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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Resilient Coastal Communities
| Investigators | |
|---|---|
| Principal Investigator: Guy Meadows | |
| Co-PI: Ryan Williams | |
| College/School: | Great Lakes Research Center |
| Department(s): | Great Lakes Research Center |
Sponsor: Michigan Dept of Environmental Quality
Center/Institute: Great Lakes Research Center (GLRC)
Research Focus: Ocean Sciences
2018 Roadsoft Asset Management System Development & Support
| Investigators | |
|---|---|
| Principal Investigator: Timothy Colling | |
| Co-PI: Nick Koszykowski | |
| Co-PI: Luke Peterson | |
| Co-PI: Gary Schlaff | |
| College/School: | College of Engineering |
| Department(s): | Civil & Environmental Engineering |
Sponsor: Michigan Dept of Transportation
Center/Institute: Michigan Tech Transportation Institute (MTTI)
Research Focus: Transportation & Infrastructure
2018 MERL Development and Support
| Investigators | |
|---|---|
| Principal Investigator: Timothy Colling | |
| Co-PI: Nick Koszykowski | |
| College/School: | College of Engineering |
| Department(s): | Civil & Environmental Engineering |
Sponsor: Michigan Dept of Transportation
Center/Institute: Michigan Tech Transportation Institute (MTTI)
Research Focus: Transportation & Infrastructure
2018 Transportation Asset Management Council Education Program
| Investigators | |
|---|---|
| Principal Investigator: Timothy Colling | |
| Co-PI: Christopher Gilbertson | |
| Co-PI: Peter Torola | |
| College/School: | College of Engineering |
| Department(s): | Civil & Environmental Engineering |
Sponsor: Michigan Dept of Transportation
Center/Institute: Michigan Tech Transportation Institute (MTTI)
Research Focus: Transportation & Infrastructure
2018 Transportation Asset Management Council Technical Assistance Activities Program
| Investigators | |
|---|---|
| Principal Investigator: Timothy Colling | |
| Co-PI: Mary Crane | |
| College/School: | College of Engineering |
| Department(s): | Civil & Environmental Engineering |
Sponsor: Michigan Dept of Transportation
Center/Institute: Michigan Tech Transportation Institute (MTTI)
Research Focus: Transportation & Infrastructure
2018 Transportation Materials Research Center
| Investigators | |
|---|---|
| Principal Investigator: Lawrence Sutter | |
| Co-PI: Gerald Anzalone | |
| College/School: | College of Engineering |
| Department(s): | Materials Science & Engineering |
Sponsor: Michigan Dept of Transportation
Center/Institute: Institute of Materials Processing (IMP)
Research Focus: Transportation & Infrastructure
Black Ash Wetland Ecosystem Processes
| Investigators | |
|---|---|
| Principal Investigator: Fengjing Liu | |
| Co-PI: Andrew Storer | |
| 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)
Research Focus: Ecology Ecosystems & Environmental Policy
Log Movement in the Superior Region - Rate and Capacity Based Analysis of Modal Shares
| Investigators | |
|---|---|
| Principal Investigator: Pasi Lautala | |
| College/School: | College of Engineering |
| Department(s): | Civil & Environmental Engineering |
Sponsor: Michigan Dept of Agriculture and Rural Development
Center/Institute: Michigan Tech Transportation Institute (MTTI)
Research Focus: Transportation & Infrastructure
World War I Remembered: The Copper Country
| Investigators | |
|---|---|
| Principal Investigator: Sue Collins | |
| Co-PI: Stefka Hristova | |
| Co-PI: Patricia Sotirin | |
| Co-PI: Steven Walton | |
| College/School: | College of Sciences & Arts |
| Department(s): | Humanities |
Sponsor: Michigan Humanities Council
Research Focus: Education & Outreach
Implementation of Online Training Modules to Rail Learning System
| Investigators | |
|---|---|
| Principal Investigator: Pasi Lautala | |
| Co-PI: John Velat | |
| College/School: | College of Engineering |
| Department(s): | Civil & Environmental Engineering |
Sponsor: US Dept of Transportation
Center/Institute: Michigan Tech Transportation Institute (MTTI)
Research Focus: Transportation & Infrastructure
Lake Superior Stewardship Initiative (LSSI)
| Investigators | |
|---|---|
| Principal Investigator: Joan Schumaker Chadde | |
| Co-PI: Lloyd Wescoat | |
| College/School: | College of Engineering |
| Department(s): | Civil & Environmental Engineering |
Sponsor: Copper Country Intermediate School District (CCISD)
Center/Institute: Great Lakes Research Center (GLRC)
Assess Vulnerability of Park Ecosystems to Climate Change
| Investigators | |
|---|---|
| Principal Investigator: Kristen Schmitt | |
| 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)
Research Focus: Ecology Ecosystems & Environmental Policy
CAREER: Operation of Distribution Grids in the Context of High-Penetration Distributed Energy Resources and Flexible Loads
| Investigators | |
|---|---|
| Principal Investigator: Sumit Paudyal | |
| College/School: | College of Engineering |
| Department(s): | Electrical and Computer Engineering |
Sponsor: National Science Foundation
Research Focus: Education & Outreach, Energy & Sustainability
Scarification for NHSEED Project
| Investigators | |
|---|---|
| Principal Investigator: Yvette Dickinson | |
| College/School: | School of Forest Resources & Environmental Science |
| Department(s): | School of Forest Resources & Environmental Science |
Sponsor: US Dept of Agriculture
Research Focus: Ecology Ecosystems & Environmental Policy
Collaborative Research: Individual and Collective Dynamics of Marangoni Surface Tension Effects Between Particles
| Investigators | |
|---|---|
| Principal Investigator: Hassan Masoud | |
| College/School: | College of Engineering |
| Department(s): | Mechanical Engineering-Engineering Mechanics |
Sponsor: National Science Foundation
Center/Institute: Multi-Scale Technologies Institute (MuSTI)
Research Focus: Computation Data Electronics & Sensing, Education & Outreach, Macro Micro and Nano Sciences, Robotics & Mechanics
Evaluating Changes in Soil Carbon after Land Management in a Changing Climate
| 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)
Research Focus: Ecology Ecosystems & Environmental Policy
2018 Michigan Local Technical Assistance Program
| Investigators | |
|---|---|
| Principal Investigator: Timothy Colling | |
| Co-PI: Christine Codere | |
| Co-PI: Peter Torola | |
| College/School: | College of Engineering |
| Department(s): | Civil & Environmental Engineering |
Sponsor: Michigan Dept of Transportation
Center/Institute: Michigan Tech Transportation Institute (MTTI)
Research Focus: Education & Outreach, Transportation & Infrastructure
Low Mass Low Power Non-Mechanical Excavation of Gypsum and Other Evaporites and Water Production on Mars
| Investigators | |
|---|---|
| Principal Investigator: Jeffrey Allen | |
| Co-PI: Timothy Eisele | |
| Co-PI: Ezequiel Medici | |
| Co-PI: Paulus van Susante | |
| College/School: | College of Engineering |
| Department(s): | Mechanical Engineering-Engineering Mechanics |
Sponsor: National Aeronautics & Space Administration
Center/Institute: Multi-Scale Technologies Institute (MuSTI)
Research Focus: Atmospheric & Space Sciences, Energy & Sustainability, Robotics & Mechanics
Knowing What You Eat: Measuring the Effectiveness of Educational Interventions on Animal Consumption
| Investigators | |
|---|---|
| Principal Investigator: Adam Feltz | |
| Co-PI: Silke Feltz | |
| Co-PI: L. Syd M. Johnson | |
| College/School: | College of Sciences & Arts |
| Department(s): | Cognitive & Learning Sciences |
Sponsor: Animal Charity Evaluators
Center/Institute: Research and Innovation in Stem Education Institute (RISE)
Research Focus: Education & Outreach, Human Factors & Psychology
Mona Lake Monitoring and Modeling
| Investigators | |
|---|---|
| Principal Investigator: Martin Auer | |
| College/School: | College of Engineering |
| Department(s): | Civil & Environmental Engineering |
Sponsor: Mona Lake Watershed Council
Center/Institute: Great Lakes Research Center (GLRC)
Research Focus: Ecology Ecosystems & Environmental Policy
SHF: SMALL: Collaborative Research: Improving Reliability of In-Memory Storage
| Investigators | |
|---|---|
| Principal Investigator: Jianhui Yue | |
| College/School: | College of Sciences & Arts |
| Department(s): | Computer Science |
Sponsor: National Science Foundation
Center/Institute: Institute of Computing and Cybersystems (ICC)
Research Focus: Computation Data Electronics & Sensing
Convergence NNA: Coordinate a Transdisciplinary Research Networkto Identify Challenges and Solutions of Coastal Permafrost Erosion and Its Socioecological Impact in the Artic
| Investigators | |
|---|---|
| Principal Investigator: Kathleen Halvorsen | |
| College/School: | College of Sciences & Arts |
| Department(s): | Social Sciences |
Sponsor: Pennsylvania State University
Research Focus: Ecology Ecosystems & Environmental Policy, Energy & Sustainability
Response of Forest and Peatland Ecosystems to Environmental Change: A Continuation
| Investigators | |
|---|---|
| Principal Investigator: Evan Kane | |
| 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)
Research Focus: Ecology Ecosystems & Environmental Policy
Snowfall in the GPM Era: Assessing GPM Snowfall and Ice Microphysical Retrievals Using Independent Spaceborne and Ground-Based Observations
| Investigators | |
|---|---|
| Principal Investigator: Mark Kulie | |
| College/School: | College of Engineering |
| Department(s): | Geological & Mining Engineering & Sciences |
Sponsor: National Aeronautics & Space Administration
Center/Institute: Earth Planetary and Space Sciences Institute (EPSSI)
Research Focus: Atmospheric & Space Sciences
Peat Accumulation Rates in Lake Superior Forested Wetlands
| Investigators | |
|---|---|
| Principal Investigator: Evan Kane | |
| Co-PI: Rodney Chimner | |
| 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)
Research Focus: Ecology Ecosystems & Environmental Policy