Ninth Annual Meeting of Michigan Physiological Society

The ninth Annual Meeting for the Michigan Physiological Society (MPS) will take place virtually today (June 16) from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. and tomorrow (June 17) from noon to 4:30 p.m. The MPS meeting is free and open to all students and faculty, and you can choose to attend some or all of the sessions over the two days.

The program includes a keynote presentation by Karyn Esser of the University of Florida, student presentations (oral, thematic poster, traditional poster), and events including a professional development workshop, trivia competition, social hour, business meeting and more.

Several undergraduate and graduate students from the Department of Kinesiology and Integrative Physiology (KIP) and Department of Biomedical Engineering (BioMed) will present their research and outreach projects.

The full program and Zoom link can be found at the MPS website.

Anabel Needham Named CoSIDA Academic All-American

Michigan Tech Nordic skier Anabel Needham has been named to the CoSIDA Academic All-America Second Team.

Needham holds a 3.94 GPA in environmental engineering. She was an NCAA First Team All-American in the 5K classic, with the best finish by a Tech skier ever, placing fourth. She also placed 12th in the 15K skate to lead the Huskies to a fourth-place NCAA finish — the best in program history.

Needham was an All-CCSA First Team skier for the second straight season. She had podium finishes in all but one of her CCSA races this season, with wins in the classic and second in the skate on back-to-back weekends at Mt. Itasca and the MTU Invite.

Needham also performed on the world stage for Team USA at the 2022 U23 World Ski Championships in Norway. She qualified by winning the classic sprint at U.S. Nationals and getting third in the classic 10K individual.

Read more at the Michigan Tech Athletics website.

New Funding

Xinyu Lei (CS/ICC) is the principal investigator on a project that has received a $174,855 research and development grant from the National Science Foundation.

This two-year project is titled "CRII: SaTC: Enabling Secure Machine Learning Queries over Encrypted Database in Cloud Computing." 

In the project, Lei is developing a scheme to support secure ML queries over encrypted databases in cloud storage by employing an index-aid approach.

Read more on the Computing News Blog.

In the News

Pengfei Xue (CEGE/GLRC) was quoted by Hometown Life in a broad story about the many impacts of climate change on Great Lakes fisheries.

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Sean Gohman ’19 (Ph.D., industrial heritage and archaeology) was quoted by the Daily Mining Gazette in a story about the historic significance of approximately 34,000 acres in the eastern portion of Keweenaw County.

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The Michigan Tech Sustainability Demonstration House’s logo contest was the subject of a story in the Daily Mining Gazette.

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Michigan Tech’s research vessel Agassiz was mentioned in a WLUC TV6 story about the upcoming Chassell Strawberry Festival.

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Michigan Tech was mentioned in the Daily Mining Gazette’s coverage of the June 13 Baraga County Board of Commissioners meeting. The board approved sending a letter to the University opposing the teardown of the sawmill at Alberta.

Reminder

Time Update: Nancy Barr's Farewell

There has been a time change for the farewell to Nancy Barr, who is leaving the University to take a faculty position with the University of South Florida's Department of English.

The new time for her farewell is from 1-3 p.m. today (June 16) in the Memorial Union Building Alumni Lounge (107C).

Today's Campus Events

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Master's Defense: Alexander Baker

Civil Engineering Advisor: Daniel Dowden Kinematics and Preliminary FEMA P-695 Evaluation of the NewZ-BREAKSS Steel Boundary Frame with Buckling- Restrained Brace Structural...

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Husky Happy Hour - Appleton, WI

Enjoy an informal evening out and network with fellow Michigan Tech alumni and friends in the Appleton, WI, area! The event will be held at the Appleton Beer Factory on...