February 4, 2021

Congratulations to Husky Innovate’s Bob Mark Business Model Competition contestants and winners! The Bob Mark Business Model Competition was the main event during Innovation Week, a celebration of innovation by and with Michigan Tech students, alumni, faculty and staff.

On Jan. 28, thirteen student teams pitched their ideas and business models on a virtual platform. A panel of nine judges evaluated teams in four different categories and provided teams with feedback. Thousands of dollars worth of prizes were awarded. This is the first virtual Bob Mark Pitch Competition and Tech student participation was a testament to Husky resilience during Covid-19. Tech student contestants showed that despite a different platform they were agile and enthusiastically pitched their ideas.

Congratulations to our prize winners:

Idea Pitch Category 

• First prize, $125 - Jordan Craven
• Second prize, $75 - Ella Faulk
• Third prize, $50- Rachel May

Business Model Category

• First prize, $2,000 Awarded by Rick and Jo Berquist - Ranit Karmaker
• Second prize, $1,000- Kyra Pratley
• Third prize, $500 - Hunter Malinowski
• Honorable Mention, $250 - Tanner Sheahan & Marcus Lamarucciola
• Audience Favorite, $250 - Kyra Pratley

Social Impact Awards — Awarded by Dr. Elham Asgari, Gates Professor, College of Business

• In the Idea Category, $100 - Rachel May
• In the Business Model Category, $1,000 - Ranit Karmakar

MTEC SmartZone's Breakout Innovation Award - Awarded by the MTEC SmartZone

• In the Business Model Category Hunter Malinowski, $1,000

Special thanks to those who gave their time and resources to make the evening a success: Our sponsors — Dean Johnson (COB), Rick and Jo Berquist, Elham Asgari (COB), Mary Raber (PHC), Patrick Visser (MTEC SmartZone).

Our judges — Lorelle Meadows (PHC), Leonard Bohmann (CoE), Marika Siegel (HU), Josue Reynoso (COB), Emanuel Xavier-Oliveira (COB), Elham Asgari (COB), Lexi Steve student (ME/PHC), Hajj Flemings ( MTU alumni) and Patrick Visser, (chief commercial officer, MTEC SmartZone).

Thanks to our emcee Nate Yenor, MTRAC Commercial Program Director; Our marketing team including Vienna Leonarduzzi  and Rebecca Barnard, (PHC) and Megan Cole, (Husky Innovate Intern).

And last, but definitely not least, our graphic designer Laura Vidal Chiesa, Graduate Student (CAS/Husky Innovate Intern).

Thanks to all who attended. We look forward to next year’s event.

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Thomas Oommen (GMES), Timothy Havens (CC), Guy Meadows (GLRC) and Himanshu Grover (University of Washington) have been awarded funding in the NSF Civic Innovation Challenge for their project, “Helping Rural Counties to Enhance Flooding and Coastal Disaster Resilience and Adaptation.” The six-month project award is $49,999.

The new project will develop methods that use remote sensing data resources and citizen engagement (crowdsourcing) to address current data gaps for improved flood hazard modeling and visualization that are transferable to rural communities. The Phase-1 project will bring together community-university partners to understand the data gaps in addressing flooding and coastal disaster in three Northern Michigan counties.

Read the full blog post.

Come celebrate Winter Carnival with us and Steve-O! Blue Key and Late Night Programming are hosting a virtual Q&A session with the man, the myth, the legend ... Steve-O!

Join us at 9 p.m. tomorrow (Feb. 5) on Zoom. Bring those questions you have always wanted to ask, or just hang out and hear what he has to say. You never know what could happen.

You could also win a prize. *This event has college humor and is recommended for ages 18 and up.*

Want to learn more about Steve-O? Check out our event.

A scholarly paper co-authored Sidike Paheding (CC), is one of two papers to receive the 2020 Best Paper Award from the open-access journal Electronics, published by MDPI.

The paper, published March 5, 2019, presents a brief survey on the advances that have occurred in the area of Deep Learning. Papers were evaluated for originality and significance, citations, and downloads.

Co-authors of the article, “A State-of-the-Art Survey on Deep Learning Theory and Architectures,” are Md Zahangir Alom, Tarek M. Taha, Chris Yakopcic, Stefan Westberg, Mst Shamima Nasrin, Mahmudul Hasan, Brian C. Van Essen, Abdul A. S. Awwal, and Vijayan K. Asari.

Read the full blog post.

The Department of Cognitive and Learning Sciences and the Human-Centered Computing - Institute of Computing and Cybersystems (HCC-ICC) will host keynote speaker Robert West (DePauw University), at the next Applied Cognitive Science and Human Factors forum.

The presentation will be from 2 to 3 p.m. Monday (Feb. 8) via Zoom. The presentation is "Why Josh Stole the Password: A decision Neuroscience Approach to Insider Threat Information Security."

Cybercrime has a significant impact on nations, corporations, and individuals. Violations of information security can reduce consumer confidence and valuation at the corporate level, and jeopardize social and financial well-being at the personal level. In this talk, West will explore the findings of some of his recent research in order to demonstrate the utility of a decision neuroscience approach to providing insight into the neural correlates of ethical decision making in the context of information security.

Head Coach Steve Olson and the Michigan Tech football program announce that 14 student-athletes have signed National Letters of Intent and will join the Huskies in fall 2021. Six additional student-athletes intend to enroll at Tech as preferred walk-ons.

Michigan Tech's incoming class includes 16 players from Michigan, three from the upper peninsula. Also arriving are two players from Illinois, and one each from Wisconsin and Minnesota.

"First of all, I'd like to thank our staff," said head football coach Steve Olson. "It takes a lot of hard work throughout the year to be a part of the recruiting process and they did a great job. In addition to the football staff, I'd like to thank Beth Williams and Chris Hohnholt for coming to our recruiting weekend events, as well as the advisors and faculty members that came to visit with the prospective student athletes and their parents. Michigan Tech has a strong reputation academically, but the people here really help students to understand how special MTU is."

The Huskies did not play in fall 2020 due to health and safety concerns concerning the COVID-19 pandemic. Michigan Tech finished 5-5 overall and finished fifth in the GLIAC standings in 2019.

The team also secured the Miner's Cup for the 10^th straight season with a 24-20 victory over rival Northern Michigan at Sherman Field at Kearly Stadium.

Tech will begin spring practices in late March. Their future schedule has not yet been announced.

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A preview of Michigan Tech's Winter Carnival was featured in the Daily Mining Gazette.

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Michigan Tech's College of Business was listed among schools that have extended or obtained accreditation in Business or Accounting from the Board of Directors of AACSB International. The story was covered by Bollyinside.

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Former Michigan Tech Football Offensive Coordinator Butch Berry has been named an assistant offensive line coach for the San Francisco 49ers. Berry Barry spent last season as a senior analyst for the Green Bay Packers. The story was featured in Yahoo Sports.

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DENALI: Artists Respond to Music Inspired by Wilderness

Thursday, February 4, 8 a.m.–8 p.m. | Rozsa Center for the Performing Arts, Rozsa Gallery A-Space

Friday, Jan. 22 - Saturday, April 17. Art and music inspired by Alaska's wild places. This gallery exhibit features new musical compositions and works created in response to...

UP and Moving - Circuit Workout

Thursday, February 4, 9:30–10:15 a.m.

Michigan Tech students in the Department of Kinesiology and Integrative Physiology are offering an "UP and Moving" initiative for campus and community members. UP and Moving...

Broomball

Thursday, February 4, 10 a.m.–4 p.m. | Broomball Rinks

Winter Carnival Special Event for participating organizations. Pre-registration required to participate; spectators welcome.

Mindful Living Workshop

Thursday, February 4, 11:00 a.m.–12:15 p.m.

Open your mind. Manage stress. Get better sleep. Decrease self-judgement. This is an all-levels mindfulness class; perfect for beginners and people with mindfulness practice....

Zoom into ISA and USAC: Speed study abroad advising

Thursday, February 4, 12 p.m.–1 p.m.

Stop by the virtual information table for speed study abroad advising with International Studies Abroad (ISA) and University Studies Abroad Consortium (USAC). Just like an...

Youth Indoor Rock Climbing Spring Session 1

Thursday, February 4, 4:00 p.m.–4:50 p.m. | Student Development Complex (SDC), Climbing Wall

Is your child literally climbing the walls this winter? Sign up now for the OAP Youth Indoor Rock Climbing Class and let them climb our wall! We try to meet each participant...

Youth Huskies Group Tennis Lessons Spring Session 1

Thursday, February 4, 4:30 p.m.–5:30 p.m. | Gates Tennis Center

Youth Huskies Group Tennis Lessons are now being offered all spring. The first session is 5 weeks, January 19 - February 20. Options for participating 1 or 2 days a week. Our...

Intramural Sports

Thursday, February 4, 7 p.m.–8 p.m.

Are you interested in playing intramural sports at Michigan Tech? Our current students will answer questions about how to get involved and how you can join in the fun!

DENALI: Music and Art Inspired by Wilderness

February 4, all day

What do you get when you set nine composers loose in Denali National Park? You get nine great pieces of music! Give this music to artists as inspiration and you get eighteen...

Winter Carnival

February 4, all day | Michigan Tech Campus

Organized by Blue Key National Honor Society since 1934, Winter Carnival started in 1922 and has grown to become one of the largest annual winter festivals in the nation....