September 16, 2021

You’ve heard that people are bad at multitasking, but have you thought about how well you process and remember information while exercising? Or how a heavy cognitive load impacts your workout performance?

Researchers from the Department of Cognitive and Learning Sciences (CLS) are looking to explore these questions. The experiment will take 60-90 minutes to complete, with a total of 15 minutes of effortful cycling (three five-minute intervals with rest in between) and various memory tasks. Participants will be compensated for their time.

Please consider participating if you meet the following eligibility requirements:

• Age 18-40
• Currently perform at least 60 minutes of vigorous exercise per week
• Fluent in English with no hearing impairments
• Have experience cycling or spinning for exercise
• Willing to wear a chest-strap heart rate monitor
• Do not smoke, vape or use other forms of nicotine or recreational drugs
• Have never suffered a heart attack or stroke
• Do not have any cardiopulmonary disorders (e.g., high blood pressure)
• Free from injuries and health conditions that would impair your ability to safely participate in strenuous aerobic exercise
• Can refrain from vigorous exercise for 24 hours prior to participating
• Can refrain from alcohol for 12 hours prior to participating
• Can refrain from caffeine for three hours prior to participating

Please note: Because the study takes place in an indoor lab, you do have to wear a face covering while cycling.

For more information about the study or participation, contact Samantha Smith at slsmith1@mtu.edu.

Meet the latest Husky profiled on the Humans of Michigan Tech Blog: Cosmo Trikes ’22, electrical engineering. 

"A lot of people say I bring a good energy to places," writes Trikes. "I’m excited about life and I love to help. I want to make things better, to learn as much as I can. I try to be remembered and get involved anywhere I go."

Learn more about Trikes — and meet other amazing Huskies — on the Humans of Michigan Tech blog.

Fall HuskiesFit Programs begin this week! HuskiesFit Programs offer several group fitness classes throughout the week. There's something to choose from almost every day. Check out our week-at-a-glance flyer and see what fits your schedule.

Get the most for your money with the HuskiesFit Ultimate Punch Card. This premium card allows you to experience a variety of HuskiesFit classes without having to commit to one particular type. It is available in eight- or 16-punch versions and is good for one year from the date of purchase. Most HuskiesFit adult group fitness classes are covered by the Ultimate Punch Card with the exception of Aikido, AquaFit, and Get Your Erg On!, which are purchased by session only.

Did you know SDC members receive a 20% discount on HuskiesFit adult group fitness? Yet another way to make those fitness dollars count!

For more information, visit HuskiesFit Programs. Commit to be HuskiesFit!

The annual Parade of Nations will take place at 11 a.m. Saturday (Sept. 18) and its route has changed again.

The parade will start at the Keweenaw Chamber of Commerce, across from the miner statue in Houghton. It will head down the hill to Lakeshore Drive, past Dee Stadium, and will follow Lakeshore Drive past Bridgeview Park, ending at Kestner Park. It will not go through downtown Houghton this year.

Nearly 30 countries will be represented by marchers with flags or floats. Bob Wenc, longtime member of the Parade of Nations organizing committee, will be parade marshal, and other notable individuals will walk in the parade, including:

• Rick Koubek, President of Michigan Tech
• Philip Johnson, Finlandia President
• Wayne Gersie, Vice President for Diversity and Inclusion at Michigan Tech

Karen Colbert will sing the national anthem at Bridgeview Park, where Scavenger Hunt winners will be announced, and they will be invited to walk in the parade. At Kestner Park, there will be many photo opportunities with the flags of many nations.

The annual festival, sponsored by Michigan Tech and Finlandia University, celebrates the multicultural heritage of the Keweenaw.

For more information, see the Parade of Nations web page, email paradeofnations@mtu.edu or call 906-487-2160.

Guest speaker Chelsea Nikula will be giving a seminar as part of the Chemistry Seminar Series tomorrow (Sept. 17) at 2 p.m. in the Chemical Sciences and Engineering Building (Chem Sci), Room 104D.

Nikula's topic is: Mass Spectrometry Imaging: What is it? (And Interesting Biological Applications in Cancer Research!) 

Raymond Shaw (Physics) and Will Cantrell (Physics/GS) will give a talk at this week's Physics Colloquium.

Their talk is titled "Accessing New Physics by Super-Sizing a Convection-Cloud Chamber."

Please join the presentation today (Sept. 16) at 4 p.m. in Fisher Hall, Room 139.

From the abstract:
The Michigan Tech Pi Chamber generates clouds through turbulent thermal convection in a humid environment. The resulting lab-scale cloud allows exploration of the chain of events from aerosols to nucleated cloud droplets, to droplet growth by vapor condensation. An analogous chain of events can be studied for ice in supercooled water clouds. By scaling up the size of a convection-cloud chamber, we expect that one more crucial link can be added to the chain: the growth of precipitation-sized drops through collision and coalescence of cloud droplets. Michigan Tech is leading a collaboration to design the super-sized "aerosol-cloud-drizzle convection chamber" (ACDC2), that will allow the full range of "particle physics" in atmospheric clouds to be explored.

Gabriel Isaacman-Van Wertz, assistant professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Virginia Tech, will present a virtual seminar on Monday (Sept. 20) at 4 p.m. via Zoom.

Isaacman-Van Wertz’s presentation is titled "How do differences in chemical structure change the atmospheric impacts of a molecule?"

This virtual seminar is sponsored by the Earth, Planetary, and Space Sciences Institute (EPSSI). Read the abstract at the University Events Calendar.

Register in advance for the Zoom seminar. Please register early!

Please join the Department of Kinesiology and Integrative Physiology (KIP) tomorrow (Sept. 17) from 2-4 p.m. for two seminars:

• 2-3 p.m. — Careers in Public Health
• 3-4 p.m. — The Intersection of Kinesiology and Public Health

Both seminars will take place in person at the Advanced Technology Development Complex (ATDC), Room 101, or they can be attended virtually through Zoom.

More information on the seminars and how to join the Zoom meetings can be found on the KIP Newsblog.

Use EndNote software to manage your citations and save time! At this library workshop, you will:

• Add references to an EndNote library
• Import references from databases and PDFs
• Organize your citations
• Use Cite While You Write tool to incorporate references into Microsoft Word

No prior knowledge of EndNote is required for this workshop. 

Join us today (Sept. 16) from 12-1 p.m. in the Van Pelt and Opie Library, Room 244. Register in advance.

Michigan Tech soccer will begin GLIAC competition tomorrow (Sept. 17) under the lights of Kearly Stadium when they host Davenport at 7:30 p.m.

The Huskies will conclude the weekend at home, matching up with No. 2 nationally ranked Grand Valley State on Sunday (Sept. 19) at noon.

Read more and find ways to tune in at the Michigan Tech Athletics website.

Two members of the Michigan Tech women's tennis team will compete at the ITA Midwest Regional Tournament this weekend in Indianapolis beginning Saturday (Sept. 18) and running through Monday (Sept. 20).

This year, the Huskies are represented by junior Lauren Opalewski and graduate student transfer Nicole Ballach. The duo will appear separately in the singles portion of the tournament and will team up for doubles.

Read more at the Michigan Tech Athletics website.

Job Postings for Thursday, Sept. 16, 2021

Staff and faculty job descriptions are available on the Human Resources website. For more information regarding staff positions, call 906-487-2280 or email mtujobs@mtu.edu.

For more information regarding faculty positions, contact the academic department in which the position is posted. 

Administrative Aide 8 (12 months/ 40 hours/ first shift) #21234, Human Resources (UAW posting Sept. 16 to Sept. 22, 2021 — internal UAW applicants are given first consideration if they apply during the UAW posting dates). Apply online.

Custodian (12 months/ 40 hours/ first shift) #21153RPRP, Facilities (AFSCME posting Sept. 16 to Sept. 22, 2021 — internal AFSCME applicants are given first consideration if they apply during the AFSCME posting dates). Apply online.

Michigan Technological University is an Equal Opportunity Educational Institution/Equal Opportunity Employer that provides equal opportunity for all, including protected veterans and individuals with disabilities.

Accommodations are available. If you require any auxiliary aids, services, or other accommodations to apply for employment, or for an interview, at Michigan Technological University, please notify the Human Resources office at 906-487-2280 or mtujobs@mtu.edu.

Michael Morley (OIC) is the principal investigator (PI) on a project that has received a $50,000 research and development grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF).

The project is titled "I-Corps: Image processing software and slit lamp device for use in optometry."

Ranit Karmakar (ECE) is a co-PI on this project.

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Qingli Dai (CEGE/MTTI) is the PI on a project that has received a $95,002 research and development grant from the St. Clair County Road Commission.

The project is titled "Build Strong Pavement with Scrap Tire Rubber and Nylon Fiber."

Zhanping You, Dongdong Ge and Dongzhao Jin (CEE/MTTI) are co-PIs on this potential 18-month project.

Graduate students Chathura de Alwis and Mikhail Trought (Chem), undergraduate student Julia Lundeen (MSE) and assistant professor Kathryn Perrine (Chem) have published a paper on surface corrosion at complex interfaces in The Journal of Physical Chemistry A.

The paper is titled "Effect of Cations on the Oxidation and Atmospheric Corrosion of Iron Interfaces to Minerals."

This work was supported by the NSF MRI Grant CHE #1725818, the Michigan Tech 2020 Research Excellence Fund, the Department of Chemistry, the College of Arts and Sciences, and the David J. and Valeria Pruett Graduate Research Fellowship.

Face Coverings Required Indoors on Campus

While Michigan Tech is at Health and Safety Level Two, face coverings must be worn indoors. This applies to all students, employees, and visitors, regardless of vaccination status.

Michigan Tech strongly recommends that all employees and students receive the COVID-19 vaccine and continue with handwashing and hand-sanitizing practices, especially in light of the virulence of the COVID-19 delta variant. Please be aware that if you are exposed to COVID-19, quarantine guidelines vary depending on vaccination status. 

In Level Two, students and employees are not required to monitor their symptoms daily prior to coming to campus. But, individuals should be mindful of their own symptoms. A useful monitoring tool is available from the CDC. 

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On-Demand COVID-19 Testing Available on Campus

Walk-in, on-demand COVID-19 testing is available to Michigan Tech students and employees during the fall 2021 semester.

Testing is located in the Datolite Room at the MUB on Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday from 9 a.m. to 11:45 a.m. There is no cost to be tested, and no appointment is needed. 

Read more COVID-19 Testing Information on the MTU Flex website.

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Midcareer Faculty Mentoring Orientation

Are you an associate professor? Post-tenure faculty face unique career challenges and opportunities. Advanced Career Management (ACM) is a peer-mentoring program designed to help you develop career plans to meet your goals.

An orientation session will be held Monday (Sept. 20) from 1-2 p.m. at the MUB in Alumni Lounge A (Room 107A). We will explain the ACM program, provide tools for career self-development and show how career-affinity groups will work. Following the introductory workshop, you will have the opportunity to join one of our ACM career-affinity groups. All participants in this session will receive professional development credit in Digital Measures.

If you have any questions, please check our website for information or send an email to advance-mtu@mtu.edu.

The ACM program is part of ADVANCE at Michigan Tech, an NSF-funded initiative dedicated to increasing faculty retention, improving campus climate and enhancing the career success of our faculty.

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Ford DAT Info Night

A representative from Ford will be hosting an information session for students who are interested in career opportunities in driver assist technology (DAT).

The session will start at 6 p.m. tonight (Sept. 16) in the Electrical Energy Resources Center (EERC), Room 103.

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This Week's C-Cubed Luncheon Menu

Dining Services presents this week's C-Cubed luncheon, being held from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. today (Sept. 16) in the Memorial Union Alumni Lounge. All faculty and staff, along with their guests, are invited.

The C-Cubed lunch buffet menus are created by executive chef Eric Karvonen and prepared by Karvonen and his culinary team. As the name suggests, the meals are meant to foster conversation, community and collegiality. Attendees may bring their lunch instead of purchasing the buffet. Fruit-infused water, coffee, tea, cookies and fruit are available free to all attendees.

The buffet lunch is $12 per person. Cash, credit cards and gift cards are accepted. Gift cards can be purchased in the Memorial Union office, Room 101. You can submit C-Cubed feedback using this Google form. To join the C-Cubed Google group and receive weekly menus, email business-support@mtu.edu. 

Menu for Thursday (Sept. 16):

Korean Taco Bar
Warm Flour Tortillas
Beef Bulgogi (Gluten Free)
Tofu Bulgogi (Gluten Free, Vegan)

Sides and fresh toppings:
Shredded Lettuce
Red Cabbage
Guacamole
Sriracha Lime Crema
White Rice (Gluten Free, Vegan)
Korean Style Slaw (Gluten Free, Vegan)
Korean Cucumber Salad (Gluten Free, Vegan)

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Biological Sciences Seminar

Hoda Hatoum (BioMed) will present today (Sept. 16) at 3 p.m. as part of the Biological Sciences Seminar Series.

The presentation will be held virtually on Zoom. 

From the abstract: 
Transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) is a non-invasive valve replacement therapy that has been recently FDA approved for low-risk patients. Despite the importance of this therapy, TAVR has been associated with several adverse effects and long-term adverse outcomes such as short durability and thrombus formation. Several clinical studies showed that the incidence of leaflet thrombosis (LT) post-TAVR ranges between 8 to 24% overall, with increasing incidences from 30 day to 1-year timepoints, which makes leaflet thrombosis a highly important concern. ... The purpose of this study is to present a semi-empirical, mathematical model that links patient-specific anatomic, valve, and flow parameters to predict leaflet thrombosis. This tool will be essential in clinical pre-procedural planning. To this end, we used a combination of experimental, analytical, and computational fluid dynamic studies along with patient-specific data.

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

Poster Sale hosted by MUB Board

Thursday, September 16, 9–10 a.m. | MUB Superior Room

Are the walls in your room bare? We can help!!! Come to our Poster Sale! You will find a huge selection of the bestselling and most popular college posters. Stop by between...

The Spirit of the Hunt: Ecological Art Exhibit & Public Wolf Discussion

Thursday, September 16, 9 a.m.–4 p.m. | U. J. Noblet Forestry Building, Atrium and G002

Art Exhibit: August 30-October 15 Monday-Friday from 9:00am to 4:00pm Noblet Atrium, Michigan Tech College of Forest Resources and Environmental Science Opening...

FREE Mini Golf

Thursday, September 16, 1 p.m.–4 p.m. | Walker Lawn

This event is sure to be a hole in one! Grab your friends, get your roommates, and come join us for an afternoon of mini-golfing with free door prizes.

Biological Science Seminar Series - Dr. Hoda Hatoum

Thursday, September 16, 3 p.m.–4 p.m.

Dr. Hoda Hatoum Assistant Professor Biomedical Engineering Michigan Technological University Predicting leaflet thrombosis after transcatheter aortic valve replacement ...

CTL Coffee Chat: Faculty resources Student Mental Health and Well Being

Thursday, September 16, 3 p.m.–4 p.m.

Thursday, September 16, 2021 at 4:00 PM https://mtu.libcal.com/event/8216178

Virtual resume and interview blitz with corporate recruiters

Thursday, September 16, 3 p.m.–5 p.m.

Virtually meet with recruiters over the Career Fair Plus application. Since it's the same application used for the Career Fair, it's great practice. Recruiters can review your...

Characterizing the Generation of Elevated Temperature Landfills through Finite Element Modeling

Thursday, September 16, 4 p.m.–5 p.m. | Great Lakes Research Center (GLRC), 202

Environmental Engineering Graduate Seminar Dr. Joel Ducoste, Professor, Department of Civil, Construction, and Environmental Engineering, North Carolina State...

Physics Colloquium - Profs. Raymond Shaw and Will Cantrell

Thursday, September 16, 4 p.m.–5 p.m. | Fisher Hall, 139

Michigan Tech Physics Professors Raymond Shaw and Will Cantrell will give a talk entitled "Accessing New Physics by Super-Sizing a Convection-Cloud Chamber". Please join the...

The Lode - General Meeting

Thursday, September 16, 5:30 p.m.–6:30 p.m. | Fisher 126

Join the Lode (Michigan Tech's student newspaper) for our weekly general meeting! This is a great way to see if the Lode is a good fit for you. We are always looking for...

Open Rock Climbing

Thursday, September 16, 6 p.m.–8 p.m. | Student Development Complex (SDC), Multipurpose Room Climbing Wall

All ages (we can allow all ages to climb as long as we have the proper fitting equipment). No need to sign up, just stop by the Climbing Wall between 6 and 8 pm Monday through...

Michigan Tech Overview

Thursday, September 16, 7 p.m.

Join us (virtually) to learn about what makes Michigan Tech special! You'll hear about our 125+ programs, the research and experiential learning opportunities available for...

Recruitment Kickoff

Thursday, September 16, 7 p.m.–9 p.m. | MUB Alumni Lounge

Come join us for sorority recruitment kickoff! Kickoff will take place in the MUB Alumni Lounge from 7-9 p.m. on Thursday, September 16th. Sorority recruitment will take place...

TKE - Movie Night

Thursday, September 16, 7 p.m.–9 p.m. | TKE House

Join the brothers of Tau Kappa Epsilon for this awesome event. Stop by to learn more about how we can help you create lifelong relationships that enhance educational,...