July 18, 2022

On Thursday, July 21, at 8 p.m. EDT, the Panopto-Huskycast system will require all Panopto recorder clients for Windows to be upgraded to version 12.0.0 or above, and MacOS recorder clients to be upgraded to version 11.1.0 or above.

Users on earlier recorder versions will be prompted to upgrade and will be unable to upload new recordings until they have upgraded. You can upgrade your Panopto recorder application any time before the deadline. Administrator rights to install software may be required for this upgrade.

For more information, please review Panopto's support article on the client application upgrade policy on Panopto Clouds. 

Contact Michigan Tech IT (it-help@mtu.edu, 487-1111) with questions or if you need assistance in upgrading the Panopto recorder on your computer.

Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering candidate Daniel Kulas will present their doctoral defense Wednesday, July 20, at 1 p.m. in person in Chem Sci 211 and virtually via Zoom.

Kulas's defense is titled "Towards a Circular Economy: Liquid-fed Fast Pyrolysis of Waste Polyolefin Plastics."

From the abstract:
Plastic usage has quickly grown in recent years as plastics have become an essential part of everyday life. Unfortunately, recycling rates have not matched the increased growth, with the majority of waste plastic landfilled. The strategy of circular economy has been proposed to reuse the waste plastic to create new polymers, thus avoiding both landfilling and the use of virgin raw materials. Achieving a circular economy for plastics requires a new development of technologies capable of recycling plastic waste under a circular economy perspective. In this dissertation, a novel liquid-fed fast pyrolysis process is introduced towards achieving a circular economy. Recycled pyrolysis wax is used to dissolve waste polyolefin plastic and create a liquid feed to the pyrolysis reactor. The oil product from the pyrolysis reaction is naphtha-like in appearance and could be used as a feedstock for petrol-chemical facilities for the production of new polymers.

LECO's Metallographic Bus will be on campus July 27 at 9 a.m. in Lot 14. LECO mobile laboratories provide the opportunity to see state-of-the-art instrumentation in action while discussing everything from methods to maintenance with knowledgeable LECO representatives. Don't miss this hands-on experience with LECO products and specialists! Samples are welcome.

For more information, please contact Pete Miller at 503-807-2070 or pete_miller@leco.com.

Michigan Tech Nordic Ski coaches Tom and Kristen Monahan Smith have announced the addition of two men, two women and two new staff members to the roster for the 2022-23 season.

The incoming class is represented by student-athletes and staff from Utah, New Hampshire, Colorado, Minnesota and Michigan. 

The Huskies graduated four team members last spring including three members of the women's team, one member of the men's squad and a graduate assistant coach.

The 2022-23 Nordic Ski Team will be represented by eight women, including six returners, and 12 men, including 10 returners.

Read more about the incoming recruits at the Michigan Tech Athletics website.

Michigan Tech volleyball student-athlete Laura De Marchi has been selected as a nominee for the 2022 NCAA Woman of the Year Award the organization announced on July 14. She will now be a candidate to represent the GLIAC for the national award which will be presented at the NCAA Convention in January 2023.

De Marchi is a three-time All-American, two-time Academic All-American, five-time GLIAC Setter of the Year, and five-time All-GLIAC First Team member. She was also named the 2021 Midwest Region Player of the Year and the spring 2021 GLIAC Player of the Year.

De Marchi, a native of Milan, Italy, led the Huskies to four straight NCAA Tournaments and reset the school and GLIAC record for career assists (5,532). She also holds the school record for career assists per set (11.75) and ranks seventh in program history in career digs (1,390).

Read more about DeMarchi and the NCAA Woman of the Year award on the Michigan Tech Athletics website.

Michigan Tech hockey has added an exhibition game against Lake Superior State University on Oct. 1. The Huskies and Lakers will drop the puck on the 2022-23 season at 2:07 p.m. at the MacInnes Student Ice Arena.

The two teams will also meet Nov. 11-12 in Houghton and Dec. 16-17 at Taffy Abel Arena in Sault Ste. Marie.

Tech's regular season kicks off at Ferris State on Oct. 7 and the regular season home opener is Oct. 21-22 against Bemidji State.

Subhasish Mandal '12 (Ph.D., physics) has joined the Department of Physics at West Virginia University as an assistant professor of condensed matter theory and computation.

Mandal worked with Professor Ranjit Pati (Physics) on "Charge and spin transport in Nanoscale junction from first principles."

Graduate School Offices Closed

The Graduate School offices will be closed today (July 18) from 1 to 4 p.m. for a departmental retreat. The office will reopen Tuesday, July 19. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause.

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PhD Defense: Ann Kitalong-Will, HU

Ph.D. in Rhetoric, Theory, and Culture candidate Ann Kitalong-Will will present their doctoral defense at 10 a.m. Tuesday (July 19) via Zoom.

Kitalong-Will's defense is titled "Rhetoric of Surrogacy Re-Considering Agency through Embodied Performance."

Please email kmelleni@mtu.edu if you would like a calendar invite to the presentation.

Yousef Darestani's (CEGE) effort on identification of the Electric Power Network for Galveston Island has been published on DesignSafe. 

The dataset is ideal for projects investigating the performance of coastal power infrastructure.

WLUC TV6 highlighted the accomplishments of Michigan Tech volleyball student-athlete Laura De Marchi, who has been selected as a nominee for the 2022 NCAA Woman of the Year Award.

De Marchi is a three-time All-American, two-time Academic All-American, five-time GLIAC Setter of the Year, and five-time All-GLIAC First Team member. 

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DBusiness Magazine quoted Major General Paul Rogers ‘88 ‘04 (B.S., Ph.D., mechanical engineering) in a feature article lauding Michigan as a hub of innovation and synergy between public and private sectors working to invent, test and produce military technologies.

Rogers, the adjutant general of the Michigan National Guard, speaks at length in the article about his vision for the National All-Domain Warfighting Center (NADWC) and its operations in the Lower Peninsula.

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Adult Huskies Swim Training Summer 2022 Session 2 (Breaststroke/Butterfly Focus)

Monday, July 18, 5:00 p.m.–5:50 p.m. | Student Development Complex (SDC), Pool

Adult Huskies Swim Training provides additional attention and competitive guidance to swimmers ages 18 and older who are looking to improve their swimming skills and fitness...