July 14, 2025

Jung Yun Bae (MAE/AC) and her team of researchers are working with Michigan farmers to reimagine what it means to harvest lavender by hand. Their goal? To deploy groups of small agricultural harvester robots able to work in harmony — and also easily controlled, repaired, modified and replaced.

“Things kind of fall apart when we work to operate multiple communication systems. Integrating is not simple. There are a lot of sensors. A lot of algorithms. There are many layers required to extract features with the sensor data and make the necessary actions happen simultaneously. It takes patience and time,” said Bae, who leads the project alongside co-principal investigators Vinh Nguyen (MAE/MMET/CAI) and Myoungkuk Park (MAE).

Read about the sweet-scented research in our 2025 Michigan Tech Magazine.

On Sunday, July 20, from 8 a.m. to noon, Perceptive Content will be unavailable while we perform maintenance.

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Job Posting for Monday, July 14, 2025

Staff and faculty job descriptions are available on the Human Resources website. For more information regarding staff positions, call 906-487-2280 or email humanresources@mtu.edu. For more information regarding faculty positions, contact the academic department in which the position is posted.

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John Jaszczak (Museum) was a guest on Series 6, Episode 9 of the Lake Superior Podcast, titled “Mining the Past: How Copper Shaped the Keweenaw and Its World-Class Museum.” Jaszczak discussed the A. E. Seaman Mineral Museum’s origins and what visitors can find there.

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My UP Now mentioned the Michigan Tech Archives in a story about the Copper Range Museum, highlighting its role in preserving local history and stories from the Keweenaw Peninsula.

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97.9 WGRD-FM in Grand Rapids mentioned Michigan Tech’s J. Robert Van Pelt and John and Ruanne Opie Library in a story about public access to Michigan’s public university libraries, highlighting the library’s free borrowing privileges for residents of the Western Upper Peninsula.

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The Daily Mining Gazette covered Michigan Tech Nordic skier Tryg Solberg being named to the 2025 CSC Academic All-America At-Large Division II Third Team.

Virtual Workshop: Developing Compelling Broader Impacts Components for NSF Proposals

Michigan Tech is offering a virtual workshop to help researchers develop compelling Broader Impacts components for National Science Foundation (NSF) proposals. Broader Impacts is one of the NSF merit criteria for all NSF proposals; however, many agencies and foundations require submitters to articulate societal benefit.

Researchers are invited to participate virtually on Wednesday, July 16, from 3-4 p.m.

This 60-minute, interactive Zoom session is a repeat of the May 22 in-person workshop. It will cover the same content in a virtual setting for those who were unable to attend the in-person workshop. A portion of this workshop will be recorded; the breakout rooms portion will not be recorded.

During this virtual session, the Research Development team will guide you through understanding NSF's expectations for Broader Impacts and how this translates into other agency and foundation proposals.

We’ll also use a “share together, share out” approach in Zoom breakout rooms for the following conversations:

• Sharing successful approaches from past projects
• Reframing your existing approaches to highlight societal impact
• Brainstorming innovative Broader Impacts ideas

Please RSVP to this workshop by responding “yes” or “no” to the Google Calendar invite sent to campus researchers by Research Development.

Didn't receive a calendar invite? Email rd-l@mtu.edu to participate.

To have your event automatically appear, please submit them to the University Events Calendar.

Part 1 - Summer Orientation - Session 3

Monday, July 14, 8 a.m.–6 p.m. | Michigan Tech Campus

This year orientation programs will look a little different from years past. Incoming students will be required to attend one of four, 2-day summer orientation sessions and...

Strength and Conditioning : Summer Middle School Program

Monday, July 14, 10–11 a.m. | Student Development Complex (SDC), Multi-Purpose

Lead by the MTU Strength and Conditioning Staff, this 8-week summer program is for athletes looking to improve their performance and fitness level to prepare for the upcoming...

Strength and Conditioning : Summer High School Program

Monday, July 14, 11 a.m.–12 p.m. | Student Development Complex (SDC), Multi-Purpose

Lead by the MTU Strength and Conditioning Staff, this 8-week summer program is for athletes looking to improve their performance and fitness level to prepare for the upcoming...