May 19, 2021

A new buoy and a permanent installation of high-frequency radar masts add further monitoring to the Straits of Mackinac.

The Straits’ turbulent currents make remote observation of waves and weather crucial in the busy and important Michigan waterway. Lorelle Meadows (CLS) and Guy Meadows (GLRC) have been instrumental in bringing a new buoy and a permanent high-frequency radar system to the narrow Straits.

Read the full story on mtu.edu/news.

More than 600 freshwater researchers and others from the Great Lakes region and beyond will meet virtually May 17–21 for the 64th annual Conference on Great Lakes Research. "Bridging: Knowledges • Seven Generations • Land to Lake" is the theme for the conference, convened by the International Association for Great Lakes Research (IAGLR). Researchers at Michigan Technological University helped to organize the program and will virtually run the event from campus.

“Although this year's conference is again virtual, it is by no means a compromise on quality and content compared with our previous in-person conferences,” said IAGLR President Ed Verhamme of LimnoTech.

“Indeed, the program takes advantage of the virtual setting to bring in many speakers from Africa to contrast the large African lakes with the North American Great Lakes,” says program chair Noel Urban (CEGE). The program highlights the major problems confronting resource managers for large lakes throughout the world.

More than 375 oral and poster presentations are scheduled in 33 sessions on topics ranging from harmful algal blooms, invasive species, fisheries, water levels and shoreline impacts, and more. In addition, sessions explore justice, equity, diversity and inclusion within the research community; bridging Indigenous and non-Indigenous knowledge systems; community partnerships; and youth engagement.

Read the full press release on mtu.edu/news/press.

ChemStores will be closed June 21 through June 25 for our annual inventory.

Except for liquid nitrogen or other critical needs, no transactions will be made during this time, and no deliveries will be made. Any submitted orders will be held for processing until the following week.

Please plan accordingly and make your purchases ahead of time. Contact us at chemstores@mtu.edu if you have any questions or concerns.

Applications for Fall 2021 Finishing Fellowships are being accepted and are due no later than 4 p.m. June 30 to the Graduate School. Please email applications to gradschool@mtu.edu.

Instructions on the application and evaluation process are found online. Students are eligible if all of the following criteria are met:

1. Must be a Ph.D. student.
2. Must expect to finish during the semester supported as a finishing fellow.
3. Must have submitted no more than one previous application for a Finishing Fellowship.
4. Must be eligible for candidacy (tuition charged at Research Mode rate) at the time of application.
5. Must not hold a final oral examination ("defense") prior to the start of the award semester.

Finishing Fellowships provide support to Ph.D. candidates who are close to completing their degrees. These fellowships are available through the generosity of alumni and friends of the University. They are intended to recognize outstanding Ph.D. candidates who are in need of financial support to finish their degrees and are also contributing to the attainment of goals outlined in The Michigan Tech Plan.

The Graduate School anticipates funding up to 10 fellowships, with support ranging from $2,000 to full support (stipend plus tuition). Students who receive full support through a Finishing Fellowship may not accept any other employment. For example, students cannot be fully supported by a Finishing Fellowship and accept support as a GTA or GRA.

Please consider nominating a registered student organization (RSO) you advise (and/or a student within the organization) for the Student Org Spotlight!

RSOs and students selected for the Spotlight are featured on the Student Leadership and Involvement social media and web page, highlighting your RSO and student members to a large audience. We want to hear about outstanding leadership, amazing events and exceptional organizations!

Please utilize the nomination form and include at least one picture for Student Leadership and Involvement to feature. Questions? Email us at rso@mtu.edu. 

A pair of former Michigan Tech hockey teammates will be playing in the upcoming 2021 International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) Men's World Championship in Riga, Latvia.

Matt Roy will play for Team USA and Alex Petan is on Italy's national team. The tournament takes place from May 21 to June 5.

Read more on the Michigan Tech Athletics website.

Jingfeng Jiang (BioMed/HRI) is the principal investigator on a project that has a received a $346,966 research and development grant from the National Institutes of Health.

The project is titled "Personalized Management of Intracranial Aneurysms Using Computer-aided Analytics."

Jinshan Tang (AC/HRI) is a co-PI on this potential four-year project, which could total $1,349,106.

Over the past several weeks, John Jaszczak (A. E. Seaman Mineral Museum/Physics) virtually traveled the world to give four invited presentations about minerals and the museum.

The “tour” started in April with the Walker Mineral Club in Toronto, Ontario, with a talk titled “A Virtual Tour of the A. E. Seaman Mineral Museum” on April 14. It was followed by “The Story of Merelaniite,” given on April 20 to the Greater Traverse Area Rockhounds Club in the Traverse City, Mich., area.

On the afternoon of May 14, Jaszczak presented an array of beautiful and scientifically interesting natural graphite specimens to the Gruppo Orobico Minerali in Bergamo, Italy, which solicited many comments of “molto bello” from the audience. Later that evening, he presented a lecture, “Magnificent Merelani Microminerals,” to the Cincinnati Mineral Society in Cincinnati, Ohio.

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Assistant professor Hoda Hatoum (BioMed) gave a talk titled “Novel Predictive Model for Leaflet Thrombosis in Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement” as part of the Young Investigator Awards: Basic and Translational Science competition at the virtual American College of Cardiology 70th annual Scientific Session & Expo (ACC.21).

Hatoum also presented two posters on TAVR performance and co-authored a third on pressure recovery at the ACC.21 conference, which was held May 15-17 and featured more than 200 sessions across 11 learning pathways featuring late-breaking science, practice-changing research and cutting-edge education.

Michigan Tech's Keweenaw Research Center (KRC) was mentioned by Army Recognition magazine in a story announcing that the Next Generation NATO Reference Mobility Model (NRMM) has been adopted by NATO as a standard. A team led by the U.S. Army DEVCOM Ground Vehicle Systems Center spent more than seven years developing the model, and performed extensive on-the-ground benchmarking at sites including the KRC.

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An agile underwater glider dubbed ROUGHIE (Research Oriented Underwater Glider for Hands on Investigative Engineering) developed by Nina Mahmoudian (ME-EM) was the subject of a story in Hydro International. The story notes that Mahmoudian and her students began the project in 2012 at Michigan Tech.

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MTU's UPSeis earthquake magnitude scale was referenced by The Sacramento Bee in a story on two earthquakes felt in Lake Tahoe, Calif., on Monday. The article was picked up by regional news outlets.

Fill Out the COVID-19 Symptom Monitoring Form Before Coming to Campus

If you are working on campus while the University is at Health Safety Level Three, remember that no one is permitted to come to campus with symptoms consistent with COVID-19.

Employees are required to monitor for symptoms daily before coming to campus using the Daily Symptom Monitoring Form.

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Submission and Formatting 101: Master the Dissertation, Thesis and Report Process

Students who are completing a dissertation, thesis or report are invited to join the Graduate School to learn about the resources available to them to assist in scheduling their defense, formatting their documents and submitting their documents.

In one afternoon, you can learn everything you need to be successful and complete your degree in a timely fashion! Faculty and staff who assist students with submissions are also welcome. Attend the entire event, or stop in for the seminar that interests you.

• When: Today (May 19), 2-4 p.m. (see detailed schedule below)
• Who: Students completing a dissertation, thesis or report; faculty and staff who assist students with submission.
• Where: Zoom webinar — register to attend online and receive participation instructions.

If you are unable to join us, the event will be taped and available online after the event, and the previous semester’s seminars are always available online, along with information on submitting, formatting and more for dissertations and theses and reports.

Detailed schedule:

• 2-3 p.m. — Submission 101
  Learn what is required to submit your document to the Graduate School and the deadlines for the upcoming semester. Best for students who are completing their degree this semester or next semester.
• 3-4 p.m. — Formatting 101-103: Word, Acrobat and Copyright
  Learn how to find what you need in the Guide and use a Word template to create a perfectly formatted document the first time. Learn how to use Adobe Acrobat to check your document to ensure it meets our formatting requirements and correct it without re-creating the PDF. Learn how to use copyrighted materials in your document, including papers you have published and materials created by someone else.
• After 4 p.m. — Final questions
  Have a question that hasn’t been answered yet? We’ll be available to answer any additional questions you have.

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

International Congress on Midwifery and Maternal health

Wednesday, May 19, 9–6 a.m.

The International Conference on Midwifery and Maternal Health during May 19-20, 2021 will be hosting presentations based upon the highlights as Smart IT counseling in...

UP & Moving Lunchtime High Noon Activity Break

Wednesday, May 19, 12:00 p.m.–12:20 p.m.

We are a group of Michigan Tech graduate students who are focused on improving the health of our community. We are contributing to the COVID-19 response by providing health...

UP & Moving Lunchtime Noon-Thirty Activity Break

Wednesday, May 19, 12:30 p.m.–12:50 p.m.

We are a group of Michigan Tech graduate students who are focused on improving the health of our community. We are contributing to the COVID-19 response by providing health...

Submission and Formatting 101: Master the Dissertation, Thesis, and Report Process

Wednesday, May 19, 2 p.m.–4 p.m.

Students who are completing a dissertation, thesis, or report are invited to join the Graduate School to learn about the resources available to them to assist in scheduling...

Music in Sacred Spaces: conScience

May 19, all day

conScience: Michigan Tech Chamber Singers, under the direction of Dr. Jared Anderson, present a series of three recorded mini-concerts in historic sacred spaces in the Copper...

Superior Wind Symphony: Reparations

May 19, all day

The Superior Wind Symphony, under the direction of Dr. Michael Christianson, use the unique setting of the 2020-21 academic year to explore the music of Black composers in a...