2011 Archive

Featuring old friends, pickled eggs, volleyball, waterfalls, a Tom Hanks movie, and lots more

Microorganisms that fertilize and remediate

High school teachers come to Michigan Tech for engineering research experiences they can take back to their classrooms. 

Volunteer Kathy Roberts gathers all manner of spineless creatures in her traps next to the rhizotron.

Michigan Tech researchers are working to understand the  connection between mini-earthquakes and volcanoes, hoping to help protect people from volcano hazards. 

Walking calipers and leg braces for New Delhi youngsters

Gerard Caneba, a professor of chemical engineering at Michigan Tech, is developing vinyl acetate polymers that not only could clean up toxic waste, but could transform sludge into a useful raw material.

A Michigan Tech High School Enterprise team grows veggies for the city and excels at the world's biggest science fair.

Taile Leswifi, a South African earning her PhD  in environmental engineereing at Michigan Tech, is determined to introduce her people to the opportunities education brings.

Master gardener plants "happy" gardens all over Michigan Tech campus.