Two Great Lakes restoration research projects by Michigan Tech researchers are among 12 selected for funding, the University of Michigan Water Center announced today. Fifty-four research teams from universities near the Great Lakes and beyond submitted proposals for nearly $570,000 total funding.

A team led by Amy Marcarelli, assistant professor of biological sciences who also works with the GLRC, received $50,000 to study the impact of remediation of stamp sands along Hills Creek on the Keweenaw Peninsula. David Dean, assistant research scientist at the Michigan Tech Research Institute (MTRI) in Ann Arbor, heads another Michigan Tech team that received a $50,000 Water Center grant to develop a geospatial database to inform response plans for dealing with oil or chemical spills in the Great Lakes.

Marcarelli's co-investigator is Casey Huckins, associate professor of biological sciences who also works with the GLRC. Dean's co-investigators are Colin Brooks and Arthur Endsley, both research scientists at MTRI in Ann Arbor.

The UM Water Center was formed last October to provide a scientific framework for more efficient and effective Great Lakes restoration. This is its first round of grants. A second round of larger grants will be awarded later this year.

For the full story, see Great Lakes.

* Dylan Anderson: Michigan Tech Alumni Scholarship

* Chris Blessing: AREMA Committee 27--Maintenance-of-Way Work Equipment Scholarship

* Anthony Passariello: Michigan Tech Alumni Scholarship

* Sean Pengelly: AREMA Committee 18--Light Density and Short Line Railways Scholarship

* Nicholas Lanoue: REMSA Scholarship

* Hamed Pouryousef: AREMA Educational Foundation Scholarship

* Irfan Rasul: AREMA Committee 30--Ties Scholarship

The AREMA Foundation provides scholarships to engineering students who are specializing in the railway industry and supports other educational and training endeavors that help to ensure the future of the profession.

All scholarship recipients were members of the Railroad Engineering and Activities Club (REAC), a multidisciplinary student organization for those with an interest in rail.

For more information about the club, see REAC.

A National Science Foundation program, I-Corps stands for Innovation Corps. Its goal is to help researchers learn how to do customer and market analysis, to enable them to fine-tune their technologies to meet an actual market need.

The technology they are looking to develop is a rapid, portable blood-typing device.

Minerick's team is the third one from Michigan Tech chosen to participate in the I-Corps program.

Governor Rick Snyder toured the 515 acre site, where he met with students and teachers, and also commented on the event. "There are so many opportunities in construction," Governor Snyder said. "It's about showing young people this is an opportunity to get training, have a great career, and help rebuild Michigan and reinvent our state.”

Lynn Artman from the School of Technology and Charles Fobbs, an undergraduate student in the Construction Management program, participated as exhibitors for Michigan Tech.

CTT staff assisting in the organization and execution of the event included John Ryynanen, Maureen Anton and Belle Wirtanen. Ryynanen serves on the Construction Career Days Advisory Committee.

For more information about Michigan Construction Career Days, see CCD.

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