Michigan Technological University

Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering

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Collaborative Research: A Synthesis of Existing and New Observations of Air-Snowpack Exchanges to Assess the Artic Tropospheric Ozone Budget

Investigators
Principal Investigator: Richard Honrath
College/School: College of Engineering
Department(s): Civil & Environmental Engineering

REU Supplement: Collaborative Research: Modeling and Analyzing the use, Efficiency, Value, and Governance of Water as a Material in the Great Lakes Region Through an Integrated Approach

Investigators
Principal Investigator: Alex Mayer
Co-PI: James Mihelcic
Co-PI: David Watkins
Co-PI: Qiong Zhang
College/School: College of Engineering
Department(s): Civil & Environmental Engineering

SustR: Sustainable Development for Rural Communities: Social, Health, Economic, and Environmental Advances

Investigators
Principal Investigator: Alex Mayer
Co-PI: Carol MacLennan
Co-PI: Blair Orr
College/School: College of Engineering
Department(s): Civil & Environmental Engineering

2013 Center for Structural Durability (CSD)

Investigators
Principal Investigator: Theresa Ahlborn
College/School: College of Engineering
Department(s): Civil & Environmental Engineering

Collaborative Research: Understanding Mechanism of Internal Frost-Induced Damage of Concrete from Microstructure Aspects

Investigators
Principal Investigator: Qingli Dai
Co-PI: Zhanping You
College/School: College of Engineering
Department(s): Civil & Environmental Engineering

Michigan Tribal Technical Assistance Program

Investigators
Principal Investigator: John Velat
College/School: College of Engineering
Department(s): Civil & Environmental Engineering

IDR: Collaborative Research: Sustainable Water Resources for Communities under Climate Change: Can State-of-the-Art Forecasting Inform Decision-Making in Data Sparse Regions?

Investigators
Principal Investigator: Alex Mayer
Co-PI: Kathleen Halvorsen
College/School: College of Engineering
Department(s): Civil & Environmental Engineering

Collaborative Research: Engineering Faculty Engagement in Learning Through Service (EFELTS)

Investigators
Principal Investigator: Kurtis Paterson
College/School: College of Engineering
Department(s): Civil & Environmental Engineering

Collaborative Research: The Impacts of Service on Engineering Students (ISES) - A Longitudinal Study

Investigators
Principal Investigator: Kurtis Paterson
College/School: College of Engineering
Department(s): Civil & Environmental Engineering

Integrated Modeling and Experimental Evaluation of Hydrodynamic and Microbial Controls on DNAPL Dissolution and Detoxification

Investigators
Principal Investigator: Jennifer Becker
Co-PI: Eric Seagren
College/School: College of Engineering
Department(s): Civil & Environmental Engineering

Great Lakes Maritime Education for K-12 Teachers & Communities

Investigators
Principal Investigator: Joan Chadde
College/School: College of Engineering
Department(s): Civil & Environmental Engineering

Virtual Water Accounting: A New Paradigm for the Adaptive Management of Great Lakes Water

Investigators
Principal Investigator: Alex Mayer
Co-PI: Casey Huckins
College/School: College of Engineering
Department(s): Civil & Environmental Engineering

Planning Visit for US-Australia Collaborative Research on Climate-Related Infrastructure Adaptation for Natural Hazards

Investigators
Principal Investigator: Yue Li
College/School: College of Engineering
Department(s): Civil & Environmental Engineering

CAREER: Flood Risk Projections with Climatic Variation and Human-Induced Shifts in Hydrologic Response

Investigators
Principal Investigator: Veronica Griffis
College/School: College of Engineering
Department(s): Civil & Environmental Engineering

Transportation Materials Research Center (TMRC)

Investigators
Principal Investigator: Stanley Vitton
Co-PI: Lawrence Sutter
Co-PI: Zhanping You
College/School: College of Engineering
Department(s): Civil & Environmental Engineering

Integration of Mainshock-Aftershock Sequences into Performance-based Engineering Using Publicly Available NEEShub Data

Investigators
Principal Investigator: Yue Li
College/School: College of Engineering
Department(s): Civil & Environmental Engineering

Using Nonmetals Seperated From E-Waste in Improving the Mechanical Properties of Ashphalt Materials

Investigators
Principal Investigator: Baron Colbert
Co-PI: Zhanping You
College/School: College of Engineering
Department(s): Civil & Environmental Engineering

Building Communtity Capacity to Manage Private/Public Forests and Develop Forest Stewards

Investigators
Principal Investigator: Joan Chadde
College/School: College of Engineering
Department(s): Civil & Environmental Engineering

CI-TEAM Demo: Environmental CyberCitizens: Engaging Citizen Scientists in Global Environmental Change through Crowdsensing and Visualization

Investigators
Principal Investigator: Alex Mayer
Co-PI: Richard Donovan
Co-PI: Robert Pastel
Co-PI: Charles Wallace
College/School: College of Engineering
Department(s): Civil & Environmental Engineering

Integrated Assessment of Torch Lake AOC

Investigators
Principal Investigator: Noel Urban
Co-PI: Carol MacLennan
Co-PI: Judith Perlinger
College/School: College of Engineering
Department(s): Civil & Environmental Engineering

Inventory of Mining Impacted Streams in the Coastal Zone of the Keweenaw

Investigators
Principal Investigator: Noel Urban
Co-PI: W Charles Kerfoot
College/School: College of Engineering
Department(s): Civil & Environmental Engineering

High Speed Rail Workforce Development through Education and Training

Investigators
Principal Investigator: Pasi Lautala
Co-PI: John Velat
College/School: College of Engineering
Department(s): Civil & Environmental Engineering

Lake Superior Stewardship Initiative

Investigators
Principal Investigator: Joan Chadde
Co-PI: Lloyd Wescoat
College/School: College of Engineering
Department(s): Civil & Environmental Engineering

US-Vietnam Workshop on Multiple Natural Hazards Assessment and Mitigation under the Impact of Climate Change

Investigators
Principal Investigator: Yue Li
College/School: College of Engineering
Department(s): Civil & Environmental Engineering

Collaborative Research: Integrated Wind Turbine Blade and Tower Health Monitoring and Failure Prognosis

Investigators
Principal Investigator: Raymond Swartz
College/School: College of Engineering
Department(s): Civil & Environmental Engineering

Automated Scour Detection Arrays using Bio-Inspired Magnetostrictive Flow Sensors

Investigators
Principal Investigator: Raymond Swartz
Co-PI: Brian Barkdoll
Co-PI: Colin Brooks
College/School: College of Engineering
Department(s): Civil & Environmental Engineering

National University Rail Transportation and Education Center (NURail)

Investigators
Principal Investigator: Pasi Lautala
Co-PI: John Hill
Co-PI: Paul Sanders
College/School: College of Engineering
Department(s): Civil & Environmental Engineering

WSC-Category 2 Collaborative: Robust Decision-making for South Florida Water Resources by Ecosystem Service Valuation, Hydro-economic Optimization and Conflict Resolution Modeling

Investigators
Principal Investigator: David Watkins
College/School: College of Engineering
Department(s): Civil & Environmental Engineering

Meeting Transportation Workforce & Education Needs of the 21st Century

Investigators
Principal Investigator: Joan Chadde
College/School: College of Engineering
Department(s): Civil & Environmental Engineering

Outdoor Science Investigations

Investigators
Principal Investigator: Michelle Miller
College/School: College of Engineering
Department(s): Civil & Environmental Engineering

Celebrating Lake Superior: A Water Festival for Students & the Community!

Investigators
Principal Investigator: Lloyd Wescoat
College/School: College of Engineering
Department(s): Civil & Environmental Engineering

Great Lakes Teacher Institute

Investigators
Principal Investigator: Joan Chadde
College/School: College of Engineering
Department(s): Civil & Environmental Engineering

Kitchen 2.0: Design Guidance for Healthier Cooking Environments

Investigators
Principal Investigator: Kurtis Paterson
College/School: College of Engineering
Department(s): Civil & Environmental Engineering

Biomediated Geomechanical Processes for Dust Mitigation and Monitoring at Mine Tailings Impoundments

Investigators
Principal Investigator: Eric Seagren
Co-PI: Thomas Oommen
Co-PI: Stanley Vitton
College/School: College of Engineering
Department(s): Civil & Environmental Engineering

Evaluation of Bridge Decks using Non-Destructive Evaluation (NDE) at Near Highway Speeds for Effective Asset Management

Investigators
Principal Investigator: Theresa Ahlborn
Co-PI: Colin Brooks
College/School: College of Engineering
Department(s): Civil & Environmental Engineering

NURail Center

Investigators
Principal Investigator: Pasi Lautala
Co-PI: Gregory Graman
Co-PI: Stanley Vitton
College/School: College of Engineering
Department(s): Civil & Environmental Engineering

Graduate Research Fellowship Program-Jennifer Fuller

Investigators
Principal Investigator: Jennifer Fuller
Co-PI: David Hand
College/School: College of Engineering
Department(s): Civil & Environmental Engineering

Collaborative Research: Nexus of Simulation, Sensing and Actuation for Aerodynamic Loads Reduction of Wind Turbine Blades

Investigators
Principal Investigator: Qingli Dai
Co-PI: Fernando Ponta
College/School: College of Engineering
Department(s): Civil & Environmental Engineering

Local Technical Assistance Program

Investigators
Principal Investigator: Bernard Alkire
Principal Investigator: Terance McNinch
College/School: College of Engineering
Department(s): Civil & Environmental Engineering

Biological Evaluation of a Subsurface Volitilization and Ventilation System

Investigators
Principal Investigator: James Mihelcic
Co-PI: Donald Lueking
College/School: College of Engineering
Department(s): Civil & Environmental Engineering

Roadsoft

Investigators
Principal Investigator: Terance McNinch
College/School: College of Engineering
Department(s): Civil & Environmental Engineering

MERL-802P

Investigators
Principal Investigator: Terance McNinch
College/School: College of Engineering
Department(s): Civil & Environmental Engineering

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