November 17, 2022

H-STEM Complex construction is proceeding on schedule and the form of the building is taking shape. The steel erection will be completed next week, and the temporary winter enclosure installation will be starting next week. This will allow the building “skin” to be constructed over the winter, starting in early December. Also in early December, the concrete floors will be poured, which will finalize the concrete work. The progress over the next month will be exciting!

Remember to keep checking in on the project webcam, and check the project webpage for additional information.

Please take care as you walk past the construction site, as these can be dangerous areas if you are not attentive.

Thanks for your patience as we work hard to bring this project to fruition, and Happy Thanksgiving from the Facilities Management staff!

This year’s University Holiday Luncheon will be presented from 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. on Dec. 5 in the Memorial Union Isle Royale Ballroom. All faculty and staff are welcome.

The University will cover the cost of the tickets this year, but guests will be asked to show their paper or e-ticket to attend. Tickets may be reserved online, in person or by phone (7-2073) through the SDC Ticket Office. Ticket reservations end at 5 p.m. on Nov. 30. We encourage you to secure your tickets early, as seating is limited.

Holiday Luncheon Menu:

• Hand Carved Roasted Turkey
• Hand Carved Roasted Cauliflower Steaks
• Italian Sausage Stuffing
• Mashed Potatoes and Gravy
• Glazed Carrots
• Green Beans Almondine
• Cranberry Sauce
• Apple Pie
• Pumpkin Pie

Please join the Great Lakes Research Center (GLRC) in congratulating the Summer and Fall 2022 GLRC Student Research and Travel Grant recipients.

The GLRC student grants are intended to provide undergraduate and graduate students advised by GLRC members an opportunity to gain experience in writing competitive grants, to perform research they would not be able to attempt due to funding limitations, or to travel to a professional conference to present a poster or paper about their research.

Student grants also provide research seed data for advisors to use in pursuing externally funded research support and travel grants help amplify areas of research expertise at Michigan Tech. Funded students are expected to participate/volunteer for at least one GLRC activity during the grant period.

Student Research Grant recipient:

• Rose Daily, Ph.D. student — Civil, Environmental, and Geospatial Engineering
  
  • GLRC member advisor: Daisuke Minakata
  • Research proposal: “Elucidation of Reaction Mechanisms of Solvated Electrons with PFOA, PFOS, and GenX”

Student Travel Grant recipients:

• Timothy Stone, M.S. student — Social Sciences
  
  • GLRC member advisor: Donald Lafreniere
  • Attending: 2022 Social Sciences History Association Annual Conference
  • Presentation: “Exploring the Built and Social Determinants of Health in a 20th Century Industrial City”
    
    
• Mai Anh Tran, Ph.D. student — College of Forest Resources and Environmental Science 
  • GLRC member advisor: Valoree Gagnon
  • Attending: History of Science Society 2022 Annual Meeting – Sustainability, Regeneration, and Resiliency
  • Presentation: “Tracing the Resilience Concept Through the History of Science and the Lens of Indigenous Knowledge”
    
    
• Tessa Tormoen, B.S. student — Biological Sciences
  • GLRC member advisor: Jill Olin
  • Attending: The Wildlife Society National Conference 2022
  • Presentation: “Using DNA Metabarcoding to Evaluate Dietary Resource Partitioning Among Two Sympatric Tilefish”
    
    
• Emily Shaw, Ph.D. student — Civil, Environmental, and Geospatial Engineering
  
  • GLRC member advisor: Noel Urban
  • Attended: 2022 American Chemical Society Fall Meeting – Sustainability in a Changing World
  • Presentation: “Toxicity in Fish Tissue: Redefining Our Understandings by Quantifying Mixture and Combined Toxicity”
    
    
• Enid Partika, Ph.D. student — Civil, Environmental, and Geospatial Engineering
  • GLRC member advisors: Judith Perlinger, Noel Urban 
  • Attending: Dioxin 22 – 42nd International Symposium on Halogenated Persistent Organic Pollutants 
  • Presentation: “Filling the Data Gap on Responses of Fish PCB Content to Remedial Actions in Torch Lake, Michigan”
    
    
• James Juip, Ph.D. student — Social Sciences
  • GLRC member advisor: Donald Lafreniere 
  • Attending: Social Science History Association Annual Meeting – Reverberations of Empire: Histories, Legacies & Lineages 
  • Presentation: “Utilizing HSDIs to Support Community Engaged Interdisciplinary Education and Heritage Interpretation”
    
    
• John McCall, M.S. student — Biological Sciences
  • GLRC member advisor: Gordon Paterson
  • Attending: The Wildlife Society Annual Conference
  • Presentation: “Evaluating Genotoxicity of Mine Tailings on Two Game Fish in a Spawning Reef in Lake Superior (Michigan)”

The GLRC awarded travel grants to the following students attending COP27, in Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt, with Sarah Green (Chem):

• Rose Daily, Ph.D. student — Civil, Environmental and Geospatial Engineering, speaking on the U.S. Center Panel on the topic of “Climate Education in the US”
• Ayush Chutani, Ph.D. student — Mechanical Engineering-Engineering Mechanics, participating in U.N. side event “Climate Leadership Across Generations”
• Katherine Huerta-Sanchez, M.S. student — Social Sciences, presenting “Voices and Visions: The Art and Science of Climate Action. Youth Environmental Alliance in Higher Education (YEAH ) and PEACE BOAT US”
• Anna Kavanaugh, B.S. student — Social Sciences, presenting “From the Roots Up: Community Solutions for Reducing Food Waste”
• Zachary Hough Solomon, M.S. student — Social Sciences, presenting “The Knowledge and Policy Disconnect: Using Local Knowledge to Inform Climate Science”

GLRC Student Travel Grant applications are accepted anytime and will be reviewed on the last Friday of each month. Applications must be submitted at least two weeks in advance of travel. GLRC Student Research Grant applications are accepted three times each year — Nov. 1, March 1 and July 1.

The Michigan Tech cross country squads take on the NCAA Division II Midwest Region Cross Country Championships on Saturday (Nov. 19) at the Wayne E. Dannehl National Cross Country Course in Kenosha, Wisconsin.

The men will take to the races first, running the 10K course at 10:30 a.m., with the women's 6K race taking place at 11:30 a.m. Live results will be available at the Wisconsin Runner website.

The Huskies began the postseason at the GLIAC Championships on Nov. 4 in New Boston, Michigan, where the men's squad placed third and the women's team placed fourth.

The women will look to punch their ticket to the NCAA Championships for the first time since 2019. They are ranked ninth in the Midwest following the most recent regional poll.

The men's squad holds down the fourth spot regionally.

Read more at the Michigan Tech Athletics website.

Michigan Tech women's basketball has won three straight to start their 2022-23 season, and will travel to Minnesota for a pair of road games next.

The Huskies' most recent win was a 64-54 victory over Concordia St. Paul in nonconference basketball Tuesday (Nov. 15) at SDC Gymnasium. Alex Rondorf notched a double-double in the match with 19 points and 13 rebounds, shooting 7-for-13 from the field and adding two assists and two steals.

"Overall, I thought we played really hard," said head coach Sam Clayton. "We defended really hard and took away most of their tendencies. It was good to see us take a step forward defensively, which I felt we needed to improve from Saturday's game. I thought Alex had an awesome day creating for us in multiple ways. It's the way she cuts and screens and rebounds for us that really make her a great player."

The Huskies shot 38% (22-58) overall, including 30% from beyond the arc (8-27). Katelyn Meister made it to double figures, scoring 13 points on 5-of-10 shooting with a pair of steals and a pair of blocks. Tech also committed 14 turnovers compared to 17 by the Golden Bears.

The Huskies' next games will be on the road: they'll play Southwest Minnesota State today (Nov. 17) at 7 p.m., then Minnesota-Crookston on Saturday (Nov. 19) at 2 p.m. Both games will be on Mix 93.5 FM WKMJ and Pasty.net.

Read the preview at the Michigan Tech Athletics website.

John Jaszczak (Physics/Mineral Museum) was the featured speaker at the 42nd New Mexico Mineral Symposium sponsored by the New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, held Nov. 11-13 in Socorro, New Mexico.

His first talk was titled "120 Years of the A. E. Seaman Mineral Museum." His second keynote talk was "Criminal Minerals: Investigating Minerals that
Break the Laws of Classical Crystallography."

Shan Zhou (SS) is a co-author of a paper recently published in Cleaner and Responsible Consumption.

The paper is titled "An empirical study on the types of consumers and their preferences for E-waste recycling with a points system."

Career Services Director Finalist Giving Public Presentation

A finalist for the Career Services Director position will be visiting campus today (Nov. 17) at 2 p.m.

As part of their interview, the candidate will discuss the complex context of student diversity; generational and developmental differences within the student body; workforce demands; and the realities, constraints and opportunities presented by the COVID-19 pandemic. They will also share their plan for reimagining, transforming and assessing career and professional development services for Michigan Tech students.

The campus community is invited to participate in the candidate’s public presentation via Zoom or in person in Admin 404. The session will last approximately 30 minutes, followed by a 15-minute Q&A session. Questions may be submitted via Zoom chat to the moderator.

Please visit the Career Services website to access the Zoom link and provide feedback on the candidate. Feedback is requested by 5 p.m. today.

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ICC Distinguished Lecture with Khalid Saqr

The Institute of Computing and Cybersystems (ICC) will present a virtual Distinguished Lecture by Khalid Saqr tomorrow (Nov. 18) from 10:30-11:30 a.m.

Saqr is a visiting associate professor in the Biomedical Flow Dynamics Laboratory (Ohta Lab) at Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan.

Since 2014, Saqr has been working on biomedical applications of fluid mechanics. In 2020, he and his team discovered non-Kolmogorov turbulence in physiologic blood flow and subsequently identified five new mechano-miRNAs associated with endothelial dysfunction.

Join the Zoom meeting.

Read more on the Computing News Blog.

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Spark Curiosity in Local Youth with Mind Trekkers

Join Mind Trekkers on Dec. 13 as we welcome eighth grade students from across the Western Upper Peninsula to campus for the Copper Trail Festival! This event will feature hands-on STEM demonstrations designed to spark curiosity and showcase career opportunities. We would like to invite departments, student organizations and local businesses to take part in the event as exhibitors and volunteers.

The event will take place in the SDC Varsity Gym from 9 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. It is the first of four festivals in the OneUP Mind Trekkers Tour, a collaboration with UP Michigan Works! and the MiSTEM Network.

To exhibit at the festival, please register your group using the Exhibitor Registration form.

To help out as an individual volunteer, please sign up to volunteer.

For more information about the event, please reach out to the Center for Educational Outreach at mindtrekkers@mtu.edu or call 7-2219.

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Seminar with Aida Greenbury: 'The BioEconomy’s Critical Role in Halting Tropical Deforestation'

The College of Forest Resources and Environmental Science (CFRES) fall seminar series and the Institute for Policy, Ethics, and Culture (IPEC) are co-hosting an online seminar from Aida Greenbury, global sustainability advisor and World bioeconomy Forum co-founder, who will speak on her groundbreaking work implementing policies to end her former company's deforestation practices, which have become recognized as the sector's most important sustainability declarations.

Greenbury will also speak to the ongoing and future role of bioeconomic practices, in which basic economic building blocks for materials, chemicals and energy are sourced from renewable biological resources.

The seminar will be held today (Nov. 17) from 4-5 p.m. via Zoom (use passcode 977078).

Add the seminar to Google Calendar.

Greenbury is outspoken, courageous and widely recognized as a globally influential leader.

Come join us!

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Physics Colloquium with Munish Sharma

Munish Sharma from the Maharaja Agrasen University of India will be presenting at the next Physics Colloquium.

The seminar will be presented in person at 4 p.m. today (Nov. 17) in Fisher 139.

Sharma's presentation is titled "Flatland of 2D Materials Beyond Graphene."

Read the abstract on the University Events Calendar.

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ME-EM Graduate Seminar Speaker

The Department of Mechanical Engineering-Engineering Mechanics' (ME-EM's) next graduate seminar speaker will present at 4 p.m. today (Nov. 17) in MEEM 112.

Sekhar Rakurty will present "Sustainable Manufacturing Processes: A Cutting Tool Industry Perspective."

Rakurty has more than 15 years of research and development experience in manufacturing, specifically designing cutting tools and developing sustainable manufacturing processes.

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This Week's C3 Luncheon

Menu for Thursday (Nov. 17):

• Chile Verde Chicken (Gluten Friendly)
• Southwest Sweet Potatoes (Vegan)
• Poblano and Onions (Vegan)
• Spanish Rice (Gluten Friendly, Vegan)
• Jalapeno Queso Dip (Gluten Friendly, Vegan)
• Two-Bean Soup (Gluten Friendly, Vegan)

Dining Services presents this week's C3 Luncheon, being held from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. in the Memorial Union Alumni Lounge (MUB 107). All faculty and staff, along with their guests, are invited.

The C3 lunch buffet menus are created and prepared by executive chef Michael Landini 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 (MUB 101). You can submit C3 feedback using our Google form. To join the C3 Google group and receive weekly menus, email business-support@mtu.edu.

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

Robot101: Caution: Robots at Work

Thursday, November 17, 12 a.m. | Memorial Union Building (MUB)

Caution: Robots at Work Wednesday, November 17, 12 p.m. (MUB) Panel discussion: Jason Archer (MTU-Humanities), Tan Chen (MTU-Electrical & Computer Engineering), Vinh Nguyen...

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PhD Defense: Fereshteh Mallakpour

Thursday, November 17, 8–9 a.m.

Materials Science and Engineering Advisor: Erik Herbert Length Scale-Dependent Stress Relief Mechanisms in High Purity Indium Attend Virtually:...

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Open Enrollment Forum

Thursday, November 17, 9–11 a.m. | MUB Ballroom A1

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Master's Defense: Maria Ferrer

Thursday, November 17, 10–11 a.m. | U. J. Noblet Forestry Building, G002

Applied Ecology Co-advisors: Kristin Brzeski and Jared Wolfe Avian Haemosporidian Parasite Prevalence, Diversity, and Distribution in Michigan’s Western Upper Peninsula ...

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Green Bandana Project Promotion

Thursday, November 17, 1 p.m.–4 p.m. | Library (Exhibit Hall)

One of our student interns has partnered with the Order of Omega to host a passive event in the library with information on the Green Bandana Project. Students can pick up...

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Physics Colloquium - Munish Sharma

Thursday, November 17, 4 p.m.–5 p.m. | Fisher Hall, 139

Munish Sharma of the Maharaja Agrasen University of India will be presenting at the next Physics Colloquium. Please join this in-person presentation at 4:00 PM EST Thursday...

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Sustainable Manufacturing Processes: A Cutting Tool Industry Perspective

Thursday, November 17, 4 p.m. | R. L. Smith Mechanical Engineering-Engineering Mechanics Building (MEEM), 112

ME-EM Graduate Seminar Speaker Series proudly presents Sekhar Rakurty, PhD Sr. Research Engineer–Manager at the M. K. Morse Company, Canton, OH Abstract Due to the...

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Adult Huskies Swim Lessons Fall 2022 Session 3

Thursday, November 17, 5:00 p.m.–5:50 p.m. | Student Development Complex (SDC), Pool

Adult Huskies Swim Lessons provides aquatic education for the beginner to the intermediate swimmer who is looking to become more comfortable in the water and learn the...

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Adult Huskies Swim Training Fall 2022 Session 3

Thursday, November 17, 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...

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Law Club at MTU Weekly Meeting

Thursday, November 17, 5 p.m.–6 p.m. | Library 103

For the rest of the Fall 2022 Semester, regular Law Club meetings are held on Thursdays from 5-6pm in the Library, room 103. During meetings, we will be discussing various...

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(Women's Basketball) Michigan Tech at Southwest Minn. St.

Thursday, November 17, 7 p.m.–10 p.m.

Women's Basketball: Michigan Tech at Southwest Minn. St., Recreation/Athletic Facility

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Michigan Tech Music Presents: KSO Community Music Recital

Thursday, November 17, 7 p.m. |

MICHIGAN TECH MUSIC PRESENTS KSO COMMUNITY MUSIC RECITAL PERFORMED BY MUSICIANS FROM THE KEWEENAW SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA AND THE COMMUNITY PROGRAM Run Time TBD

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Adult and Youth Huskies Tennis Lessons

November 17, all day | Gates Tennis Center

Youth Tennis Lessons: After school and weekend Youth Huskies Group Tennis Lessons are back this fall! Join by age group and level for some fun on the tennis courts! October 24...

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Open Enrollment Period for MTU Faculty/Staff

November 17, all day