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1. Bornhorst Receives Award for Contributions to Lake Superior Geology |
Professor Ted Bornhorst, Seaman Mineral Museum director, was recently awarded the prestigious Goldich Award from the Institute on Lake Superior Geology.
The award, the institute's highest honor, is granted annually to one recipient for outstanding contributions to Lake Superior geology. The award is named after the late Sam Goldich, an internationally recognized geologist who worked extensively in the Lake Superior region.
The Institute on Lake Superior Geology is a nonprofit professional society with the objectives of providing a forum for exchange of geological ideas and scientific data and promoting better understanding of the geology of the Lake Superior region.
Bornhorst received the Goldich Medal for 2008 at the 54th Annual Meeting of the Institute on Lake Superior Geology.
"As a token of the institute's appreciation, it is altogether fitting and appropriate that Ted join the ranks of other prominent Lake Superior geologists who have been honored with this prestigious award," said Jim Miller, professor at the University of Minnesota-Duluth.
Miller cited Bornhorst for his "impressive resume of academic contributions" and for "his unparalleled service to the institute over the past 25 years." |
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2. Company Expansions Fill MTEC SmartZone |
submitted by SmarZone
MTEC SmartZone has announced that two new tenants have entered its SmartZone business incubator.
Extreme Tool & Engineering Inc. has opened a research and development center, an expansion of its headquarters in Wakefield, and Hawk Technologies Inc. has more than tripled its footprint from its prior facility in order to pursue new product development. Since the recent expansions of SmartZone companies, the facility is completely occupied for the first time since its opening in July 2005.
Extreme Tool & Engineering has opened its SmartZone research and development office to help create new value-added products for its customers. While the company's facilities in Wakefield are dedicated to manufacturing and tooling, the Hancock facility is dedicated to product design and development.
"The proximity to industrial design sources from Finlandia and engineering resources from Michigan Tech make the new location ideal for a wide range of products and markets. This combination allows Extreme to provide full plastic product development services from initial idea to molded parts in your hand," said Michael Zacharias, president of Extreme Tool & Engineering.
In April, Extreme Tool & Engineering was recognized by Governor Jennifer Granholm and the Edward Lowe Foundation as one of the "2008 Michigan 50 Companies to Watch" at the Michigan Celebrates Small Business Entrepreneurial Awards in Lansing. Extreme Tool & Engineering expects its Hancock operation to support up to 10 positions within the next three years.
Hawk Technologies Inc. is entering the SmartZone incubator facility to expand its capabilities in research, engineering and product design.
From its new offices, Hawk can better serve its clients in the aerospace, automotive, manufacturing and military industries.
"This expansion to the SmartZone provides Hawk with the environment we need at this transitional phase in growing our business. In addition to expanding our contract engineering work, we have two patents pending along with several other products in
our development pipeline to introduce to significant world markets," said Dorothy Ruohonen, president of Hawk Technologies.
Hawk Technologies plans to staff up to 15 positions during the next three years.
With the two companies entering the Portage Campus Building, MTEC
SmartZone finds its Hancock facilities filled to capacity. According to Program Manager Jonathan Leinonen, "Just about all of the SmartZone companies are experiencing significant growth this year."
Other tenants planning to expand include Consistacom, The LaSalle Technology Group, SWH Consulting and Up & Running Systems Services.
"In this sense, we are providing scalable space, which was the very intention of the incubator. As companies are maturing, we help them look ahead to the next step, both in terms of space and programs to sustain companies at each phase of growth," said Carlton Crothers, CEO of MTEC SmartZone. "Because of the growth and demand for incubator space, we are currently looking into creating another facility for companies in the Houghton-Hancock area." |
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3. SFHI Candidate Seminar Friday |
Stephen Treado, of the National Institute of Standards and Technology, will present a seminar, "Toward a Sustainable Society—Implications for Energy Practices and Policies," Friday, May 16, 12:15-1:15 p.m. in Rekhi G05/06.
Treado is a candidate for a position under the Strategic Faculty Hiring Initiative (SFHI).
For more information on his talk and the other SFHI candidates, visit www.banweb.mtu.edu/pls/mtu/FAC_SFHI_FINL_INTVS.p_hmpag . |
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4. Proposals in Progress |
Barbara Lograsso and Sam Coates (School of Technology), "Development of a Welding Principles and Technology Course," Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Yun Hang Hu (MSE/IMP), "Catalytic Activation, Spillover and Storage of Hydrogen on Transition-metal/Metal-organic-frameworks," NSF—Catalysts and Biocatalysts
Abhijit Mukherjee and Jeffrey Naber (MEEM/APSRC), "Ignition Limits and Flame Kernel Development for Spark and Laser Induced Ignition of Premixed H2, CO and CH4 Fuel Mixtures under Lean and Dilute Conditions," NSF
Joseph Holles (Chemical Engineering/SFI), "Overlayer Catalysts for Sustainable H2 Production from Lactose," NSF
Andrew Storer (SFRES/ESC), "Deployment of Baited Prism Traps to Detect Emerald Ash Borer in Michigan and Wisconsin: Incorporation into an Established Multiyear Detection Survey Project," USDA Forest Service and APHIS
Ravindra Pandey (Physics/MuSTI), "Fundamental Understanding of 'Probe-Target' Molecular Interactions and Electronic Response for Nanoarchitecture-based Real-time Chemical and Biological Detection System," ARO—Electronics
Miguel Levy and Amir Jalali Roudsar (Physics), "Reconfigurable Materials for Photonic Crystals," Photonica Inc.
Gloria Melton (Student Affairs), "Coordinated Community Response to Violence Against Women Consortium," US Department of Justice
Robert Froese, Christopher Webster and Linda Nagel (SFRES/ESC), "Impact of Norway Maple Invasion on Fiber Production and Economic Value of Forested Agroecosystems," USDA—CSREES
Bruce Seely (Social Sciences), "NATO ARW—Management of Security: Success and Failure," NATO
Mark Stuff (MTRI), "Micro-Doppler Exploitation—MTRI Support to IAI STTR Phase 1," IAI
Yu Cai (School of Technology/SFI), Qiong Zhang (Sustainable Futures Institute), Kedmon Hungwe (Cognitive and Learning Sciences), Scott Amos (School of Technology) and Jindong Tan (ECE), "CPATH TI: Integrating Sustainability into Undergraduate Computing Education," NSF
Nikola Subotic (MTRI), "LOGOS STTR," LOGOS
Christopher Middlebrook and Mike Roggemann (ECE/CISSIC), "Sub-aperture Scanning Array Electro-optic Imaging System," Grassmere Dynamics
Terry McNinch (MTTI), "MDOT RoadSoft Safety Analysis Pilot 2008," MDOT
Mark Stuff (MTRI), "Target Motion Estimation and Simulation Support to Capraro Technology's STTR," Capraro Technologies
Eugenijus Urnezius (Chemistry), "Surface Modifiers for Developing Non-platinum Hydrogen Electrodes," American Chemical Society—Petroleum Research Fund
Vladimir Tonchev (Mathematical Sciences), "Research on Code Synchronization, Group Testing and Multiple-access Channels," NSF
Keat Ghee Ong (Biomedical Engineering/BRC), "A Phage-based Sensor for Rapid Identification of Pathogenic Microbes," W. H. Coulter Foundation
Yue Li (CEE/CSD/MTTI), "NEESR II: Development and Implementation of Shape Memory Alloy Technologies for Building Performance," Colorado State University
A. K. Goel (ECE/MuSTI) and V. Parkash (ECE), "EMT/NANO: An Investigation into Plasma Propagation in Nanoscale Interconnects," NSF
Catherine Tarasoff (SFRES/ESC), "Reducing Pesticide Use, Environmental and Applicator Exposure through Integrated Weed Management on Right-of-ways," EPA—Office of Pesticide Programs, and "Reducing Homeowner Pesticide Use through IPM and Judicious Use of Pesticides," EPA—Office of Pesticide Programs, Pesticide Environmental Stewardship Program
Brian Thelen (MTRI), "NSF Task Order Agreement 2008," NSF International
Ossama Abdelkhalik (MEEM) and John Diebel (Technology and Economic Development), "Autonomous Non-GPS Auto Navigation System," MUCI
Mike Morelli (Rozsa Center), "Arts Midwest—American Brass Quintet—Rozsa Center" and "Arts Midwest—Aquila Theatre Company/Comedy of Errors—Rozsa Center," Arts Midwest
Nancy Auer and Tim Wilson (Biological Sciences), "Ontonagon River Lake Sturgeon Brochure," North American Native Fishes Association
William Rose (GMES), Bradley Baltensperger (Cognitive and Learning Sciences), Jacqueline Huntoon (Graduate School), Chris Anderson (Office for Institutional Diversity), Kedmon Hungwe (Cognitive and Learning Sciences) and Christopher Wojick (CEE), "Michigan Teacher Excellence Program (MITEP): A Model for Improving Earth Science Education Nationwide," NSF
Zhi Tian (ECE/CISSIC), "NeST-NECO: Distributed Active Sensing for Large-scale Wireless Sensor Networks," NSF—CISE
Joseph Holles (Chemical Engineering), "Characterizing Pseudomorphic Overlayer Aqueous Phase Reforming Catalysts," ACS—Petroleum Research Fund
Haiying Liu (Chemistry), "Waveguide Sensors for the Rapid Detection of Dangerous Cells," NATO
Mohan Rao (MEEM), "Test-bench Assessment of the Uncertainty of Radial Velocities Measured by a Broadband Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler," South Florida Water Management District
S. K. Kawatra (Chemical Engineering), "Collaborative Research Center for Fundamental Studies of Advanced Sustainable Iron and Steel," NSF
John Sutherland, Jaime Camelio and John Gershenson (MEEM/SFI/P2A2), "Collaborative Research: I/UCRC on Assembly Research," NSF
Brad King, "I/UCRC in Space Power and Propulsion," NSF
Michael Mullins, Tony Rogers, Julie King, Joe Holles (Chemical Engineering/SFI) and Ryan Gilbert (Biomedical Engineering/SFI), "Center for Fundamental and Applied Research in Nanostructured and Lightweight Materials," DOE
Chandrashekhar Joshi, Victor Busov (SFRES/BRC), Blair Orr, David Flaspohler and Martin Jurgensen (SFRES), "EU-US Transatlantic Graduate Degree Program in Forest Resources," North Carolina State University
Maria Janowiak, Linda Nagel and Chris Webster (SFRES/ESC), "Sustainable Forest Management in the Context of Climate Change: Training and Tools for Strategy Development and Application," USDA Forest Service |
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5. Michigan Tech Notables |
The Senior Design capstone team "Winrobo-automated Window Washing Robot," of the Department of Mechanical Engineering-Engineering Mechanics, won fourth place in the CAD/CAM/CAE/PLM student competition at the Unigraphics Solutions conference Connection Americas 2008. The team members are Mark Cihlar, Brad Howard, Nathaniel Kroodsma and Andrew Timmons, their faculty advisor is Associate Professor Bill Endres, and they are sponsored by Professor Ed Lumsdaine as part of NSF/NCIIA.
The victory earned them an invitation for a poster presentation at the Unigraphics Solutions Users Conference to be held June 1-6 in Orlando, Fla. |
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6. On the Road |
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Associate Professor Carol MacLennan (Social Sciences) presented a paper, "From Barracks to Cottages: The Landscape of Disease in Plantation Hawai'i," on May 10 at the Vernacular Architecture Forum annual meeting, held in Fresno, Calif. |
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7. Job Posting |
Staff job descriptions are available in the Human Resources Office or at http://www.admin.mtu.edu/hro/postings . For more information regarding staff positions, call 487-2280 or email jobs@mtu.edu .
Faculty job descriptions can be found at www.admin.mtu.edu/hro/facpers/facvac.htm . For more information regarding faculty positions, contact the academic department in which the position is posted.
Faculty Position
Tenure-Track Assistant Professor in Entrepreneurship
School of Business and Economics
Michigan Technological University is an equal opportunity educational institution/equal opportunity employer. |
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