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1. Michigan Tech Enters Partnership with Taiwanese University |
Michigan Tech has entered an agreement with Chaoyang University of Technology, in Taiwan, that will expand opportunities for students and faculty at both institutions.
President Glenn Mroz and CYUT President Chin Chung-Jen signed a memorandum of understanding on Tuesday, Sept. 5. The agreement opens to door to a variety of cooperative endeavors, said Robert Warrington, dean of engineering.
"As Michigan Tech works to expand its global programs, it's natural that we start these strong collaborations with universities such as CYUT," he said. "It's similar to us in many ways: it's focused on technology and interested in growing innovative programs and research."
Possible areas of collaboration include joint undergraduate programs; faculty and student exchanges; graduate education; and research.
"I'd expect that this partnership will bring a number of highly motivated, qualified students to Michigan Tech," said Professor Chung-Jui Tsai, director of Michigan Tech's Biotechnology Research Center and a native of Taiwan. "It will also allow our own students to broaden their education and expand their view of the world."
CYUT was founded in 1994 as the first private technological college in Taiwan and became the first private technological university in 1997. It received the top rank among private universities for FY2005 by Taiwan's Ministry of Education. |
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2. Reminder: Indian Food Today in the Union |
Indian food will be featured during lunch today, Wednesday, in the Memorial Union.
Menu items include Mattar Paneer (Pea and Cheese Curry), Aaloo Gobhl (Potatoes and Cauliflower), Naan (Indian Bread), Chicken Biryani (Rice with Chicken), Jeera Rice (Vegetarian Rice) Boondi Raita (yogurt), Salaad (Cucumber and Onion Salad) and Panchranga Achaar (Mixed Vegetable Pickle). |
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3. Get Your Posters Ready for the Second Annual Sustainability Poster Session and Banquet |
Anyone with an interest in sustainability is invited to display a poster at the Sustainable Futures Institute's Second Annual Sustainability Poster Session and Banquet on Wednesday, Sept. 20, in the Rozsa Lobby.
Poster topics can range from what sustainability means, to public service announcements to research results that illustrate some aspect of sustainability. Posters can be setup beginning at 3:30 p.m. on Sept. 20. The poster session will be open to the public from 4:30 to 5:30 p.m. Poster session attendees are invited to cast their vote for the Best in Show.
Some of the posters already submitted by faculty, students and staff are Wood-to-Wheels, Mondialogo Worldwide Engineering Award, Research Experience for Undergraduates, Parsons Brinckerhoff Environmental and Water Resource Student Design Award, IGERT for Sustainability, New Undergraduate Certificate, International Sustainable Engineering Initiative, Michigan Tech Center for Water and Society, and NSF Material Use: Science, Engineering, and Society.
A reception for all Sustainable Futures Institute members and the poster presenters will be held at 5:30 p.m., with the banquet to start at 6:30 p.m. For planning purposes, notify Laura L. Walz, llwalz@mtu.edu, if you want to present a poster. If you plan to attend the reception/banquet contact Denise Heikinen, dmheikin@mtu.edu.
During the banquet, attendees will review their successes over the past year and give voice to their dreams of future sustainability projects that call for the collective intellectual and creative energy of the SFI community.
The Sustainable Futures Institute is composed of members from every discipline on the Michigan Tech campus. This year the banquet coincides with the annual meeting of SFI’s Advisory Board, whose membership includes representatives from Caterpillar, Dow Corning, General Motors, the Great Lakes Commission, Los Alamos National Laboratory Department of Energy, Nelson Mandela School of Public Policy and Urban Affairs at Southern University and A&M College and the USDA-Forest Service. |
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4. Volunteers Needed for the Parade of Nations |
The Parade of Nations needs volunteers to help monitor the flow of the parade through Hancock, across the bridge and through Houghton; collect flags at the doors to the Dee; judge parade floats; distribute flags and line up parade participants.
To volunteer, contact Betty Chavis (487-2920 or ythbetty@mtu.edu) or Sandy Henkel (shenkel@mtu.edu or 487-2920). |
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5. Buy Your Tickets Now for the Seaman Mineral Museum's Tanzanite Ball |
The Seaman Mineral Museum Society will host its 10th annual fundaraiser ball, The Tanzanite Ball, for the A. E. Seaman Mineral Museum on Saturday, Sept. 30.
Events include a social hour with a silent auction of mineral and gem-related items, a gourmet dinner, dancing to the music of the Keweenaw Swing Band, a presentation of the Charles A. Salotti Earth Science Education Award and a short presentation about tanzanite by gemologist Chris Amo.
Amo will also present a talk about his travels to Africa to collect the gem tanzanite on Friday, Sept. 29, at 7:30 p.m., preceded by a reception at 6 p.m. in the museum.
All are invited to attend both events, but tickets for the ball are required to reserve a seat. To request your invitation packet, call 487-2572 or email Mary Lawver at mflawver@mtu.edu. Invitations may also be picked up in the museum's elevator lobby. |
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6. Walk and Gawk Saturday |
This year's Walk and Gawk will be held in the historic City of Hancock, starting just across the bridge at the old Scott Hotel on Saturday, Sept. 9, 9 a.m. to noon. The Walk and Gawk, which has been held for the past six years occurs the Saturday before the Parade of Nations. It gives a community a chance to showcase its businesses and history.
Free Walk and Gawk T-shirts, as well as coffee and water, will be available. This walking history of Hancock will include special business and garage sales.
For more information, contact Betty Chavis or Sandy Henkel at 487-2920. |
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7. Computer Science Seminar Friday |
Tongquan Wei, an electrical engineering graduate student, will give a seminar, "Online Task-Scheduling for Fault-Tolerant, Low-Energy Real-Time Systems," Friday, Sept. 8, at 3 p.m. in Fisher 130.
This research effort investigates fault tolerance and dynamic voltage scaling in hard real-time systems. Wei presents two low-complexity fault-aware scheduling algorithms that combine feasibility analysis of rate monotonic algorithm schedules and DVS-based frequency scaling using exact characterization of rate monotonic algorithm. These algorithms lay the foundation for highly efficient online schemes that minimize energy consumption by adapting dynamic voltage scaling policies to runtime behavior of tasks and fault occurrences without violating the offline feasibility analysis. Simulation results demonstrate energy savings of up to 60 percent over low-energy offline scheduling algorithms. |
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8. ME-EM Seminar Thursday |
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The Department of Mechanical Engineering-Engineering Mechanics will present the Winston Tape Session "How to Speak: Lecture Tips from Patrick Wilson" as part of the ME-EM Seminar Series on Thursday, Sept. 7, at 3 p.m. in ME-EM 112. Refreshments will be served. |
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9. On the Road |
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Professor John Jaszczak (Physics) presented an invited lecture, "Planting Seeds: Including Nanotechnology Education into Engineering Curricula," at the International Symposium on Frontiers in Nanoscale Science, Technology and Education, held Aug. 16-19, in Cochin, India, and at the University of Pune. Jaszczak also presented a lecture, "Revealing Graphite's Hidden Beauty," to the Department of Marine Geology and Geophysics at Cochin University of Science and Technology and "Kinetic Monte Carlo Simulation of Defect-Mediated Organization in Quantum Dot Self-Assembly" to the physics department at the University of Pune. |
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10. In the News |
Professor Martha Sloan's first day ever at Michigan Tech is featured in this Chronicle of Higher Education article, "Welcome Back (to Bad First Days)." The article is available to Chronicle subscribers at http://chronicle.com/weekly/v53/i03/03a00401.htm .
Sloan's story is a reminder that, while we have a ways yet to go, we've also come a long way.
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