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Drone Flies Over Quincy Smelter to Search for Potential Cleanup Issues

Published July 27, 2017

Photo by Kurt Hauglie - Daily Mining Gazette — Photo by Kurt Hauglie – Daily Mining Gazette

A team from the Michigan Technological University Research Institute (MTRI) in Ann Arbor, Michigan flew a drone over the Quincy Smelter in Ripley, MI to take imagery of the site with true color and infrared cameras. The images will be used to search for old infrastructure and drainage pipes that may not be marked on a map.

This project is a partnership between the Keweenaw National Historical Park (KNHP), MTRI, Tim Scarlett, and Don Lafreniere along with a group of local high school students.

Click here to read the complete article featured in the Daily Mining Gazette.

Winkler Discusses U.P. Energy on Public TV 13 Media Meet

Published June 28, 2017

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Richelle Winkler recently appeared on the Public TV 13 program Media Meet for a conversation about energy and the possibilities for renewable generation, local development, and transmission upgrades in the Upper Peninsula.

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New Funding for L’Anse Community Solar Study

Published June 9, 2017

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Richell Winkler (SS/GLRC) is the principal investigator on a project that has received $17,128 contract with the Western Upper Peninsula Planning and Development Regions (WUPPDR). The project is, “L’Anse Community Solar Study.”

This is a one year project.

MTU Archaeology Project Digs up Bits, Pieces of Keweenaw County History

Published June 8, 2017

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The Department of Social Sciences’ 2017 summer industrial archaeological field school in Keweenaw County was featured in a story in The Daily Mining Gazette.

“Part of the goal of it is to train our students in archaeological field work,” said Professor LouAnn Wurst, who is leading the school.

At the same time, the school is being conducted in conjunction with the Department of Natural Resources and the state to look at Copper Harbor’s range lighthouse keeper’s residence, and locate the Astor House, which is believed to have stood behind the house.

Click here to read the full story.

Graduate Student Prehoda In the News

Published June 7, 2017

By Heather Powers

ABC-10 News aired a story, about the potential for using solar energy in the UP, quoting Michigan Tech graduate student Emily Prehoda.

She is working on a survey that will be conducted in L’Anse next fall, a collaborative effort of the Western Upper Peninsula Planning and Development Region, the Village of L’Anse, WPPI Energy, and Michigan Tech’s Keweenaw Research Center and Department of Social Sciences.

Residents of the village buy their power from WPPI Energy, a non-profit company.

Prehoda was also featured in USA Today (“The US could prevent a lot of deaths by switching from coal to solar“), and on NBC and CBS with researcher Joshua Pearce (MSE/ECE).

Also in print, Joshua Pearce (MSE/ECE) and social sciences PhD Student Emily Prehoda coauthored, potential lives saved by replacing coal with solar photovoltaic electricity production in the U.S., in Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews that can be read here.

Will Solar Power Work in the U.P.?

Published May 26, 2017

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ABC-10 News aired a story about the potential for using solar energy in the UP, quoting Michigan Tech graduate student Emily Prehoda. She is working on a survey that will be conducted in L’Anse next fall, a collaborative effort of the Western Upper Peninsula Planning and Development Region, the Village of L’Anse, WPPI Energy, and Michigan Tech’s Keweenaw Research Center and Department of Social Sciences. Residents of the village buy their power from WPPI Energy, a non-profit company. See here.

Prehoda and Schelly Co-Author Paper on Using Solar Photovoltaic-Powered Microgrid to Reduce Vulnerability of the U.S. Electrical Grid

Published May 5, 2017

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Chelsea Schelly (SS), Joshua Pearce (MSE/ECE) and Emily Prehoda, a PhD student in Social Sciences, have recently published “U.S. Strategic Solar Photovoltaic-powered Microgrid Deployment for Enhanced National Security.”

Winkler- MTU/UNH Research Finds Migration Making Most American Counties More Diverse

Published April 4, 2017

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Richelle Winkler co-authored a research brief, Moving to Diversity, with Kenneth Johnson from the University of New Hamphire. Using new data and techniques, they find that net migration between counties increased racial diversity in each of the last two decades. The full report can be found here: https://carsey.unh.edu/publication/moving-diversity.

Anthropology Student participates in Undergrad Research Symposium

Published March 24, 2017

By Heather Powers

Joe Iwanicki – Anthropology – Social Sciences
Iwanicki’s research, The Archaeology of Trade: A Study of a Twentieth Century Logging Camp, was presented at Michigan Tech’s 2017 Undergraduate Research Symposium this past week. With the assistance of LouAnn Wurst, Iwanicki looked at archaeological data from a 1900’s lumber camp in the Munising Michigan area called Coalwood. The data consists of artifacts that allow for investigation of trade and commodity flows. The archaeological record is combined with GIS to map and recreate the trade networks of the past, something rarely explored by archaeologists.

The Undergraduate Research Symposium highlights the amazing cutting-edge research being conducted on Michigan Tech’s campus by some of our best and brightest undergraduate students.

The students showcasing their work today have spent a significant portion of the past year working alongside Michigan Tech faculty and graduate students to explore, discover and create new knowledge. They’ve spent long hours in the lab or out in the field designing experiments, gathering data, creating new models and testing hypotheses. They’ve applied their classroom knowledge in new and sometimes unexpected ways, and developed new skills that will propel them forward in their careers.

Schelly Quoted in Article on the Inter-connectivity of Food Production, Energy, and Water Usage

Published January 30, 2017

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Chelsea Schelly was quoted in the Sierra Magazine article Think Your Household Is Susatinable? Think Again. Schelly is a co- principal investigator on the project, “Reducing Household Food, Energy and Water Consumption: A Quantitative Analysis of Interventions and Impacts of Conservation.”, that has received a $1,477,068 grant from the National Science Foundation.

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