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Honors Institute Gets a Home to Call Its Own

Thu, 03 Oct 2013 11:35:52 -0700

Housing and Residential Life at Michigan Technological University has rolled out the welcome mat for 13 students at a very special residence hall.

The Honors House, building number 82 on the campus map and formerly the Ruppe House, is a next-door neighbor of the University Residence on Woodland Road. The headquarters for Michigan Tech’s Honors Institute, the Honors House is home to nine honors students and provides ample space for the group’s operations. The remaining four beds are filled by non-honors students who have returned to campus after at least one year of study.

The idea of converting the Ruppe House—previously used for . . .

Fall Career Fair Features New Companies and Veteran Recruiters

Mon, 23 Sep 2013 07:00:23 -0700

With 264 companies registered for the Fall Career Fair on Tuesday, Sept. 24, their 900 recruiters run the gamut from new to returning to never-miss-a-fair.

Among the new companies, according to Jim Turnquist, director of Career Services, is Chevron. Although they have recruited and hired on their own on campus, this year they’ve joined the Career Fair and expanded their search.

“In the past, they focused on geology, but this year they are looking for many different engineering fields: chemical, civil, electrical, environmental, mechanical,” Turnquist says. “That’s a big plus.”

Back after a hiatus from recruiting is Procter and Gamble. They are scouting for . . .

Generations of Discovery Campaign Meets & Beats Its Goal

Thu, 19 Sep 2013 17:00:09 -0700

When Michigan Technological University launched its Generations of Discovery capital campaign in 2006, announcing a goal of $200 million, there were some doubters. Remember 2006—when the housing bubble burst and the stock market was heading for its 2008-09 crash, kicking the country into a major recession?

But Michigan Tech did it—and then some. At a campaign celebration at the University’s Rozsa Center for the Performing Arts on Sept. 19, 2013, Campaign Chair Dave House announced that Michigan Tech has raised $215,366,353, much of it in planned gifts that will be coming in over the next 10 to 25 years.

House, a Michigan Tech . . .

Board of Control Celebrates Fall Enrollment Numbers at Michigan Tech

Thu, 19 Sep 2013 08:30:34 -0700

Michigan Technological University’s Board of Control heard some good news about this fall’s enrollment at its regular meeting today

John Lehman, associate vice president for enrollment, marketing and communications, presented the fall enrollment figures to the Board. He said that female enrollment figures are up, brushing 26 percent. In the College of Engineering, there are 906 women students, an all-time high.

Graduate student numbers also rose for the fifth straight year, making the Graduate School’s enrollment of 1,359 the largest in the University’s history, Lehman noted.

Freshman ACT scores and high school GPAs are also at an all-time high, and domestic ethnic . . .

Female and Graduate Student Enrollment Rises

Thu, 12 Sep 2013 11:27:18 -0700

Michigan Technological University, like other public universities in the state, submitted its official fall enrollment numbers to Lansing this week. The news was very good.

Michigan Tech has 1,252 first-year students, the largest freshman class since 2008. The average ACT score and high school GPA of those students are at an all-time high, at 26.7 and 3.66.

Graduate student numbers also rose for the fifth straight year, to 1,359.

“I want to thank everyone all across campus for the work they do to attract the highest quality students,” said President Glenn Mroz. "The results of their efforts speak for themselves.”

Total undergraduate enrollment . . .

Many Viewpoints, One Problem: Managing Water Resources Responsibly

Mon, 26 Aug 2013 08:52:38 -0700

Why is a Michigan Technological University professor working to develop a model for water resources management in South Florida, 1,500 miles and several ecosystems removed from the Upper Peninsula of Michigan?

“Water is an extremely valuable resource everywhere,” David Watkins explains. “We’re facing similar challenges around the Great Lakes: the effects of climate change, extreme water levels, pollution from agricultural run-off,” says the Michigan Tech professor of civil and environmental engineering, who specializes in water resources engineering. “And, like Florida, we have many stakeholders with sometimes competing interests in managing and protecting this vital resource.”

So he and researchers from 10 other universities . . .

Dow Chemical Sponsors Great Lakes Bay Science & Engineering Festival

Fri, 09 Aug 2013 07:20:16 -0700

The Dow Chemical Company has taken the lead as naming sponsor of the Dow Chemical Company Great Lakes Bay Science & Engineering Festival at Delta College Oct. 4-5. The festival, hosted by Michigan Technological University and Delta College on the Delta College campus, will feature the Michigan Tech Mind Trekkers and the American Chemical Society Midland Section’s SciFest, performing their hands-on science shows.

The free two-day festival is designed to get children, adolescents and their families excited about science and engineering by engaging them in hands-on activities. Its ultimate goal is to attract more bright students into STEM (science, technology, engineering and . . .

Yun Hang Hu Named a Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry

Wed, 31 Jul 2013 13:38:30 -0700

Yun Hang Hu, the Charles and Carroll McArthur Professor at Michigan Technological University, has been admitted as a Fellow to the Royal Society of Chemistry.

The RSC is the largest organization in Europe for advancing the chemical sciences. Supported by a worldwide network of members and an international publishing business, its activities span education, conferences, science policy and the promotion of chemistry to the public.

Among his many research accomplishments, Hu has developed a method for converting carbon dioxide to carbon nitrides. He has also made significant contributions in the field of hydrogen storage materials, and his investigations into the use of graphene . . .

It Looks Like Magic—but It’s Really Science

Mon, 15 Jul 2013 07:30:00 -0700

Michigan Tech’s Mind Trekkers are on the road again—taking the magic and mystery of science and engineering to the National Boy Scout Jamboree July 15–23 at Summit Bechtel Reserve in Mt. Hope, W.Va. It’s the first stop as they trek their hands-on science show to festivals across the nation, culminating at Science Spark’s USA Science & Engineering Festival in April 2014 in Washington, DC.

At the Boy Scout Jamboree’s Technology Quest, where as many as 50,000 Scouts and visitors are expected, Mind Trekkers’ 13 student volunteers and two staff members will be performing some of their favorite demos and some new ones . . .

Most Scientists Agree: Humans are Causing Global Climate Change

Wed, 15 May 2013 21:00:36 -0700

Do most scientists agree that human activity is causing global climate change? Yes, they do, according to an extensive analysis of the abstracts or summaries of scientific papers published over the past 20 years, even though public perception tends to be that climate scientists disagree over the fundamental cause of climate change.

To help put a stop to the squabbling, two dozen scientists and citizen-scientists from three continents--including Sarah Green, professor and chair of chemistry at Michigan Technological University in Houghton, Mich.— analyzed the abstracts of nearly 12,000 peer-reviewed scientific papers on climate change published between 1991 and 2011. They also . . .