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1. Learn to Grow Your Own Herbs |
Now that spring has sprung, the University Women’s Connection is inviting all women in the Michigan Tech community to join them for “A Taste of Spring” from 10 a.m. to noon Saturday, April 19, at the University Residence, 21680 Woodland Road, Houghton.
Pete Nissila from Nissila Greenhouses Inc. will demonstrate how to create a portable culinary herb garden, and herbs will be available for sale. A light lunch will follow the demonstration, featuring fresh garden greens, rustic breads with herbed dipping oils, assorted cheeses and crackers, fruit and veggie bouquets and Black Forest cherry tortes.
The event will cost $10. RSVP to Lisa Eubanks, lreubank@mtu.edu .
The University Women’s Connection provides opportunities for women to meet in fun and friendship, to develop interests and to use their many talents in service to the community. The organization gives two $750 scholarships each year, welcomes newcomers with a helpful list of community services and fills gift bags for first-year women at the holiday season. |
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2. Physics Poster Session Thursday for Graduate Students and Seniors |
The Department of Physics will present a poster session Thursday, April 10, from 2 to 4 p.m. in the Fisher Hall Atrium (near the Aftermath).
Five graduate students and eight seniors will present their research conducted in the past year. The posters include the following:
Grad Student Posters
"Analysis of Climatic Data via Statistics of Record-breaking Extremes," by Amalia Anderson (Advisor: Professor Alex Kostinski)
"Nonlinear Magnetophotonic Crystals," by Pradeep Kumar (Advisor: Professor Miguel Levy)
"Photonic State Coupling and Magnetically Tunable Photonic Bandgaps," by Neluka Dissanayake (Adviser: Professor Miguel Levy)
"Lagrangian Properties of Cloud Particles in Turbulence Obtained by Holographic Particle Tracking," by Jiang Lu (Advisor: Associate Professor Raymond Shaw)
"RCI Techniques for Calculating Energy Levels in 4f^n Ions Applied to Gd IV," by Eric Domeier (Advisor: Professor Donald R. Beck)
Senior Posters
"Numerical Calculation of the Yeh Band Gap in Birefringent One Dimensional Magnetophotonic Crystals," by Matt Hansen (Advisor: Professor Miguel Levy)
"Dispersion and Characterization of Multiwalled Carbon Nanotubes," by Robert Niffenegger (Advisor: Associate Professor Yoke Khin Yap)
"Horizontal Attenuation Model at the Pierre Auger Observatory," by Katie Thorne (Advisor: Associate Professor Brian Fick)
"Correlation between Shower Front Curvature and Primary Particle Composition of Extensive Air Showers," by Benjamin C. Gookin (Advisor: Associate Professor Brian Fick)
"Exchange Reaction Rates of Deuterium Oxide and Gaseous Hydrogen," by Benjamin Meier (Advisor: Professor Jacek Borysow)
"Nonlinear Wavefunction Solutions as Coherence Improvement in Quantum Computing Media," by Anthony Hegg (Advisor: Professor Bryan Suits)
"Heterogeneous Ice Nucleation with Organic Compound Monolayers by Alexandria Blanchard," (Advisor: Associate Professor Will Cantrell)
"Determination of the 2006 Fireball Rate from Continuous CCD Fisheye Monitoring," by Jennifer Huyck (Advisor: Professor Robert Nemiroff)
Refreshments will be served during the poster session. For more information, contact Yoke Khin Yap, ykyap@mtu.edu or 487-2900, or Ranjit Pati, patir@mtu.edu or 487-3193. |
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3. Two Hundred High School Students Here April 18 for Engineering Olympics |
Engineering Fundamentals is hosting the Engineering Olympics on Friday, April 18, in the Wood Gym at the SDC starting at 8:45 a.m.
About a dozen high schools are participating, with about 200 students competing in six events. Everyone is invited to stop by and see the next generation of engineers in action.
For more information, visit www.geneng.mtu.edu and click on the Engineering Olympics tab. For more information, contact Tina Sarazin at 487-3057 or cmsarazi@mtu.edu . |
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4. Hoagland to Speak on Copper Country Architects April 14 |
Kim Hoagland, a professor of history and historic preservation in the Department of Social Sciences, will discuss the life and work of architects in the Copper Country and unveil a new website on the topic Monday, April 14, at 7 p.m. in Fisher 139.
Hoagland will give an illustrated presentation on more than two dozen architects who have been active in the Keweenaw. Students in her History of American Architecture class researched the architects, providing the basis for the website.
A Summer Undergraduate Research fellow, Julie Matijega, helped edit the work, and a Mini-grant for Instructional Improvement and
Innovation from the Michigan Tech Center for Teaching, Learning and Faculty Development helped fund the website.
"We move among them every day, but often overlook the variety of distinguished buildings in our cities and towns," says Hoagland. "Not only do we have some notable work by homegrown and regionally known architects, but we also have many buildings designed by internationally renowned architects. You see much more once you know what you're looking at."
The website includes photos, biographies and building lists for many of the architects who worked in the Copper Country and will be available at www.social.mtu.edu/CopperCountryArchitects .
Hoagland's presentation is part of the Archival Speakers Series, which highlights current research utilizing the archives' collections. The presentation is free and open to the public.
For further information contact the Michigan Tech Archives at 487-2505 or copper@mtu.edu . |
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5. Presentation Thursday on Restoring Crystal Lake |
A Senior Design team led by Professor Marty Auer (Civil and Environmental Engineering) will give a presentation, "Water Quality Restoration of Crystal Lake, Iron Mountain, Michigan," Thursday, April 10, 4-5 p.m. in M&M U115.
Crystal Lake, located in a quiet, natural setting, has received stormwater runoff from the nearby urban area for several decades. This once pristine, sandy-bottom swimming hole is filling rapidly with organic muck and experiences the symptoms of eutrophication, including winter fishkills. The lake also exceeds public health standards for coliform bacteria following storm events.
A Senior Design class has examined water quality in Crystal Lake, characterized water quality problems and proposed solutions. For more information, email dmheikin@mtu.edu . |
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6. On the Road |
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Associate Professor Heidi Bostic (Humanities) presented a paper, "The Other Graffigny," and chaired a session, "Women Writers: Understanding the Underread," at the annual meeting of the American Society for Eighteenth-century Studies in Portland, Ore., March 28-29. |
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