Current Projects
Research is taking place all across Michigan Tech. Below, you will find a sample listing of some of our publically funded research projects. Use our search box or advanced filtering options to search our research projects by keyword, by department, or even by investigator.
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Measurement and Simulation of Carbon Stocks in African Mangroves
| Investigators | |
|---|---|
| Principal Investigator: Andrew Burton | |
| College/School: | School of Forest Resources & Environmental Science |
| Department(s): | School of Forest Resources & Environmental Science |
Sponsor: US Dept of Agriculture
Center/Institute: Ecosystem Science Center (ESC)
Advanced Controls in Wave Energy Conversion
| Investigators | |
|---|---|
| Principal Investigator: Ossama Abdelkhalik | |
| College/School: | College of Engineering |
| Department(s): | Mechanical Engineering-Engineering Mechanics |
Sponsor: Sandia National Laboratories
Center/Institute: Agile and Interconnected Microgrids (AIM)
Governance Approaches to Foster Great Lakes Literacy Identity and Stewardship: An Integrated Assessment
| Investigators | |
|---|---|
| Principal Investigator: Joan Schumaker Chadde | |
| College/School: | College of Engineering |
| Department(s): | Civil & Environmental Engineering |
Sponsor: Michigan State University
Center/Institute: Great Lakes Research Center (GLRC)
Modeling and Simulation of Electromigration in Copper-Tin Interconnects
| Investigators | |
|---|---|
| Principal Investigator: Zachary Morgan | |
| Co-PI: Yongmei Jin | |
| College/School: | College of Engineering |
| Department(s): | Materials Science & Engineering |
Sponsor: National Science Foundation
Center/Institute: Institute of Materials Processing (IMP)
Dating of Fecal Pellets of American Pikas to Understand Trend in the Species' Spatial Distribution and the Factors Most Strongly Governing that Trend
| Investigators | |
|---|---|
| Principal Investigator: Paula Zermeno | |
| College/School: | School of Forest Resources & Environmental Science |
| Department(s): | School of Forest Resources & Environmental Science |
Sponsor: US Dept of the Interior
Center/Institute: Ecosystem Science Center (ESC)
Archaeological Collection Cooperative Management Ottawa and Hiawatha National Forests
| Investigators | |
|---|---|
| Principal Investigator: LouAnn Wurst | |
| College/School: | College of Sciences & Arts |
| Department(s): | Social Sciences |
Sponsor: US Dept of Agriculture
Magnetic Petrophysics of the Menominee Iron Range
| Investigators | |
|---|---|
| Principal Investigator: Aleksey Smirnov | |
| College/School: | College of Engineering |
| Department(s): | Geological & Mining Engineering & Sciences |
Sponsor: US Dept of the Interior
A Proposal for Archaeological Testing at the Ghyllbank Townsite (20.IR.0224) Isle Royale National Park Keweenaw County Michigan
| Investigators | |
|---|---|
| Principal Investigator: Timothy Scarlett | |
| College/School: | College of Sciences & Arts |
| Department(s): | Social Sciences |
Sponsor: US Dept of the Interior
Understanding Climate Change Drivers of Trace Gas Production in Black Spruce Forests of Minnesota
| Investigators | |
|---|---|
| Principal Investigator: Evan Kane | |
| College/School: | School of Forest Resources & Environmental Science |
| Department(s): | School of Forest Resources & Environmental Science |
Sponsor: UT-Battelle LLC (Manager for US Dept of Energy Oak Ridge National Laboratory)
Center/Institute: Ecosystem Science Center (ESC)
Natural Gas Research with Argonne National Laboratory
| Investigators | |
|---|---|
| Principal Investigator: Scott Miers | |
| College/School: | College of Engineering |
| Department(s): | Mechanical Engineering-Engineering Mechanics |
Sponsor: Argonne National Laboratory
Climate Altered Terrestrial Carbon and Nutrient Flux to the Aquatic Foodweb from Increased Depth of Soil Ice Thaw Selawik and Fish Rivers Selawik National Wildlife Reguge Alaska
| Investigators | |
|---|---|
| Principal Investigator: J Robert Stottlemyer | |
| College/School: | College of Sciences & Arts |
| Department(s): | Biological Sciences |
Sponsor: US Dept of the Interior
Multisensor Analysis and Algorithm Development for Detection and Classification of Buried and Obscured Targets
| Investigators | |
|---|---|
| Principal Investigator: Timothy Havens | |
| Co-PI: Joseph Burns | |
| Co-PI: Timothy Schulz | |
| College/School: | College of Engineering |
| Department(s): | Electrical and Computer Engineering |
Sponsor: US Dept of Defense
Center/Institute: Institute of Computing and Cybersystems (ICC)
NCWIT Aspirations IT
| Investigators | |
|---|---|
| Principal Investigator: Leo Ureel | |
| College/School: | College of Sciences & Arts |
| Department(s): | Computer Science |
Sponsor: National Center for Women and Information Technology
#MTUStepsUP Campaign: An Initiative to Promote a Safe Drinking Culture Throughout the Campus and Community
| Investigators | |
|---|---|
| Principal Investigator: Whitney Boroski | |
| Co-PI: Kate Hagenbuch | |
| College/School: | Administration |
| Department(s): | Dean of Students |
Sponsor: National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA)
2016 FHWA National Summer Transportation Institute at MTU
| Investigators | |
|---|---|
| Principal Investigator: Cody Kangas | |
| College/School: | Administration |
| Department(s): | Enrollment Marketing and Communications |
Sponsor: Michigan Dept of Transportation
Center/Institute: Pre-college Innovative Outreach Institute (PIOI)
Collaborative Research: EAGER: On Making Wave Energy an Economical and Reliable Power Source for Ocean Measurement Applications
| Investigators | |
|---|---|
| Principal Investigator: Ossama Abdelkhalik | |
| Co-PI: Rush Robinett | |
| College/School: | College of Engineering |
| Department(s): | Mechanical Engineering-Engineering Mechanics |
Sponsor: National Science Foundation
Center/Institute: Agile and Interconnected Microgrids (AIM)
Waste to Wisdom: Evaluating Biochar Impacts on Forest Soils
| Investigators | |
|---|---|
| Principal Investigator: Martin Jurgensen | |
| College/School: | School of Forest Resources & Environmental Science |
| Department(s): | School of Forest Resources & Environmental Science |
Sponsor: US Dept of Agriculture
Center/Institute: Ecosystem Science Center (ESC)
Natural Abundance and Diversity of Biocide-Resistant Microbes in Pristine Environments
| Investigators | |
|---|---|
| Principal Investigator: Stephen Techtmann | |
| College/School: | College of Sciences & Arts |
| Department(s): | Biological Sciences |
Sponsor: Huron Mountain Wildlife Foundation
Center/Institute: GLRC/Center for Water and Society (CWS)
Patterns of Seed Dispersal in Red Oak Species Assessed at Maternally Inherited Chloroplast DNA Markers II
| Investigators | |
|---|---|
| Principal Investigator: Oliver Gailing | |
| College/School: | School of Forest Resources & Environmental Science |
| Department(s): | School of Forest Resources & Environmental Science |
Sponsor: Huron Mountain Wildlife Foundation
Center/Institute: Life Science and Technology Institute (LSTI)
RENEW-U! A New Exercise for Individuals with Spinal Cord Injury
| Investigators | |
|---|---|
| Principal Investigator: Steven Elmer | |
| College/School: | College of Sciences & Arts |
| Department(s): | Kinesiology & Integrative Physiology |
Sponsor: American College of Sports Medicine
Exploring Aerosol Indirect Effects in a Laboratory Cloud Chamber
| Investigators | |
|---|---|
| Principal Investigator: Raymond Shaw | |
| Co-PI: Will Cantrell | |
| College/School: | College of Sciences & Arts |
| Department(s): | Physics |
Sponsor: National Science Foundation
Center/Institute: Earth Planetary and Space Sciences Institute (EPSSI)
NSF Student Travel Grant for 2016 IEEE International Conference on Computer Communications (IEEE INFOCOM)
| Investigators | |
|---|---|
| Principal Investigator: Zhaohui Wang | |
| College/School: | College of Engineering |
| Department(s): | Electrical and Computer Engineering |
Sponsor: National Science Foundation
Center/Institute: Institute of Computing and Cybersystems (ICC)
2016-2017 UNITE at MTU Summer Youth Programs
| Investigators | |
|---|---|
| Principal Investigator: Elizabeth Fujita | |
| Co-PI: Cody Kangas | |
| Co-PI: Rose Martell | |
| College/School: | Administration |
| Department(s): | Enrollment Marketing and Communications |
Sponsor: Technology Student Association
Center/Institute: Pre-college Innovative Outreach Institute (PIOI)
Compiling a High Spatial-Resolution Database of Barriers to Aquatic Organism Passage in the North Branch of the Paint River Watershed
| Investigators | |
|---|---|
| Principal Investigator: Joseph Wagenbrenner | |
| Co-PI: Casey Huckins | |
| Co-PI: David Watkins | |
| College/School: | School of Forest Resources & Environmental Science |
| Department(s): | School of Forest Resources & Environmental Science |
Sponsor: US Dept of Agriculture
Center/Institute: Great Lakes Research Center (GLRC)
Auris: A CubeSat to Characterize and Locate Geostationary Communication Emitters
| Investigators | |
|---|---|
| Principal Investigator: Lyon King | |
| Co-PI: Ossama Abdelkhalik | |
| Co-PI: Michael Roggemann | |
| College/School: | College of Engineering |
| Department(s): | Mechanical Engineering-Engineering Mechanics |
Sponsor: Utah State University Research Foundation
Center/Institute: Center for Leadership and Innovation for Transformation (LIFT)