December 2009

Assistant Professor Scott Miers leads research to discover how higher-ethanol blends affect snowmobile emissions and fuel economy.

A Michigan Tech graduate student and an undergraduate visit Copenhagen, Denmark, during the UN's international  cimate change conference. Here is their third and final report.

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Two one-act plays by Eugene Ionesco have been selected to be performed at the Kennedy Center/American College Theatre Festival in January 2010 at Saginaw Valley State University. Michigan Tech's Department of Visual and Performing Arts produced the plays in October 2009. 

Michigan Tech's women's basketball team has a special group of supporters. The Center Court Connection (C3) helps the women on and off the court as fans and family.

Using vehicles donated by General Motors, Michigan Tech has teamed up with the Engineering Society of Detroit and industry leaders to train automotive engineers in the new skills they will need to work on advanced hybrid propulsion systems and high-tech batteries. 

In the second Dispatch from Copenhagen, undergraduate anthropology major Cate Cogger reports on her experiences at the international climate change conference.

A Senior Design Team in mechanical engineering has created a human-powered off-road wheelchair. It will help the disabled enjoy the Tech Trails and has potential beyond the Tech campus.

A graduate student and an undergraduate from Michigan Tech are in Copenhagen, Denmark, this week during the United Nations' international climate change conference. They send dispatches from Copenhagen. 

The University Women's Connection fills holiday gift bags for first-year women students.

Michigan Tech's Board of Control impressed with range and scope of University's K-12 education outreach.

Former Michigan Tech football player Joe Berger now plays for the Miami Dolphins. He got his first start in a game against the Buffalo Bills Nov. 29.

One of Michigan Tech's first recipients of a PhD in industrial heritage and archeology wears the 77-year-old academic hood belonging to the subject of his doctoral dissertation at the University's 2009 mid-year Commencement.

Chuck Olson, senior image analyst at the Michigan Tech Research Institute, has been named an Honorary Member of the American Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing (ASPRS).

Computer Science Professor Charles Wallace has received a Fulbright Scholarship to teach and do research in Chile.

George Butvilas, chair of Michigan Tech Fund Board of Trustees, to speak and receive honorary doctorate.

The Keweenaw Symphony Orchestra and the Michigan Tech Concert Choir perform Handel's Messiah at the Rozsa Center for the Performing Arts, under the baton of new director Joel Neves.

Research funding at Michigan Tech increased by more than 28 percent during the past fiscal year.