Faculty and Staff Directory

"Sure, we can do that."

Michael Abbott

Director, Great Lakes Research Center Operations

906-487-3165
Cell: 906-281-1230
mdabbott@mtu.edu
GLRC 309

Robert A Andersen

Adjunct Professor, Biological Sciences
Senior Research Scientist, University of Washington
Emeritus Director, Provasoli-Guillard National Center for Marine Algae and Microbiota (CCMP, now NCMA)

906-370-1886
raa48@uw.edu

Research Interests

Chrysophyte algae
Algal Systematics
Algal Culturing

Jamey Anderson

Coordinator of Marine Operations
Reservations, Great Lakes Research Center Fleet

906-487-2914
jameya@mtu.edu
GLRC 319

Specialties

Oversee research buoys
Maintain and repair Remote Operated Vehicles
Maintain R/V Agassiz to USCG standards
Maintain and operate survey vessels
Provide electrical and mechanical support of specialized research equipment

Carol J. Asiala

Research Scientist/Engineer, Geological and Mining Engineering and Sciences

906-487-2033
cjasiala@mtu.edu
Dow 626

Links of Interest

Specialties

Proposal preparation assistance
Project assistance with databases and computer programming/analysis
Project assistance with budget reporting and management

Martin T. Auer

Professor Emeritus, Civil and Environmental Engineering

906-487-2799
mtauer@mtu.edu
GLRC 318

Links of Interest

Faculty Web Page

Teaching Interests

Surface water quality engineering

Research Interests

Limnology
Engineering approaches to lake and river management
Mathematical modeling of surface water quality

Nancy A. Auer

Emeritus Research Professor, Biological Sciences

906-487-2353
naauer@mtu.edu
Dow 732

Links of Interest

Research Interests

Fish Biology
Zooplankton ecology
Limnology
Conservation Biology

Melissa F. Baird

Assistant Professor of Anthropology

906-487-2366
mfbaird@mtu.edu
Academic Office Building 212

Links

Research Interests

Resource Frontiers
Extractive industries
Heritage landscapes
Indigenous and expert knowledge
Ethnographic methods
Politics of archaeology

Brian D. Barkdoll, PE

Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering

906-487-1981
barkdoll@mtu.edu
Dow 807

Links of Interest

Faculty Web Page

Research Interests

Dam Decommissioning
Environmental Engineering
Hydraulic Structures
River Mechanics
Sediment Transport
Stream Rehabilitation
Sustainability

Andrew Barnard

Assistant Professor, Mechanical Engineering—Engineering Mechanics
Faculty Advisor, SENSE Enterprise

906-487-2412
arbarnar@mtu.edu
930 MEEM

Areas of Expertise

Acoustics
Noise Control
Vibration
Real Time Control Systems
LabVIEW programming and instruction

Research Interests

Advanced Measurements and Signal Processing
Acoustic Intensity and Vector Sensors
Room Acoustics
Acoustic Material Characterization
Outdoor Sound Propagation
Physical Acoustics
NI LabVIEW Data Acquisition and Control
Microphones
Crowd Noise
Underwater Acoustics
Structural Acoustics
Array Signal Processing

Jennifer Becker

Associate Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering
Affiliated Associate Professor, Biological Sciences

906-487-2942
jgbecker@mtu.edu
Dow 864

Links of Interest

Faculty Webpage

Teaching Interests

Water and wastewater treatment
Biological treatment processes

Research Interests

Bioremediation of Contaminated Groundwater Environments
Microbial Ecology and Kinetics of Chlorinated Aliphatic Solvent Biodegradation
Conversion of Organic Solid Wastes and Cellulosic Feedstocks to Electricity via Microbial Fuel Cells

Leonard J. Bohmann

Associate Dean for Academic Affairs
Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering

906-487-2005
ljbohman@mtu.edu
M&M 707

Links of Interest

Areas of Interest

Electric power systems analysis
Utility applications of power electronics (HVDC, SVC, FACTS)
Power system dynamics
Power quality
Power system transients
Computer analysis and simulation of power systems

William S. Breffle

Associate Professor of Economics, School of Business and Economics
Affiliate Professor, SFRES

906-487-1959
wsbreffl@mtu.edu
Academic Office Building G019

Teaching Interests

Environmental economics
Natural resource economics
International economics
Mathematical economics
Principles of economics

Research Interests

Non-market valuation
Discrete choice modeling
Benefit-cost analysis
Restoration program planning
Health economics

Colin N. Brooks

Adjunct Instructor, Biological Sciences
Manager of Environmental Science Laboratory, MTRI: Michigan Tech Research Institute (Ann Arbor)

734-913-6858
cnbrooks@mtu.edu

Research Interests

Resource Ecology

Gary A. Campbell

Professor of Natural Resource Economics, School of Business and Economics
Director of MS in Applied Natural Resource Economics
Affiliate Professor, Geological and Mining Engineering and Sciences

906-487-2808
gacampbe@mtu.edu
Academic Office Building 122

Teaching Interests

Natural Resource Economics
Principles of Economics
International Economics

Specialties

Metal markets
Sustainability of mining
Social decision-making about resource use

Joan Chadde-Schumaker

Director, Center for Science and Environmental Outreach
Instructor, Cognitive and Learning Sciences

906-487-3341
jchadde@mtu.edu
GLRC 115

Links of Interest

Areas of Expertise

Great Lakes education and stewardship
Watershed management ; stream monitoring
Environmental education
Elementary engineering and STEM education
K-12 science education
K-12 teacher professional development
Communicating Science to a lay audience

Rupali Datta

Associate Professor, Biological Sciences
Director and Advisor, Graduate Program

906-487-1783
rupdatta@mtu.edu
Dow 530

Links of Interest

Personal Home Page

Specialties

Plant Biochemistry
Environmental Remediation
Plant-Microbe Interactions

"Good things come in small packages—you can get a GREAT liberal arts education from us. Our graduates get jobs and enroll in fine graduate programs at universities like Yale, Michigan, and Johns Hopkins."
—Mary Durfee

Mary H. Durfee

Professor Emerita

906-487-2112
mhdurfee@mtu.edu
Academic Office Building 216

Links of Interest

Areas of Expertise

Great Lakes of North America
International Law
Malta
Scholarship of Pedagogy
Arctic Affairs

Curtis Edson

Assistant Professor, SFRES
Remote Sensing
Geospatial Information Science

906-487-2596
cbedson@mtu.edu
Horner Hall (Forestry) 184

Areas of Expertise

Remote Sensing
Geographic Information Systems (GIS)
Surveying and Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS)
Aerial Photogrammetry
Cartography
Light Detection and Ranging (LiDAR)
Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS)

Gary Fahnenstiel

Senior Scientist, Great Lakes Research Center and Michigan Tech Research Institute
Adjunct Professor, Biological Sciences

glfahnen@mtu.edu

Research Interests

Limnology of the Great Lakes
Primary productivity
Phytoplankton dunamics
Laurentian Great Lakes

John S. Gierke, PE

Chair, Geological and Mining Engineering and Sciences
Professor, Geological and Mining Engineering and Sciences
Affiliated Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering

906-487-2535
jsgierke@mtu.edu
Dow 631

Links of Interest

Faculty Web Page

Teaching Interests

Hydrogeology
Ground water Engineering
Contaminant Transport
Subsurface Remediation

Research Interests

Field performance of air sparging for removing volatile organic chemicals from ground water
Volatile organic vapor transport in unsaturated soils
Sulfur dioxide interactions with volcanic ash

Hugh S. Gorman

Department Chair, Social Sciences
Professor of Environmental History and Policy, Social Sciences

906-487-2116
hsgorman@mtu.edu
Academic Office Building 215

Fields

Environmental Policy and History
History of Technology
History of Science
Economic History

Research Interests

The historical interaction between technological change, uses of the environment, and systems of governance
Adaptive governance
Sustainable energy and environmental policy

Sarah A. Green

Professor, Chemistry

906-487-3419
sgreen@mtu.edu
GLRC 205

Links of Interest

Research Interests

Climate change communication
Science-policy interface
Response of aquatic systems to climate change
Great Lakes
Behavior of metal-contaminated sediments in the Lake Superior basin
Fluorescence-based analytical methods
Aerosol chemistry
Origin and fate of dissolved organic carbon (DOC) in terrestrial, lake, and marine environments
Methods for detection of free radicals, photochemical transformations of natural and anthropogenic organic compounds in the environment
integration of biological, geological, physical, and chemical data for understanding global cycles.

Michael R. Gretz

Professor, Biological Sciences
Director, Chemical Advanced Resolution Methods Laboratory

906-487-3175
mrgretz@mtu.edu

Links of Interest

Research Interests

Algal Extracellular Polymers and Biocomposites - Regulation of Biogenesis

David Hand

Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering

906-487-2777
dwhand@mtu.edu
Dow 871

Research Interests

Development and application of physical and chemical processes for the recovery, removal, or destruction of organic compounds from air and water streams in industrial processes and the environment

Elizabeth Hoy

Assistant Director, Business & Program Development
Great Lakes Research Center

906-487-1208
elizabeth@mtu.edu
GLRC 309

Specialties

Facilitates partnerships that support Institute growth
Directs the development and distribution of outreach material to external partners
Oversees administrative operations

Casey J Huckins

Professor, Biological Sciences

906-487-2475
cjhuckin@mtu.edu
Dow 716, GLRC 112

Research Expertise

Ecology of lakes, streams, and their riparian interface with terrestrial systems
Fish ecology, biology, functional morphology
effects of land use on ecological systems
Biomonitoring for research and restoration
Effects of Invasive Species

Liza Jenkins

Research Scientist, Michigan Tech Research Institute

734.913.6869
lliverse@mtu.edu

Links of Interest

Michigan Tech Research Institute

Research Interests

Satellite remote sensing and spatial data analysis
Fusion of electro-optical and synthetic aperture radar data
Innovative field data collection schemes and sensors
Temporal monitoring and detection of landscape change
Big data analysis for natural resource applications
Arctic and boreal systems in the domains of fires, lakes, peatlands, wetlands, and glaciers

"Cellulose is the fiber of human civilization."

Chandrashekhar P. Joshi

Department Chair and Professor, Biological Sciences
Affiliated Professor, SFRES

906-487-2738
cpjoshi@mtu.edu
Dow 741

Links of Interest

Research Interests: Biological Sciences

Plant Molecular Genetics

Areas of Expertise: Biology and Forestry

Cellulose and lignin biosynthesis in trees
Wood formation
Tree growth and development
Engineering trees
Forest bioinformatics

"If trees could run away from their place of establishment, believe me many of them probably would!"

Evan S. Kane

Associate Professor, SFRES

906-482-6303
eskane@mtu.edu
Forest Service Building 123

Areas of Expertise

Soil carbon
Plant/soil relationships
Decomposition
Dissolved organic carbon
Wildfire
Black carbon

Charles Kerfoot

Professor, Biological Sciences
Director, Lake Superior Ecosystem Research Center
Adjunct Professor, Geological and Mining Engineering and Sciences

wkerfoot@mtu.edu
GLRC 305, office

Links of Interest

Keweenaw Buffalo Reef

Research Interests

Aquatic Ecology
Paleoecology

Maryam Khaksari

Research Specialist

906-487-1469
mkhaksar@mtu.edu
218 GLRC

Research Interests

Developing LCMS Method for variety of applications
Analyzing LCMS data and formula assignment
Qualitative and quantitative analysis

Mark Kulie

Area of Interest

Snowfall remote sensing using spaceborne and ground-based instruments
Global snowfall characterization and future snowfall trends
Measuring snow microphysical properties
Lake effect snow (satellite and radar observations, modeling, forecasting)

Research Interests

Understanding future global snowfall trends using combined modeling, reanalysis, and observational datasets
Using spaceborne radar and microwave radiometer observations to quantify global snowfall
Evaluating spaceborne precipitation estimates using ground-based radar and in situ snow microphysics observations
Studying systematic snow microphysical property differences associated with distinct snowfall modes (lake effect vs. syntopic snow)
Characterizing uncertainties in spaceborne snowfall estimates due to snow and ice particle microphysics
Improving snow/ice microphysical properties and processes in numerical models
Developing improved lake effect snow forecasting tools using satellite data

Don Lafreniere

Assistant Professor of Geography and GIS
Director. Historical Environments Spatial Analytics Lab
Director, Geospatial Research Core Facility

906-487-2189
djlafren@mtu.edu
AOB 200A, GLRC 208

Links of Interest

Research Interests

Environmental Change and Life Course Epidemiology
Urban Environments and Population Health
PPGIS
Applications of GIS for Historical Research
Qualitative GIS
Deindustrialization and Shrinking Cities
Time-Space Integration and Modeling in GIS
Demography and Historical Record Linkage
Sense of Place and Neighborhood Construction

Nancy Langston

Professor of Environmental History, Social Sciences
Member of the Great Lakes Research Center
Affiliated Professor, SFRES

nelangs3@mtu.edu
220 AOB MTU, 1400 Townsend D Houghton MI 49931

Links of Interest

Areas of Interest

Toxics, forested watersheds, and northern lakes
Environmental history
Watershed change and water quality
Mining history

Eugene Levin, CP

Associate Professor, School of Technology; Program Chair, Surveying Engineering
Director, Integrated Geospatial Technology Graduate Program
Faculty Advisor, Digital Mapping Enterprise

906-487-2446
elevin@mtu.edu
EERC 220

Research Interests

Integrated geospatial technologies for sustainable development
Mobile mapping platforms for geographical and environmental studies
SAR- and LIDAR-based remote sensing and GIS
Geosensorics, real-time networks of geosensors
Human-computer symbiosis for knowledge extraction and expertise transfer
Visual perception in remote sensing and GIS
3-D geospatial visualization and augmented reality
Visual and automated feature extraction in multispectral and hyperspectral image interpretation
Geospatial-sensor modeling and calibration
Image processing and automated feature extraction from aerial and satellite imagery
Automated systems for vision-based autonomous navigation and control of manned/unmanned robotic platforms
Image fusion and analysis
Photogrammetry of aerial and high-resolution satellite imagery

Teaching Interests

Earth observation systems
Geodesy
Photogrammetry
Geospatial technologies, data, and systems
Global positioning systems
Remote sensing
LIDAR-, SAR-/InSAR-based remote sensing
Geospatial 3-D visualization
Geospatial imaging: perception and interpretation
Introductory and advanced GIS
Spatial analysis and modeling
Spatial decision support
Cartography and cybercartography

Carol A. MacLennan

Professor of Anthropology, Social Sciences

camac@mtu.edu
Academic Office Building 209A

Links of Interest

Research Interests

Environmental anthropology/political ecology
Anthropology of industry (mining, sugar)
Hawai`i and the Pacific
Anthropology of public policy

Nina Mahmoudian

Lou and Herbert Wacker Associate Professor in Autonomous Mobile Systems, Mechanical Engineering-Engineering Mechanics
Faculty Advisor, SENSE Enterprise

906-487-3084
ninam@mtu.edu
MEEM 1009

Areas of Expertise

Faculty Web Page: Nonlinear and Autonomous Systems Laboratory

Areas of Expertise

Unmanned Systems
Dynamics and Controls
System Design

Research Interests

Autonomous Underwater Vehicles (AUVs) with Special Interest in Underwater Gliders
Coordination and Control of Networked Multi-Agent Systems
Motion Planning in Complex Environments
Cyber-physical Systems

Amy M Marcarelli

Associate Professor, Biological Sciences

906-487-2867
ammarcar@mtu.edu
Dow 727

Links of Interest

Research Interests

Limnology
Ecosystem Ecology of Streams and Rivers
Biogeochemistry

Patrick E. Martin

Research Professor of Archaeology

906-487-2070
pemartin@mtu.edu
Archaeology Annex

Links of Interest

Areas of Expertise

Industrial archaeology
Industrial heritage
Historical archaeology

Audrey L. Mayer

Associate Professor of Ecology and Environmental Policy, SFRES
Coordinator, Peace Corps Masters International Program in Forestry

906-487-2864
almayer@mtu.edu
Academic Office Building 206

Links of Interest

Private Land Management and Voluntary Incentive Programs project
Environmental and Energy Policy Program
Sustainable Futures Institute
Follow me on Twitter! @AudreyLMayer

Areas of Expertise

Landscape ecology
Conservation Biology
Environmental and Natural Resources Policy
Sustainability science

Alex S. Mayer, PE

Charles and Patricia Nelson Presidential Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering
Professor, Geological and Mining Engineering and Sciences

906-487-3372
asmayer@mtu.edu
Dow 809

Links of Interest

Teaching Interests

Groundwater flow and transport and subsurface remediation

Research Interests

Numerical and Experimental Investigations of Contaminant Transport in Groundwater Vadose Zones
Mathematical Optimization of Groundwater Remediation Systems: Multi-Objective and Uncertainty Problems
Surfactant-Enhanced Dissolution of Nonaqueous Phase Liquids in Subsurface Systems
Groundwater Flow in a Fault Zone in the Vicinity of Desert Hot Springs, California
Simulation of Saltwater Intrusion in the Guaymas Valley, Sonora, Mexico California

Lynn R. Mazzoleni

Associate Professor, Chemistry

906-487-1853
lrmazzol@mtu.edu
Chem Sci 402D

Links of Interest

Research Group Page

Research Interests

Understanding the identities, occurrence, and transformation of aerosol organic compounds
Identifying organic aerosol constituents from a variety of atmospheric environments
Exploration of new LC column chemistries with ultrahigh pressure pumps for fast and thorough separations
Aqueous reaction pathways

Cory P. McDonald

Assistant Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering

906-487-2898
cpmcdona@mtu.edu
Dow 815

Teaching Interests

Surface Water Quality Engineering

Research Interests

Limnology
Aquatic-terrestrial connectivity and landscape-scale drivers of water quality
Water quality modeling
Carbon cycling and ecosystem metabolism
Nutrient biogeochemistry

Guy Meadows

Director, Great Lakes Research Center
Adjunct Professor, Geological and Mining Engineering and Sciences
Research Professor, Mechanical Engineering-Engineering Mechanics

906-487-1106
gmeadows@mtu.edu
GLRC 307

Research Interests

Large scale field experimentation in the Inland Seas of the Great Lakes and coastal oceans
Nearshore hydrodynamics and prediction
Autonomous and semi-autonomous environmental monitoring platforms (surface and sub-surface)
Underwater acoustic remote sensing
Marine engineering

Thomas E. Merz

Associate Dean, School of Business and Economics
Professor of Economics, School of Business and Economics

906-487-2805
temerz@mtu.edu
Academic Office Building 105

Teaching Interests

Game theory
Public sector economics
Microeconomic theory

Research Interests

Game theory
Public sector economics
Microeconomic theory

Daisuke Minakata

Assistant Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering
Affiliated Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry
Affiliated Assistant Professor, Department of Physics

906-487-1830
dminakat@mtu.edu
Dow 801

Links of Interest

Personal Website

Teaching Interests

Physical-Chemical Treatment Processes
Environmental Process and Design
Computational Environmental Engineering and Chemistry

Research Interests

Sustainable water and wastewater treatment and management
Development of assessing and predicting tools for water treatment technologies
Innovative water and wastewater treatment technologies for energy saving and harvesting
Systematic and integrated understanding of water and wastewater reuse
Application of computational chemistry and molecular modeling

Daya Muralidharan

Adjunct Assistant Professor of Economics, School of Business and Economics

dmuralid@mtu.edu

Teaching Interests

Natural resource economics
Environmental economics
Water resource economics
Microeconomics
Econometrics

Research Interests

Water management and drainage in agriculture
Groundwater management
Forest use in developing economies
Groundwater quality externalities

Jill A. Olin

Research Scientist, Great Lakes Research Center

906-487-1121
jaolin@mtu.edu
GLRC 110

Areas of Interest

Ecology of aquatic systems
Fisheries science
Aquatic-terrestrial energy linkages
Dietary biomarkers (e.g., stable isotopes, fatty acids, compound-specific isotopes of AA and FA)
Trophic ecology of top predators in marine, estuarine and coastal communities
Predator-prey interactions

Research Interests

Understanding species- and food web-level responses to environmental stressors using combined dietary biomarker, ecological and modeling approaches
Evaluating distributional patterns of organisms and the mechanisms that drive these patterns
Using abundance and biomass estimates to quantify nekton communities
Quantifying the mechanisms and processes that structure food webs and ecosystems
Developing ecosystem models to evaluate the effect of environmental change

Gord Paterson

Assistant Professor, Biological Sciences

906-487-1120
gpaterso@mtu.edu
GLRC 112

Areas of Expertise

Legacy and emerging pollutants
Ecotoxicology
Great Lakes fisheries
Multiple stressors
Fisheries bioenergetics

Research Interests

Using pollutants as ecological tracers
Overwintering bioaccumulation and bioamplification
Energy dynamics in Great Lakes food-webs
Energetic costs of multiple stressors

Wayne D. Pennington

Dean, College of Engineering
David House Endowed Professor of Geophysical Engineering, Geological and Mining Engineering and Sciences

906-487-2005
wayne@mtu.edu
M&M 701

Links of Interest

Seismic Petrophysics: Observation & Theory

Research Interests

(Not accepting new graduate students)
Properties of rocks under varying conditions of saturation, stress, and heterogeneity
Oil and gas exploration and development
Seismic petrophysics -- relating rock properties to seismic observations, particularly in oil and gas development
Earthquake seismology, particularly induced seismicity, and humanitarian aspects of large earthquakes
Administrator of the SPOT Lab (seismic petrophysics: observation and theory)

Judith A. Perlinger

Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering

906-487-3641
jperl@mtu.edu
Dow 863

Links of Interest

Faculty Web Page

Teaching Interests

Environmental Engineering
Transport & Transformation of Organic Chemicals
Boundary Layer Meteorology
Sustainability

Research Interests

Air and Water Quality
Atmosphere-biosphere Exchange of Chemicals
Micrometeorology
Environmental Analytical Chemistry
Sustainability

Christopher Pinnow

Electronics/Computer Engineer

906-487-0007
ckpinnow@mtu.edu
GLRC B001

Specialties

Support GLRC and APSRC research programs
Focus on measurements of the over water and in-water environments
Support design, fabrication, testing & utilization of prototype field deployable instruments, including programming and decision support algorithms
Statistical analysis of remote sensing and in situ data sets

Tom Polkinghorn

Building Mechanic II

tjpolkin@mtu.edu

$Stephen Roblee$

Stephen Roblee

Professor Emeritus, Mathematical Sciences

rroblee@mtu.edu

Mark D. Rouleau

Assistant Professor, Social Sciences

906-487-2039
mdroulea@mtu.edu
Academic Office Building 205

Research Interests

Social simulation
Agent-based modeling
Land-use modeling
Norm evolution
Survey design
International relations

"Whereas innovation, in the backwards reading of creativity, lies outside of time, improvisation, in a forward reading, is inherently temporal."
—Elizabeth Hallam and Tim Ingold (2007) Creativity and Cultural Improvisation. Berg, New York.

Timothy J. Scarlett

Associate Professor of Archaeology and Anthropology

906-487-2359
scarlett@mtu.edu
Academic Office Building 210

Links of Interest

Research Interests

Historical and Industrial Archaeologies
Ecobiography, Creativity and Work
Ceramic Petrology, Neutron Activation Analysis
Community-based scholarship, public science/humanities
Archaeometric and Conservation Sciences

Chelsea Schelly

Associate Professor of Sociology
Graduate Director, IA/H and EEP

906-487-1759
cschelly@mtu.edu
Academic Office Building 226

Links of Interest

Research Interests

Alternative technology adoption
Renewable energy technologies
Renewable and alternative technology policy
Sustainable communities
Energy conservation and consumption practices
Self-provisioning
Environmental education

David Schwab

Computer & Math Sr. Scientist, Great Lakes Research Center

734-763-1093
djschwab@mtu.edu
GLRC 208

Links of Interest

Specialties

Hydrodynamic modeling of the Great Lakes and other coastal regions including theoretical, numerical, and observational investigations of circulation, thermal structure, seiches, storm surges, wind waves, and air-sea interaction
Applications of hydrodynamic modeling to water quality problems, including transport of bacteria from tributary sources to swimming beaches and predictive tracking of algal blooms

Eric Seagren

Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering
Affiliated Professor, Biological Sciences

906-487-2614
eseagren@mtu.edu
Dow 859

Links of Interest

Faculty Webpage

Research Interests

Environmental biotechnology, including in situ bioremediation of contaminated subsurface environments, monitoring and evaluation of the performance of biological treatment processes, development of in situ biological treatment systems for urban storm water runoff, innovative reuse of waste materials, and in situ improvement of soils properties via microbially-mediated processes.

Bruce Seely

Dean, College of Science and Arts
Professor of History and STS

906-487-2156
bseely@mtu.edu
Walker Arts and Humanities Center 201

Devin Seppala

Office Assistant
Great Lakes Research Center

906-487-2043
devin@mtu.edu
GLRC 308

Robert A. Shuchman

Adjunct Professor, Biological Sciences
Co-director of the Michigan Tech Research Institute (MTRI)

734-913-6860
shuchman@mtu.edu
MTRI

Research Interests

Oceanic Sciences/Natural Resources
AR, MS, and Photo-imaging Applied to Oceanography
Earth Resources
Military Coastal Environmental Assessment

Stephen Techtmann

Assistant Professor, Biological Sciences

906-487-3250
smtechtm@mtu.edu
Dow 531

Research Interests

Environmental Microbiology
Next-generation sequencing technology and bioinformatics
Microbial physiology and biochemistry
Microbes as sensors for the environmental impacts of oil and gas production
Microbially-mediated remediation of crude oil contamination

Roger Turpening

Research Professor, Geological and Mining Engineering and Sciences

906-487-1784
roger@mtu.edu
Dow 624

Noel R. Urban

Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering

906-487-3640
nurban@mtu.edu
306 GLRC

Links of Interest

Faculty Web Page

Research Interests

Environmental cycles of major and trace elements
Sediment diagenesis and stratigraphy
Chemistry of natural organic matter
Wetland biogeochemistry
Environmental impact and fate of pollutants
Influence of organisms on the chemical environment
Role of chemical environment in controlling populations

Erika Vye

Geoheritage Education Coordinator, Center for Science & Environmental Outreach

906-487-3341
ecvye@mtu.edu
GLRC 114

Areas of Interest

Geoheritage
Geoscience education
Interpreting geology
Geoconservation and the value of public lands

Craig Waddell

Associate Professor of Rhetoric, Humanities

(906) 487-3261
cwaddell@mtu.edu
Walker 302

Zhaohui Wang

Assistant Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering

906-487-2054
zhaohuiw@mtu.edu
EERC 506

Links of Interest

Faculty Web Page

Areas of Interest

Communications
Signal processing
Communication networks
Network security
Emphasis on underwater acoustic applications

David Watkins, PE

Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering

906-487-1640
dwatkins@mtu.edu
Dow 806

Links of Interest

Teaching Interests

Water resources planning and management
Environmental systems analysis
Hydrologic and hydraulic engineering
Optimization methods
Learning through service

Research Interests

Integrated water resources planning
Use of seasonal hydroclimatic forecasts
Climate change risk assessment
Robust decision-making
System dynamics modeling

Veronica L. Webster

Associate Professor, Water Resources Engineering

906-487-1079
vlweb@mtu.edu
Dillman 201D

Links of Interest

Faculty Web Page

Teaching Interests

Probability and statistics
Stochastic hydrology
Numerical methods
Water resources
Risk analysis and management

Research Interests

Water resources
Uncertainty analysis
Flood frequency and analysis of extreme events
Impacts of climate and land use changes

"Academics are the only people I can think of for whom this sentence makes sense: 'I'm hoping to get some time off so that I can get some work done.'"
—Sidney Verba