brandon Perelman (CLS) have just published a paper in Behavior Research Methods titled “An optimization approach for mapping and measuring the divergence and correspondence between paths“. The paper describes methods for assessing similarity between spatial path data.
Monday, March 23, 2015
Michigan Tech Memorial Union Ballroom
5-6pm Science Fair open to the public
6-8:30pm- Judging of projects.
4:30-7:30pm – Science festival in MUB Common
The 15th Annual Western UP Science Fair and STEM Festival is for students in grades 4-8 from all schools in the 5 western counties of the UP. About 400 students (and their families) will attend. We will hold the Science & Engineering Festival in the Commons Area of the MUB, to give the young scientists a fun time while they are waiting to be judged. The Festival will have more than 20 different stations set up by student organizations, departments, and agencies.
An urban forestry institute for Detroit school teachers has been named one of the US Forest Service’s 2015 Success Stories. The project involving teacher workshops at Belle Isle was coordinated by Joan Chadde of the Western UP Center for Science, Mathematics and Environmental Education at Michigan Tech.
Classes meet 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. in the Great Lake’s Research Center.
Cost: $120 per student. Up to 20 students per class. Register soon!
Register Online: Spring Break Science Camp Registration or http://www.wupcenter.mtu.edu
Pay by credit card: call the cashier 7-2247 (Your space is not reserved until payment has been received.)
Questions? Call: 7-3341
Grade 1-3 Engineering in Our World!
Learning about the engineering design process, each day of camp will present a different challenge to solve: designing bridges, improving play dough and designing walls. Following the Engineering is Elementary curricula for grades 1-3, campers will explore chemical engineering, materials engineering and civil engineering with visits from real engineers to the class.
Instructors: Marcy Erickson, Michelle Miller and Lloyd Wescoat
Grade 4-6 A Taste of Tech!
Kids will explore a variety of labs and do some cool engineering activities along the way!
Instructors: Joan Chadde, Chris Hohnholt, along with Michigan Tech faculty and students.
Engineering Applications in the Earth Sciences
July 13 – 24, 2015
This course will show how engineers use principles from the earth sciences to solve problems and design systems. Key concepts will be linked to the Next Generation and Michigan Science Standards for precollege education.
Learn more about Engineering Applications in the Earth Sciences Summer Institute.
The 2015 Graduate Research Colloquium was held on Feb. 25–26 in the Memorial Union Ballroom. Winners were announced at a banquet on Thursday, Feb. 26.
Margo Woller-Carter, PhD Student, Applied Cognitive Science and Human Factors, took second place for her oral presentation “Development of the Intelligent Graphs for Everyday Decisions Tutor.”
The Graduate School and Graduate Student Government proudly announce the 2014-2015 academic year winners.
Patrick Belling, PhD Student, Applied Cognitive Science and Human Factors, is a recipient of the Outstanding Teaching Award. The award recognizes graduate students who have exhibited exceptional ability as a teacher, have received excellent evaluations from students, as well as gaining the respect of faculty in their departments.