May 5, 2025

The Michigan Tech Graduate School is thrilled to announce the winners of our Summer 2025 Finishing Fellowship! This prestigious award recognizes the hard work and dedication of doctoral students in the final stages of their research.

The following students have been selected to receive the 2025 Summer Fellowship:

• Gustavo Bejar-Lopez — Geological and Mining Engineering and Sciences
• Md Mutasim Billah — Mathematical Sciences
• Palas Borkar — Chemical Engineering
• Abid Danish — Geological and Mining Engineering and Sciences
• Shiwei Ding — Computer Science
• Grace Dykstra — Chemical Engineering
• Ashley Hawke — Kinesiology and Integrative Physiology
• Seth Kriz — Chemical Engineering
• Kenny Larsen — Civil, Environmental, and Geospatial Engineering
• Dilka Liyana Arachchige — Chemistry
• Aman Poovalappil — Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
• Raj Santhosh — Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
• Megh Raj Subedi — Mathematical Sciences
• Kan Wang — Biomedical Engineering
• Yuguang Wang — Computer Science

For more details about recipients, visit the Graduate School Newsblog for student profiles.

Wishing you all the best from the MTU Graduate School!

On Thursday, May 8, Michigan Tech IT will be making an adjustment to the login process for Microsoft Services, such as Office 365, microsoft.com, Microsoft Azure Dev Tools, etc. These changes will result in a slight appearance change to the login screen.

Please review our “Changes to Microsoft services login screen” Knowledge Base article for more information.

If you have any questions, we can help. Email IT at it-help@mtu.edu or call 906-487-1111.

A Banner production system maintenance window is scheduled for May 18 from 7 a.m. to 4 p.m. The following production services will be unavailable during that time:

• apps.mtu.edu
• Banner
• Banweb
• MyMichiganTech
• Aspire
• Course Tools
• mylogin.mtu.edu
• mtu.edu/tips
• OAP Rental System
• Oracle Reports
• Papercut Printing
• Perceptive Content (Imagenow)
• Pinnacle
• Sunapsis
• Timeclock Plus
• TechTracks
• Titanium
• Prism
• MSSQL servers
• UC4/Appworx
• Virtual Cashiering
• WebFocus

If you have any questions or concerns, we can help. Email IT at it-help@mtu.edu or call 906-487-1111.

Michigan Tech’s Safety Team — Environmental Health and Safety (EHS) and the Office of Risk, Insurance, Safety, Security, and Compliance (RISSC) — will be hosting our next monthly Safety Round Table: a place for all Huskies to share a cup of coffee and learn about the importance of campus health and safety.

We invite you to join us on Wednesday, May 7, from 9-10 a.m. in the MUB Alumni Lounge.

Topic: The EHS team will discuss the new upcoming regulations on using products containing methylene chloride (also known as dichloromethane and abbreviated as DCM).

In addition to numerous laboratory uses, methylene chloride was historically used in a variety of cleaners, degreasers, adhesives and other solvent-based products. At this presentation, we will outline what products need to be methylene chloride-free, the regulations for continued laboratory use, and the implementation deadlines for the new rules. There will also be an informal opportunity to talk with our campus safety professionals about other safety related questions and issues.

If you have a topic you want discussed, please email ehs-help@mtu.edu. We would be happy to present on a safety topic you are interested in!

So mark your calendars! Come ask the questions you have always wanted to ask and get the answers you need about Michigan Tech safety programs, legal compliance issues and additional resources…and have a cup of Joe with the Safety Crew!

Crain's Detroit Business and Bridge Michigan mentioned Michigan Tech in stories about earmark requests for the Center for Convergence and Innovation building and the Mass Timber Research and Demonstration Structure.

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Lansing's 517 Mag mentioned Michigan Tech in a story about the University’s inclusion in the University Research Corridor (URC) following our recent elevation to R1 research institution status.

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Ferris State University mentioned Michigan Tech’s 2025 Blizzard Baja competition in a story about the Ferris State Baja Race Team preparing for the Society of Automotive Engineers Baja Nationals in Arizona.

Community Cybersecurity Training Coming to Michigan Tech

Michigan Tech's Department of Public Safety and Police Services, in partnership with the National Cybersecurity Preparedness Consortium (NCPC), is bringing two cybersecurity trainings to campus this month.

The training sessions are open to all faculty and staff members, and there is no prerequisite to register. It is perfect for those who want to learn how they can assist with a campus cyber event, regardless of their background with computers.

• MGT-478 Community Cybersecurity Information Sharing Integration — May 13-14
  This course introduces foundational cybersecurity information sharing concepts that can be leveraged to build a community cybersecurity information sharing collaborative.

• MGT-301 Community Cybersecurity Preparedness Simulation — May 15
  This course is designed as a facilitated game simulating a community-wide cyber security event. Using a gamification approach, participants will strategize with a diverse group of stakeholders to plan for and respond to a cybersecurity incident that could have cascading effects across a community.

All trainings will take place in the Memorial Union Building from 8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. each day. To register for the trainings or learn more about them, please visit the Cybersecurity Course Registration form.

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

Master's Defense: Kai Xin

Monday, May 5, 1:30 p.m.–2:30 p.m. | Dow Environmental Sciences and Engineering Building, 875

Civil Engineering Advisor: Zhanping You INNOVATIONS IN BALANCED MIX DESIGN: ESTABLISHING GWP THRESHOLDS FOR VARIOUS NMAS AND EVALUATING SUPERPAVE VS. BMD IN HIGH CONTENT RUBBER