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1. School of Forest Resources and Environmental Science |
ANDREW J. BURTON
Andrew J. Burton has been promoted to the rank of associate professor in the School of Forest Resources and Environmental Science. Previously, he was a research associate professor.
Burton holds a PhD in Forest Ecology from Michigan Tech and an MS in Forest Hydrology and Soils and a BS in Forestry from Michigan State University.
He has received over $4 million in research funding from the NSF, the DOE-PER, the DOE-NICCR and the EPA.
He is a member of the Society of American Foresters, the Ecological Society of America, the Soil Society of America, the Council on Undergraduate Research and the Agronomy Society of America. He is also included in Who's Who Among American Teachers for 2004 and 2005.
He has been published in numerous journals, including the Soil Science Society of America Journal, the Canadian Journal of Forest Research, The Journal of Ecology, the Journal of the Torrey Botanical Society and the Ohio Journal of Science.
He has taught Soil Science; Multi-Resource Assessment; Geomorphology, Landscapes and Ecosystems; Basic Ecology Field Skills; Measuring Forest Resources; and Hydrology and Watershed Management.
PAUL V. DOSKEY
Paul V. Doskey has joined the School of Forest Resources and Environmental Sciences as a professor. For more information on his accomplishments, please see the listing under the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, with which he has a joint appointment.
AUDREY L. MAYER
Audrey L. Mayer has joined the School of Forest Resources and Environmental Science as an assistant professor. For more on her accomplishments, please see the listing under the Department of Social Sciences, with which she has a joint appointment.
HAIRONG WEI
Hairong Wei joins the faculty of the School of Forest Resources and Environmental Science as an assistant professor. He comes to Michigan Tech from the Wicell Research Institute.
Wei holds a PhD in Plant Molecular Biology from the University of Hawaii at Manao, an MS in Computer Science from the University of Chicago and an MS in Plant Breeding and a BS in Agricultural Sciences from Beijing Forestry University.
He has co-authored numerous articles published in journals such as Cell Stem Cell, the Journal of Plant Physiology, Biotechnology and Bioengineering, the Journal of Immunology, the Journal of Heibei Forestry College, the Journal of Beijing Forestry University and the Journal of Inner Mongolia Forestry College. He also has three US patents related to the gene promoter of sugarcane.
He has presented his research a conferences in Madison, Wis.; San Diego, Calif.; Cold Spring Harbor, N.Y.; and Maui, Hawaii. He was a bioinformatics developer at the Wicell Research Institute and a bioinformatics scientist at Operon Biotechnologies Inc. He conducted postdoctoral research in biostatistics at the University of Alabama at Birmingham and bioinformatics at the Supercomputing Institute at the University of Minnesota.
XIAOHONG ZHU
Xiaohong Zhu joins the faculty of the School of Forest Resources and Environmental Science as a research assistant professor. She comes to Michigan Tech from Yale University.
Zhu holds a PhD in Plant Molecular Biology from the Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel, an MS in Plant Physiology and Biochemistry from Yangzhou University, China, and a BS in Agronomy from Anhui Agricultural College, China.
She has been published in numerous journals and has written chapters for both "Plant Virology Protocols Volume 2" and "RNAi Methods."
She has lectured on crop culture, plant physiology and biochemistry. She was also a visiting scholar in the Department of Biology at Hong Kong Baptist University. |
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2. Department of Chemical Engineering |
WENZHEN LI
Wenzhen Li joins the faculty of the Department of Chemical Engineering and the Department of Chemistry as an assistant professor. He comes to Michigan Tech from the University at Albany-State University of New York.
Li holds a PhD in Physical Chemistry from the Chinese Academy of Sciences and a BE in Chemical Engineering and a BA in English from Dalian University of Technology, China.
He has published numerous articles with more than 1,200 citations total, and presented at many conferences. He has patents relating to preparation methods and other actions with chemicals.
He was invited to review technical articles for multiple journals, including Chemistry-An European Journal, Electrochimica Acta, Electrochemical Communications, Chemical Engineering Journal, Chinese Journal of Catalysis, Journal of Natural Gas Chemistry and the Chinese Journal of Chemical Engineering.
He was a research scientist and fuel cell team leader at the University at Albany-SUNY. He has conducted research at the UA-SUNY, University of California, University of Yamanashi and the Chinese Academy of Sciences.
He received the President Excellence Award and was nominated for the Excellent Doctor Dissertation Award from the Chinese Academy of Sciences. He received the SCI Paper Award for placing in the top one percent, a Gold Medal from the Technology Innovation in Liaoning Province. He was also a postdoctoral fellow through the Packard Foundation.
He is a member of the Electrochemical Society, the American Chemical Society, Sigma Xi Scientific the Research Society, the International Society of Electrochemistry and the American Institute of Chemical Engineers.
CHING-AN PENG
Ching-An Peng joins the faculty of the Department of Chemical Engineering as a professor. He comes to Michigan Tech from National Taiwan University.
Peng holds a PhD in Chemical Engineering from the University of Michigan, an MS in Chemical Engineering from the University of Notre Dame and a BS in Chemical Engineering from NTU.
He has two patents related to perfluorocarbon surfactants, has over two dozen articles published in refereed journals and has presented at over four dozen conferences.
He has received funding from multiple organizations totaling over $2.4 million, including Southern California Studies Center, the James H. Zumberge Faculty Research and Innovation Fund, the Charles Lee Powell Foundation Fund, the NSF, the National Institutes of Health, the Taiwan National Science Council and the Choung's Foundation Fund.
He has also advised five doctoral students, over a dozen master's students and many bachelor's students. |
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3. Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering |
PAUL V. DOSKEY
Paul V. Doskey joins the faculty of the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering and the School of Forest Resources and Environmental Science as a professor. He comes to Michigan Tech from Argonne National Laboratory.
Doskey holds a PhD and an MS in Environmental Chemistry from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and a BS in Chemistry from DePaul University.
He has peer-reviewed numerous publications, participated in many conference proceedings, written a chapter for three different books, written two technical reports and participated in more than five dozen presentations since 1987.
He has received over $3.6 million of support over the past two decades from multiple organizations, including the Argonne National Laboratory, the Department of Energy, the Lake Michigan Air Directors Consortium and the Illinois Department of Energy and Natural Resources.
He received the Senior Chemist of the Year award from DePaul University, the Chandler-Misener Award from the International Association for Great Lakes Research and was named a postdoctoral scholar from Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution.
He is an adjunct science team member of the Atmospheric Science Program with the Department of Energy, a Senior Fellow of the Center for Environmental Science with the University of Chicago and ANL, and a member of the Air and Waste Management Association, the American Chemical Society, the American Geophysical Union and the International Association for Great Lakes Research.
DEVIN K. HARRIS
Devin K. Harris joins the faculty of the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering as an assistant professor.
Harris holds PhD and MS degrees in Civil Engineering from Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University and a BS in Civil Engineering from the University of Florida.
He has conducted research on Sandwich Plate System (SPS) for use in bridges and ultra-high performance reinforced concrete. He is currently interested in researching the repair and rehabilitation of structural members with externally bonded fiber reinforced polymers.
He was an instructor for Reinforced Concrete Design 1 at Virginia Tech and a guest lecturer for the course Finite Element Analysis of Structures and the Virginia Tech European Bridge Seminar.
He is a member of the American Concrete Institute, the American Institute of Steel Construction, the National Society of Black Engineers and the Via Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering Professional Development Leadership Team.
He worked for the Exxon Company as a project engineer. After that, he worked for the ExxonMobile Development Company as a project engineer and senior project engineer. He analyzed the performance, expenditures for projects and trends of oil drilling and forecasted expenditures and projects.
FAWEN (JAMES) ZHENG
Fawen (James) Zheng joins the faculty of the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering as a research assistant professor. He comes to Michigan Tech from PBS & J.
Zheng holds a PhD in Atmospheric, Environmental and Water Resources from the South Dakota School of Mines and Technology, an MS in Hydrological Engineering from the International Institute for Infrastructural, Hydraulic and Environmental Engineering, Netherlands, and ME and BS degrees in Hydrology and Water Resources from Hohai University, China.
He has published numerous articles in many referred journals, including the Journal of Earth Science, the Journal of Hydrologic Engineering and the Journal of the American Water Association.
He has presented at conferences in Seattle; West Palm Beach, Fla.; and Orlando, Fla.
His professional work experience includes hydrologic and hydraulic modeling, pollutant loading estimation and simulation for existing and future conditions, location and size determination of developed system components, water quality simulation and watershed delineation. |
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4. Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering |
SHIYAN HU
Shiyan Hu joins the faculty of the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering as an assistant professor. He comes to Michigan Tech from Texas A&M University.
Hu holds a PhD in Computer Engineering from Texas A&M University, an MS in Computer Science from Polytechnic University and a BS in Computer Science and Engineering from Beijing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics.
He is interested in research involving circuit design, multimedia security and artificial intelligence. He conducted research as a graduate research assistant at both Texas A&M University and Polytechnic University.
He has published numerous articles in publications such as the Journal of Global Optimization, Information Processing Letters, Computational Geometry: Theory and Application, the International Journal of Energy Technology and Policy and Informatica: An International Journal of Computing and Informatics.
He received the Deborah Rosenthal Award from Polytechnic University for outstanding academic performance.
He has taught Introduction to Digital Design and assisted in Design Analysis at Polytechnic University.
DAVID G. VOELZ
David G. Voelz joins the faculty of the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering as a research associate professor. He comes to Michigan Tech from New Mexico State University.
Voelz holds PhD and MS degrees in Electrical Engineering from the University of Illinois and a BS in Electrical Engineering from New Mexico State University.
He has conducted funded research projects for the Air Force Office of Scientific Research, NSF, Sandia National Laboratories, the National Geospatial Intelligence Agency and the Physical Sciences Lab and Army Research Lab.
He received the Bromilow Award from NMS College of Engineering for research excellence, the Logicon Golden Quill Award for co-authoring the best technical paper for Logicon Inc., the Engineering Excellence Award from the Optical Society of America and the Giller Award.
He is a member of the Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers, the Optical Society of America and the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers.
In the past, he worked at the Air Force Research Laboratory on laser imaging, beam projection and wave front sensing applications. He taught courses at NMSU, including Lasers and Applications; Optical Sources, Detectors and Radiometry; Fourier Optics; Optical System Design; and AC Circuits.
WAYNE W. WEAVER
Wayne W. Weaver joins the faculty of the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering as an assistant professor. He comes to Michigan Tech from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
Weaver holds PhD and MS degrees in Electrical Engineering from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and BS degrees in both Electrical Engineering and Mechanical Engineering from Kettering University.
His research interests include analysis, control and design of power electronics systems, power system stability, utility grid interfaces, energy conversion, game theory and electric drives and machinery.
He has written articles published in the International Journal of Critical Infrastructures, IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications, IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics and the IEEE Communications Magazine. He has also presented at numerous conferences.
He is a member of Tau Beta Pi (Engineering Honor Society), Eta Kappa Nu (Electrical Engineering Honor Society), Pi Tau Sigma (Mechanical Engineering Honor Society), the Society of Automotive Engineers, the American Society for Engineering Education, the IEEE Power Electronics Society, the IEEE Industry Applications Society and the IEEE Control Systems Society.
He was a graduate research and teaching assistant at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. He researched the effects of power electronics in distributed power systems and the effects of Hurricane Katrina on the power and telecommunication infrastructure. He was also a graduate student researcher for the US Army Corps of Engineers. While there, he conducted research on micro-grids for installations and forward base camps and distributed and renewable energy resources and evaluated high-power inverter technologies. Prior to these research positions, he was a research and design engineer at Caterpillar Inc., where he worked in both the electronics and technical services divisions. |
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5. Department of Engineering Fundamentals |
JEAN-CELESTE MALZAHN KAMPE
Jean-Celeste Malzahn Kampe joins the faculty of the Department of Engineering Fundamentals as the department chair and an associate professor. She comes to Michigan Tech from Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University.
Kampe holds a PhD in Metallurgical Engineering and a BS in Chemical Engineering from Michigan Tech and an MCHE in Chemical Engineering from the University of Delaware.
At VPI & SU she held the rank of associate professor. She received an NSF grant for nearly $2 million, taught first- and second-year engineering courses, developed laboratory courses, served as an academic advisor and conducted educational research.
She has numerous articles in refereed journals and conference proceedings published.
She was awarded five outstanding performance ratings, five performance awards from the US Naval Research Laboratory, four Stauffer Chemical Company scholarships, and was nominated as a Favorite Faculty member in 2006.
She is a member of the Phi Lambda Upsilon Chemistry Honor Society, ASM International, American Society for Engineering Education and the Presidential Council of Alumnae at Michigan Tech.
She was also a research engineer at the US Naval Research Laboratory where she led research efforts on fiber mechanical properties as part of DARPA's Continuous Fiber Metal Matrix Composite Model Factory Program. |
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6. Department of Materials Science Engineering |
STEPHEN L. KAMPE
Stephen L. Kampe joins the faculty of the Department of Materials Science and Engineering as a professor. He comes from Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University.
Kampe holds PhD, MS and BS degrees in Metallurgical Engineering from Michigan Tech.
At VPI & SU he served as an assistant professor, associate professor, professor and associate department head of materials science and engineering. Prior to his work at VPI & SU, he was a senior scientist at Martin Marietta Laboratories.
He has nine patents relating to composite materials and titanium aluminide.
He has advised numerous graduate students, published numerous articles and conference proceedings and presented at multiple conferences.
He received the 1994 Sporn Award for teaching excellence in the College of Engineering at VPI & SU, the Martin Marietta Outstanding Achievement Award and the Martin Marietta Laboratories Director's Discretionary Award; was a nominated participant in Virginia Tech's New Department Head and Academic Leaders Workshop; and was nominated for the COE Pete White Award for innovations and excellence in teaching.
He is a member of the Minerals, Metals and Materials Society, the American Society for Materials, the Materials Research Society and the American Society for Engineering Education. |
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7. Department of Geological and Mining Engineering and Sciences |
SIMON A. CARN
Simon A. Carn joins the faculty of the Department of Geological and Mining Engineering and Sciences as an assistant professor. He comes to Michigan Tech from the Joint Center for Earth Systems Technology of the University of Maryland, Baltimore County.
Carn holds a PhD in Volcanology from St. Catharine's College, University of Cambridge, a DEA in Volcanology and Magmatic Processes from the Université Blaise Pascal in France and a BA in Natural Science-Geology from Exeter College, Oxford.
He has received multiple research grants totaling over $2.8 million from NASA, the National Science Foundation, the National Geographic Society Committee for Research and Exploration, the Royal Society and the European Union.
He has taught and supervised students since 1994 across the world at the International Volcanological Field School in Russia, Michigan Tech, Cambridge University, the Philippines Institute of Volcanology and Seismology in the Philippines and Volcan de Lemptégy, France.
He has been a member of the International Association of Volcanology and Chemistry of the Earth's Interior and the American Geophysical Union since 1994. He is a member of the Ozone Monitoring Instrument Science Team, the Total Ozone Mapping Spectrometer (TOMS) Science Team and the Technical Advisory Committee for the UN Volcano Risk Reduction in Goma, Democratic Republic of the Congo Project.
He was awarded the William T. Pecora Award from NASA and the US Department of the Interior in 2006 as part of the TOMS Science Team; the NASA Group Achievement Award in 2005 as part of the Aura Project; the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Group Achievement Award in 2005 as part of the Aura Science Team; and the Remote Sensing and Photogrammetry Society Len Curtis European Award in 2001 for the best scientific paper published in the open remote sensing literature during the year 2000.
SHILIANG WU
Shiliang Wu joins the faculty of the Department of Geological and Mining Engineering and Sciences and the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering as an assistant professor.
Wu holds a PhD in Atmospheric Science and an SM in Engineering Science from Harvard University, an MS in Environmental Science from Peking University and a BE in Hydraulic Engineering from Tsinghua University.
He was a teaching assistant and teaching fellow at Harvard University, a mentor in a summer program at MIT and a teaching assistant at Peking University.
His research focus includes the impacts of global change on atmospheric chemistry and air quality; intercontinental transport and hemispheric air pollution, anthropogenic perturbations to the Earth system and implications for environmental sustainability; and biosphere-atmosphere interactions.
He has been a reviewer for the Journal of Geophysical Research, Atmospheric Environment and the Science of the Total Environment. He is a member of the American Geophysical Union and the American Meteorological Society.
He received the Outstanding Contribution Award from the Institute of Environmental Engineering at Peking University, the IET Scholarship from the International Engineering and Technology Foundation, the Mathematical Modeling Award from the League of 20 Universities in Beijing and the Scholarship for Outstanding Young Teachers and Students from Tsinghua University. He was also a fellow at Harvard under the Applied Sciences Grant. |
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8. Department of Mechanical Engineering-Engineering Mechanics |
CHANG KYOUNG CHOI
Chang Kyoung Choi joins the faculty of the Department of Mechanical Engineering-Engineering Mechanics as an assistant professor. He comes to Michigan Tech from the University of Tennessee.
Choi holds a PhD in Mechanical, Aerospace and Biomechanical Engineering from the University of Tennessee; a PhD in Mechanical Engineering from Texas A & M University; and MS and BS degrees in Mechanical Engineering from Chungang University, Korea.
He has presented research papers at many conferences, including FASEB Experimental Biology 2008, the ASME 2007 Summer Biomedical Conference, the Sixth International Symposium on Particle Image Velocimetry and the Proceedings of 2004 ASME Heat Transfer/Fluids Engineering Summer Conference.
His articles have appeared in multiple publications, including the Journal of Biomedical Optics, Physics of Fluids, Virtual Journal of Biological Physics Research, Biosensors and Bioelectronics, Experiments in Fluids, the Journal of the Korean Society of Visualization, Measurement Science and Technology, the Journal of Flow Visualization and Image Processing and the Journal of Heat Transfer.
SEONG-YOUNG LEE
Seong-Young Lee joins the faculty of the Department of Mechanical Engineering-Engineering Mechanics as an assistant professor. He comes to Michigan Tech from Pennsylvania State University.
Lee holds a PhD in Mechanical Engineering from Pennsylvania State University, and MS and BS degrees in Mechanical Engineering from Hanyang University, Korea.
He has published many articles in journals and numerous conference proceedings.
He was a research assistant at Penn State, where he worked on many research projects, including the GE Swozzle Flame Holding Project. He participated in a variety of projects working with syngas autoignition, syngas flame speed, a pulse detonation engine, a gas turbine engine, soot abatement, a liquid rocket engine, rocket-based combined cycle and spray pyrolysis.
SCOTT A. MIERS
Scott A. Miers joins the faculty of the Department of Mechanical Engineering-Engineering Mechanics as an assistant professor. He comes to Michigan Tech from the Argonne National Laboratory.
Miers holds PhD and BS degrees in Mechanical Engineering and an MS in Engineering Mechanics from Michigan Tech.
He was a teaching assistant for the Fundamentals of Internal Combustion Engines course and a National Science Foundation Fellow working on the "Integrating Calculator-Based Labs into a High School Math Curriculum" project. He was also a graduate student coordinator in the Engineering Learning Center, a recitation instructor for a statistics course and a laboratory teaching assistant for Mechanical Vibrations.
He received the SAE Excellence in Oral Presentation Award; first place at the Sigma Xi Multi-Disciplinary Student Research Colloquium; second place at the Society for Experimental Mechanics student paper competition; the 2001 Campus Campaign Graduate Award for his "participation, leadership and service in the academic research community"; and the Certificate of Merit in the Department of Mathematical Sciences.
He is a member of the Society of Automotive Engineers, the American Society of Mechanical Engineers and the Michigan Tech ME-EM Department Graduate Committee.
He worked at Argonne National Laboratory, where he was a principal investigator for two major projects. He also conducted diesel engine research that included measuring and analyzing emissions, cylinder pressure and in-cylinder combustion images on a light-duty diesel engine operating on a Fischer-Tropsch biodiesel.
He worked for Fast Action Support Team Inc. as a technical engineer; the Kimberly Clark Corporation as an infant care engineering assistant and an infant care scientist assistant; and at Air Conditioning and Controls Inc. as a service engineer. |
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9. Department of Biological Sciences |
RUPALI DATTA
Rupali Datta is coming to the faculty of the Department of Biological Sciences as an associate professor. She comes to Michigan Tech from the University of Tennessee.
Datta holds PhD and MS degrees in Biochemistry and an MS in Life Sciences from the University of Hyderabad, India, and a BS in Chemistry from Osmania University, India.
She has peer-reviewed multiple book chapters and over three dozen journal articles and has presented at nearly one hundred conferences.
She developed five new graduate and three new undergraduate courses, a syllabus and an outline for four undergraduate courses for the Environmental Science BS program and taught graduate and undergraduate courses at UTSA. |
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10. Department of Chemistry |
WENZHEN LI
Wenzhen Li has joined the Department of Chemistry as an assistant professor. For more information on his accomplishments, please see the listing under the Department of Chemical Engineering, with which he has a joint appointment.
LYNN RINEHART MAZZOLENI
Lynn Rinehart Mazzoleni joins the faculty of the Department of Chemistry as an assistant professor. She comes to Michigan Tech from Los Alamos National Laboratory.
Mazzoleni holds a PhD in Environmental Sciences and Health with a concentration in environmental chemistry from the University of Nevada and a BS in Environmental Science with a concentration in environmental chemistry from Kutztown University.
She has conducted research in the Earth and Environmental Sciences Division at the Los Alamos National Laboratory, the Atmospheric Science Department at Colorado State University, the Division of Atmospheric Science at the Desert Research Institute and the Department of Analytical Chemistry at the Connecticut Agricultural Experimental Station.
Her postdoctoral research at LANL was centered around "geochemical gas-solid molecular interactions for quantitative determination of exposed surface areas with specificity of in-situ geo-materials."
She is an expert with multiple pieces of instrumentation, including gas chromatography, high-performance liquid chromatography, capillary electrophoresis, high-resolution time of flight mass spectrometry and Fourier transform-ion cyclotron resonance mass spectrometry.
She has peer-reviewed articles for Atmospheric Environment, Environmental Science and Technology and the Journal of the Air and Water Management Association. She has also published many articles and presented at numerous conferences.
She is a member of the American Chemical Society, the American Geophysical Union, the American Association for the Advancement of Science and the American Association for Aerosol Research. |
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11. Department of Exercise Science, Health and Physical Education |
KAREN ROEMER
Karen Roemer joins the faculty of the Department of Exercise Science, Health and Physical Education as an assistant professor. She comes to Michigan Tech from the Institute for Sports Science of Chemnitz University of Technology, Germany.
Roemer holds a PhD in Biomechanics from Chemnitz University of Technology and a diploma in Physical Education from the University of Tuebingen, Germany.
She has multiple articles published in refereed journals, over a dozen articles in scientific proceedings and has presented at numerous refereed conferences.
She has received funding for three major projects: 56,000 euros for "Interdisciplinary Models and Methods for Simulation, Diagnosis and Control of Movements" funded by the German Government; 53,000 euros for the "Optimization of the Strike Out Movement for the Volleyball Smash" funded by the Federal Institute of Sport Science; and 72,000 euros for the "Development of a Measurement Device for the Analysis of Volleyball Smash" funded by the Federal Institute of Sport Science Germany.
She is a member of the German Society of Sports Science, the German Interdisciplinary Association on Sports Technology, the German Association for Biomechanics, the International Society of Biomechanics in Sports and the International Sports Engineering Association.
She worked in the Department of Sports Science at CUT, teaching graduate and undergraduate courses in biomechanics, sports technology and performance diagnostics, was head of the research group for the "High Performance Sports/Biomechanical Modeling" project and was a research associate. She also worked for the Institute of Mechatronics at the Chemnitz University of Technology, the Olympic Training Center Rheinland-Pfalz/Saarland in Germany, the University of Saarbrucken and the Olympic Training Center Stuttgart. |
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12. Department of Humanities |
WENDY K. Z. ANDERSON
Wendy K. Z. Anderson joins the faculty of the Department of Humanities as an assistant professor. She comes to Michigan Tech from Purdue University.
Anderson holds a PhD in Communication from Purdue University, an MA in Speech Communication from Kansas State University and a BA in Communication and Psychology from the University of Minnesota.
Her research interests include new media technology, such as critical approaches to media use, online communication technologies and video game theory. She is also researching topics related to social movement and activism rhetoric, including identity and power; constructions of gender, race and class; and affinity building.
She has been published in the Women and Language Journal and has presented at numerous conferences.
She is a member of the National Communication Association and the Rhetoric Society of America.
She was a graduate teaching assistant for many communication courses at Purdue, including Critical Perspectives on Communication, Principles of Persuasion, Presentational Speaking and Human Communication Theory.
KARLA SAARI KITALONG
Karla Saari Kitalong joins the faculty of the Department of Humanities as an associate professor. She comes to Michigan Tech from the University of Central Florida.
Kitalong holds a PhD and an MS in Rhetoric and Technical Communication and a BA in Liberal Arts from Michigan Tech and an AA in Liberal Arts from Finlandia University.
She was awarded the Teaching Incentive Program Award from UCF and was a Faculty Fellow with UCF.
She has written four books, "Innovative Approaches to Teaching Technical Communication"; "A Brief Guide to Understanding and Creating Visual Texts"; "I Hate Unix"; and "Inside Solaris: Sun OS and Open Windows."
She has written many peer reviewed journal articles, eight peer reviewed book chapters, and book reviews for Technical Communication Quarterly, Technical Communication and Pacific Affairs.
She has presented at numerous conferences on visual communication, written program administration, usability and technical communication and technological literacy.
She has been awarded over $3 million in grants from organizations including the NSF, the National Endowment for the Humanities, the CAH Research Funding Initiative, the University of Central Florida and Michigan Tech.
She has directed numerous graduate theses, projects and dissertations in visual communication, usability, and technology theory and pedagogy.
She is a member of the Association of Teachers of Technical Writing, the Council of Programs in Technical and Scientific Communication, the Council of Writing Program Administrators, the International Writing Centers Association, the Museum Education Roundtable, the National Council of Teachers of English, College Composition and Communication, and the Society for Technical Communication.
KETTY THOMAS
Ketty Thomas joins the faculty of the Department of Humanities as an assistant professor. She comes to Michigan Tech from State University of New York.
Thomas holds a PhD in Comparative Literary and Cultural Studies, an MA in Comparative Literature and an MA in Liberal Studies from Stony Brook and a BA in Business Administration from City of New York College.
She specializes in cultural studies, Latin-American and Afro-Caribbean literature, African-American literature and world literacy and theory.
She is a member of the Modern Languages Association of America, the Latin American Studies Association, the African Literature Association, the International Association for Philosophy and Literature and the American Academy of Religion.
She has received a W. Burghardt Fellowship and a Tinker Fellowship.
Courses she has taught include American Pluralism in Film and Literature, Classical Mythology: Legends, Myths and Tragedy, Philosophy and Literature in Social Context, Twentieth-Century Novel: Post World War Cross-Cultural Perspectives, Images of Women in Literature: The Madonna to Madonna, and Cross-Cultural Encounters: Latin American and Caribbean Literature. |
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13. Department of Mathematical Sciences |
YOLANDA MUÑOZ MALDONADO
Yolanda Muñoz Maldonado joins the faculty of the Department of Mathematical Sciences as an assistant professor. She comes to Michigan Tech from the University of Texas-Health Science Center at Houston.
Maldonado holds a PhD in Statistics from Texas A&M University, an MS in Statistics from the University of Texas at El Paso and a BS in Mathematical Education from the Universidad Autónoma de Yucatán Mérida, México.
She was a member of the Awards Committee for the Nonparametric Section of the American Statistical Association, chair of the contributed paper session on Nonparametric Regression Methods II, chair of the contributed paper session on Mixed Models: Linear, Generalized and Non-Linear of the Eastern North American Region Spring Meetings, panel member of the Eastern North American Region of the Fostering Diversity in Biostatistics Workshop and chair of the contributed paper presentation for the Nonparametric Section at the Joint Statistical Meetings.
She received the Emmanuel Parzen Graduate Research Fellowship Award, the International Biometric Society's Eastern North American Region Student Award and the Susan M. Arseven '75 Make-A-Difference Award and was selected to attend the 2006 National Science Foundation ADVANCE Workshop on Negotiating the Ideal Faculty Position.
She is also a member of the American Statistical Association, the Institute of Mathematical Statistics, the International Biometric Society and the Society for Advancement of Chicanos and Native Americans in Science.
LE ZHANG
Le Zhang joins the faculty of the Department of Mathematical Sciences as an assistant professor. He comes to Michigan Tech from the Harvard-MIT Health Sciences and Technology program at the Athinoula A. Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging.
Zhang holds a PhD in Computational Mathematics, an MS in Computer Science and an MS in Mathematics from Louisiana Tech University and a BS in Computer Science from the Peking Institute of Technology, China.
He has written numerous research papers published in refereed journals, such as the Journal of Mathematical Biology, Cancer Informatics, the Journal of Theoretical Biology, Numerical Heat Transfer and Mathematical and Computer Modeling.
He worked at the Athinoula A. Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging on the development of agent-based, multi-scale, multi-resolution mathematical and computational modeling of highly malignant brain tumors as adaptive self-organizing biosystems. He also conducted research on the treatment of skin cancer.
He developed and tested communication software as a software engineer for Bell Lab in Chicago and Lucent Ltd. in China, in the Research and Design Department.
WENJUN YING
Wenjun Ying joins the faculty of he Department of Mathematical Sciences as an assistant professor. He comes to Michigan Tech from Duke University.
Ying holds a PhD in Mathematics from Duke University and an MS in Computational Mathematics and a BS in Applied Mathematics from Tsinghua University, China.
He was a research associate in the Department of Biomedical Engineering, an instructor of mathematics, a lab instructor and a research assistant at Duke University.
He has many research articles and technical reports published and has presented at multiple conferences.
He received the L. P. and Barbara Smith Award for Excellence in Teaching, the Guanghua Scholarship from Tsinghua University, the Excellent Student Leadership Award and the Excellent Student Scholarship from Tsinghua University, second place in the National Mathematical Olympics of China and second place in the Hope-Cup National Mathematical Contest of China. He was also a fellow at Duke University.
He is a member of the Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics and the American Mathematical Society. |
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14. Department of Physics |
KIM FOOK LEE
Kim Fook Lee joins the faculty of the Department of Physics. He comes to Michigan Tech from Northwestern University.
Lee holds a PhD and an MA in Physics from Duke University, an MA in Physics from the University of Arkansas-Fayetteville and an MPhil in Optical Parametric Oscillation and a BS in Physics from the University of Malaya, Malaysia.
He has published numerous articles and presented at many conferences.
He served as a teaching assistant for quantum mechanics, electronics and physics courses at both Duke University and the University of Arkansas-Fayetteville.
He has conducted research in physics at Northwestern University in the Department of EECS, the University of Arizona in the Optical Science Center, Duke University in the Physics Department, the University of Arkansas-Fayetteville in the Quantum Optics Laboratory, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology in the Ultrafast Laboratory and the University of Malaya in the Laser and Electro-Optics Laboratory.
CLAUDIO MAZZOLENI
Claudio Mazzoleni joins faculty of the Department of Physics as an assistant professor. He comes to Michigan Tech from Los Alamos National Laboratory.
Mazzoleni holds a PhD in Atmospheric Sciences from the University of Nevada and a Laurea in Physics from the University of Trento, Italy.
He has numerous articles published in peer reviewed international journals and has contributed to more than three dozen conferences.
He received a Los Alamos Director's Fellowship for independent research in 2005. He was also a fellow at the Department of Physics of Trent at the University of Trento, Italy, for the study of non-crystalline materials for optoelectrionics and semiconductor spectroscopy.
He was a technical laboratory supervisor also at the University, measuring semiconductor properties, maintaining and upgrading laboratory instruments and developing instrumentation for optical gain measurements. |
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15. Department of Social Sciences |
AUDREY L. MAYER
Audrey L. Mayer joins the faculty of the Department of Social Sciences and the School of Forest Resources and Environmental Science as an assistant professor. She comes to Michigan Tech from the University of Helsinki, Finland.
Mayer holds a PhD in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology with a minor in environmental policy from the University of Tennessee and a BA in Biology and Public Policy Analysis from Pomona College, California.
She has received funding for multiple projects, including 12,000 euros from the Nordic Forest Research Cooperation Committee for workshops in 2006 and 2007 and 302,680 euros from the Academy of Finland for "Testing the 'Boomerang Hypothesis': Focus on Northwestern Russian Forests."
She was an ecologist and team leader for the US EPA and taught at the University of Cincinnati.
She has conducted research at the University of Helsinki, the University of Tampere, Finland, the University of Cincinnati, the University of Tennessee and Pomona College.
She received multiple honors from the US EPA, including the Superior Accomplishment Recognition Award, the Scientific and Technological Achievement Award and the Team Achievement Award. She also received the Science Alliance Graduate Student Award of Excellence from the University of Tennessee and the Vaile Prize in Biology from Pomona College.
She is part of the American Institute of Biological Sciences, the American Ornithologists' Union, the Association of Field Ornithologists, the Ecological Society of America, the International Association for Landscape Ecology, the International Society for Ecological Informatics, the International Society for Ecological Modeling, the Society for Conservation Biology and Sigma Xi the Scientific Research Society.
She also managed many projects for the US EPA ranging in value from $45,000 to $230,000. |
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16. Department of Visual and Performing Arts |
KALEN J. LARSON
Kalen J. Larson joins the faculty of the Department of Visual and Performing Arts. He comes to Michigan Tech from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Larson holds a Master of Fine Arts, Dramatic Art and Technical Production from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and a BA in Theatre and Speech Communication and a BA in Art from Siena Heights University.
He has been a technical and assistant technical director and has worked in set, lighting and sound design; projection; direction; and carpentry. He has worked for the Department of Dramatic Art Mainstage at UNC-CH, Applause! Youth Theatre in North Carolina, Players de Noc in Escanaba, Theatre Siena at Siena Heights University and the PlayMakers Repertory Company in North Carolina.
He received the Phyllis Rice Ryan Award and the Samuel Selden Memorial Scholarship from UNC-CH, the Alpha Psi Omega Award for Theatre Excellence and the Sister Craig Award for Theatre Excellence from SHU. He was also named the Outstanding Scholar in the Division of Visual and Performing Arts.
He has been part of multiple theater productions, including "Coyote on a Fence," "Beauty and the Beast," "The Legend of Pocahontas," "The Miss Firecracker Contest," "Pippin," "The Diary of Anne Frank," "Sleeping Beauty," "Steel Magnolias," "Dead Man Walking," "Alice in Wonderland," "Cabaret," "Noises Off," "Stone Soup," "A Lie of the Mind," "Pinocchio," "A Streetcar Named Desire," "You're a Good Man Charlie Brown," "Pool's Paradise," "The Little Prince," "Romeo and Juliet," "Tuesdays with Morrie" and "Cyrano de Bergerac." |
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17. Air Force ROTC |
ERIC CAMPBELL
Eric Campbell joins the Department of Military Science as a Gold Bar recruiter.
Lieutenant Campbell holds an undergraduate degree from Northern Michigan University.
He is awaiting orders from Infantry training at Fort Benning, Ga.
TREVOR CHARTIER
Trevor Chartier joins the Department of Military Science as an instructor and the enrollment officer.
Captain Chartier was stations at Fort Drum, N.Y., and served as a Squadron Intelligence Officer during a recent deployment to Iraq with the 10th Mountain Division.
PATRICK PEREZ
Patrick Perez joins the Department of Military Science as the senior military instructor and enlisted ROTC Commander.
Master Sergeant Perez was stationed at Redstone Arsenal, Ala., and served as the primary enlisted advisor with the Joint Robotics Repair Detachment in Baghdad, Iraq. |
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18. School of Technology |
LIRAN MA
Liran Ma joins the faculty of the School of Technology as an assistant professor. He comes to Michigan Tech from George Washington University.
Ma holds a PhD in Computer Science from George Washington University, an MS in Electrical Engineering from Beijing Jiaotong University and a BS in Electrical Engineering from Hunan University, China.
He was a teaching assistant and part of the technical staff at GWU, a research scientist at Philips Research in Shanghai and a visiting student at Microsoft Research Asia in Beijing.
He has published many articles in journals and numerous peer reviewed conference papers.
He was a student member of the ACM and Society of IEEE Computer. He was part of the Technical Program Committee of ICCCAS and WASA and a reviewer of IEEE Infocom, IEEE Globecom, IEEE WCNC and IEEE ICC for many years.
XINLI WANG
Xinli Wang joins the faculty of the School of Technology as an assistant professor. He comes to Michigan Tech from Colorado State University.
Wang holds PhD and MS degrees in Computer Science from Michigan Tech, a PhD in Forest Ecology from Nanjing Forestry University and MS and BS degrees in Agricultural Meteorology from the Nanjing Institute of Meteorology.
His research interests include distributed systems, parallel computing, networks, numerical modeling and the environment.
As a graduate research assistant, he researched education software; created a simulator that evaluated vector time; modified a TrueTime GPS card; developed algorithms for detecting deadlocks for a distribution system, vectors and detection of global conjunctive predicates in dynamic systems.
He received the Science and Technology Progress Award four times, from Jiangsu Province, the China Meteorological Administration, the Chinese Academy of Meteorological Sciences and Henan Province. He also received the Best Research Paper Award multiple times from the Henan Association for Science and Technology.
He was a research scientist at Colorado State University, where he wrote Java packages that were the connection between the database and scientists. He also implemented a Fortran 90 interface to simulate cotton growth and yield and created crop models and solar radiation transfer models. He was a graduate teaching assistant at Michigan Tech, where he taught Software Development Using C++ to second year students. |
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