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SENATE URGES INTERNAL SEARCH FOR VICE PROVOST

The University Senate passed a resolution Aug. 27 urging the administration to use an internal search to fill the position of vice provost.

The issue arose when senators questioned why the position was being filled at all. Senator Cindy Selfe (Humanities) said that people were concerned that an administration position was being posted in the wake of layoffs and 2 percent raises.

Provost Kent Wray said that he had asked Assistant Professor Dana Johnson (SBE), an expert in organizational structure, to do a study of his office. With 22 areas reporting directly to him, the provost has about three times as many as recommended in her report, Wray said.

As a remedy, Johnson suggested that the vacant vice provost for instruction position be filled and that the title be changed to executive vice provost. The duties would be similar but could include other responsibilities. The vice provost is expected to oversee a number of nonacademic areas, including Student Records and Registration, Educational Opportunity, Enrollment Management and the Center for Teaching, Learning and Faculty Development.

In addition, the Board of Control has directed President Curt Tompkins to fill the position, Wray said. “This Board is information hungry,” he said. In closed session, they had asked Tompkins why it takes so long to get information from Wray. When Tompkins explained the staffing situation in the Provost’s Office, “they said, ‘Fill that position,’” Wray said.

“It will take a long time for an outsider to come up to speed,” Senator Larry Davis (SBE) said. Wray said he would consider an internal search.

Senator Don Beck (Physics) suggested that, instead of a vice provost with academic rank, the university hire instead a professional staff person for $40,000 to $60,000 a year to provide assistance in the Provost’s Office.

“Faculty don’t like to take direction from nonfaculty,” Wray said. “It’s imperative to fill this position with someone with the rank of senior associate professor or professor.”

On a near-unanimous voice vote, the senate passed a sense-of-the-senate resolution recommending that the vice provost be selected internally. Such a move would save the estimated $15,000 cost of an external search, reduce training time, and acknowledge the fact that the university has a number of well-qualified potential candidates for the job.

The senate also elected its representatives to the Vice Provost Search Committee. They include Martha Sloan, from the College of Engineering; Marty Janners, College of Sciences and Arts; Tom Merz, representing faculty not in either of the Colleges; Bill Sproule, at-large faculty; and Becky Christianson, professional staff.

Senator Madhukar Vable (MEEM) said there should be more coordination between the Board of Control’s evaluation of the university president and the senate-sponsored evaluation of the president, which occurs every four years. Senate president Robert Keen said the administration has asked for more-frequent evaluations, but that the senate cannot force the Board of Control take its evaluations into account.

Perhaps the senate should ask the Board what their view is of the senate’s evaluation process, Vable said.

In terms of the senate’s influence on the Board, “all we have anyway is publicity,” Beck said.

In other business, the senate continued debate on Proposal 19-03, Changing Principal Investigators on Funded Research Projects. The proposal says that, when the principal investigator moves to another institution, the university may allow transfer of the project to the PI’s new workplace. Senator Jacek Borysow (Physics) said the university should have to let the PI take the project, since the PI performs the work. Senator David Hand (Civil and Environmental Engineering) said that, while the university usually allows the project to be transferred in these cases, the research contract is between the university and the funding organization. Plus, the project can involve staff and faculty other than the PI. The senate is expected to continue debate on the issue at its next meeting. The language in the proposal was taken from National Science Foundation guidelines, Vable said.

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STEPHENSON FOUNDATION ESTABLISHES $200,000 SCHOLARSHIP ENDOWMENT

The Edward C. and Hazel L. Stephenson Foundation has established a permanently endowed scholarship fund at Michigan Tech with a recent gift of $200,000. The Edward C. and Hazel L. Stephenson Scholarship Fund will support undergraduate and graduate students upon review by the university's scholarship committee.

Awards are intended for deserving students who have overcome personal hardships or academic difficulties; have special needs or disabilities; are older, nontraditional students; are parents of young children; are the first in their immediate families to attend college; are providing at least 25 percent of their tuition through their own employment while in school; graduated from high school in a lower-income, inner-city urban or remote rural location; and/or are members of a demographic group traditionally underrepresented in higher education. All recipients will be of objectively discerned high moral character and must reside in or have attended high school in Michigan or the Midwest.

"We are excited about this award, which will support several students each year in their educational pursuits at Michigan Tech," said Director of Corporate and Foundation Development Kevin Geshel. "We are grateful to Foundation President Ludger Beauvais for his continued support of the university."

The Stephenson Foundation has made an annual gift of approximately $10,000 in recent years to support scholarships at Michigan Tech. The new endowment fund "represents the foundation's generous commitment to the university and sustained support for future Stephenson Scholars," commented Carolyn Weissbach, associate director for CFD.

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HUSKIES DRIVE TIME HAS A NEW SPONSOR, MOYLE CONCRETE & BUILDING SUPPLY

Moyle Concrete & Building Supply is the new sponsor for Huskies Drive Time. The 30-minute radio show on Mix 93 (93.5 FM) focuses on Michigan Tech athletics. The program, hosted by Mix 93 personality Dirk Hembroff, airs each Wednesday from 7:30 to 8 a.m. and will run through mid-March. Mix 93 is the exclusive home of MTU athletics. The show can also be heard live on the Internet by following the Huskies Radio link at http://www.michigantechhuskies.com/.

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OMEGA HOUSE FUNDRAISER A SUCCESS

UAW Local 5000's fundraiser for the benefit of the Omega House was great success. The Office Professionals will present a $2,200 check to Lois Berg, Omega House campaign director. This money will go toward the building of the first hospice house in the Upper Peninsula.

Local 5000 would like to thank the MTU community for their generous contributions.

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STUDENTS INVITED TO JOIN AEROSPACE ENTERPRISE

The Aerospace Enterprise will hold an informational meeting on Thursday, Aug. 28, at 6 p.m. in MEEM 112. Members of the team work on the Nanosat 3 project and will have the opportunity to work with organizations such as NASA, Texas Instruments, Alameda Applied Science and the Air Force Research Laboratory. If you know of students that might be interested, please let them know about the meeting. For more information, they can e-mail Jason Makela at jmakela@mtu.edu or Jeff Carpenter at jjcarpen@mtu.edu.

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WEIGHT WATCHERS MEETING SEPT. 4

All MTU students and employees are invited to attend the first meeting of the new Weight Watchers FlexPoints program on Thursday, Sept. 4, from 12:15 to 12:45 p.m. in the Memorial Union Red Metal Room. Weigh-ins will be held 15 minutes before and after the meeting. For more information, contact Nancy Bykonnen by e-mail at nabykkon@mtu.edu or call 487-2517.

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MTU PRESCHOOL REGISTRATION TUESDAY, SEPT. 2

MTU Preschool has openings in fall classes for children ages 3-5. Registration will be held Tuesday, Sept. 2, from noon to 6 p.m. Classes begin Sept. 3. New this year at the preschool are extended class hours for 4-year-olds and help with transportation. All interested families are welcome. MTU Preschool is a nonprofit preschool located in the Daniell Heights Community Building on the Michigan Tech campus. Daniell Heights student residents receive a preschool tuition discount. For enrollment forms and information, call 483-3939 or 487-2720.

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TEACHING AT TECH: DELIVERING AN EFFECTIVE WAKE-UP CALL

by William Kennedy, director, Center for Teaching, Learning and Faculty Development

Every two years we survey our entering students using an instrument from the Higher Education Research Institute associated with UCLA. This survey gives us a periodic snapshot of some of the experiences and attitudes common among our incoming students. This same survey, now in its 37th year, is employed by 1,700 institutions of higher learning and has about 10 million student responses in the database gathered since its inception. This large database allows us to track attitudinal trends over time, as well as to compare the ideas of our students against those of their peers at across the country.

As I reviewed the data provided by the students who entered MTU in the fall of 2002, I was not surprised to see some disturbing trends that may explain why around 40 percent of our first-year students wind up on academic probation. It appears that a large percentage of our students are able to graduate with top grades from high school while expending little or no effort outside of class.

For example, 8.3 percent of the 1,068 MTU students who participated in the survey in 2002 reported that they didn't study or do homework at all during their senior year of high school. An additional 20.9 percent said they studied less than an hour per week during their senior year. Another 22.9 percent reported studying one to two hours per week. If you add these groups together, it appears that over half of the students who made it into Michigan Tech studied or did homework for two hours or less per week during their senior year of high school. At the same time, 93.5 percent of this very same set of students reported graduating from high school with a B average or better.

Escalating grades resulting from decreasing levels of effort appear to translate into inflated academic aspirations. When asked how well they think that they will do at MTU, 64 percent of the 2000 entering class said they expected to achieve a B average or better in college. Over 20 percent projected that they would graduate from MTU with honors.

My point is that many of our students arrive on campus untested and ill-prepared to contend with the increased rigor and demands that our academic programs place upon them. We warn them repeatedly not to expect that the practices that got them through high school will serve them well in this environment. But those warnings go largely unheeded.

A more effective approach, especially if you are teaching sections with a significant percentage of first-year students, might be to build a rigorous test, paper or assignment early in the course to demonstrate to students the level of commitment that will be required throughout the course. Design the assignment or test so that you can return it quickly and set up the course grading structure so that students can recover from one early failure. This early wake-up call might just help some of them to rise to the occasion.

We know that these students do not recover well when that wake-up call comes in the form of the mid-semester exam returned in the 9th or 10th week of class. To some degree, many of our students come here thinking college is going to be a walk in the park, similar to their experience in high school. Help them to make the early adjustment that will enable them to succeed in this environment in any way that you can.

THE REAL McCOY AT THE ROZSA

submitted by University Cultural Enrichment

Fans say that he's an artist you can't see just once. He's the real McCoy, Neal that is, who for 20 years has built his considerable reputation around his fast-paced, explosive, hugely entertaining show. This amazing entertainer comes to the Rozsa on Sunday, Sept. 7, for a single performance at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are on sale at the Rozsa Center Box Office (487-3200, Monday-Friday, 11:30 a.m.-5 p.m. or http://www.tickets.mtu.edu).

"If I had my druthers," McCoy says, "I'd like to do a show for the whole world." On stage he is truly in his element. "When the audience is really into it, it just doesn't get any better. On stage is where I belong." Wearing his trademark cowboy attire--starched, tight Wrangler jeans, a white button-down shirt and a wide-rimmed cowboy hat--this singer radiates energy and good humor. It has been said that if Neal McCoy could capture his live shows in the studio, he'd be bigger than Elvis. There is great variety in his music, and much is from the heart of the classic country experience. "A whole lot of my success," he reflects, "has been built on feel-good kinds of songs, and that makes perfect sense, because that's the kind of guy I am. I'll never stop doing songs like 'Wink' or 'The Shake.' They make people want to get up and move or clap or sing along, and that's a big reason I do what I do." He has a great sense of humor, making funny comments about the audience or self-deprecating jokes about his past hits. It's good clean fun, making for a great family show.

McCoy's great talent as a singer and entertainer has long been recognized in the industry. The Recording Industry Association of America recently certified McCoy's latest album, Greatest Hits, with platinum status for sales of 1 million. This award marks his third platinum album. He has also recorded a dozen top 10 singles. Apart from huge sales, he is a winner of the TNN/Music City News' Video of the Year award and a two-time winner of the Entertainer of the Year award.

McCoy got his professional start as an opening act for Charley Pride, and it wasn't too long before he earned his own solo spot on the show. Pride was a strong influence for McCoy, along with Frank Sinatra and Michael Jackson. "Charley was so good on stage, making people feel relaxed," McCoy recalls. "And offstage, he was still the same guy, very approachable. I tried to learn that from him."

McCoy's hometown is Jacksonville, Texas. His father is a Texan of Irish decent, his mother is Filipino, and he calls himself a Texapino. Married for 21 years, he has two children.

McCoy's performance at the Rozsa is sponsored by the James & Margaret Black Endowment. For further information about this or other Great Events call the MTU Great Events Series Office at 487-2844.

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GREAT EVENTS AT THE ROZSA: SAVE WITH SUBSCRIPTION PACKAGES

submitted by University Cultural Enrichment

In a departure from the fall and spring on-sale dates of previous years, this fall single tickets will go on sale for the entire 2003-04 Great Events Season at the Rozsa Center at noon on Saturday, Sept. 6. This should provide a strong motivation to beat the rush and purchase a subscription package before Sept. 6. It's one way to make life a little less complicated and get a good deal in the bargain.

The upcoming season includes an exciting line-up of national and international touring companies, Broadway musicals, classical orchestras, jazz, rhythm 'n' blues, comedy shows, theater, dance, Chinese acrobats and more. Subscription packages are now on sale at the Rozsa Center Box Office (487-3200, Monday-Friday, 11:30 a.m.-5 p.m.).

There are three subscription packages from which to choose: the Nifty Nine Package and the Nifty Nine Package plus Broadway musicals save 15 percent over the single ticket price; and the Wildcard package allows you to choose a minimum of six events for a 10 percent saving. All subscribers who wish to buy additional tickets for family and friends may do so at a 10 percent discount, provided the tickets are purchased at the same time as the subscription.

Apart from the obvious money savings, there are other significant benefits to becoming a subscriber: a choice of the best seats available before they go on sale to the general public, retaining your favorite seats from year to year, and the convenience of never having to wait in line at the box office before a show. In addition, the Box Office will replace lost tickets.

Subscription brochures and the annual calendars detailing the Great Events season at the Rozsa and the Department of Fine Arts productions are available at the Rozsa Center Box Office and at the J. R. Van Pelt Library (inquire at the circulation desk) on campus. Elsewhere they are available at the Portage Lake District Library, the Keweenaw Chamber of Commerce, the MTU Credit Union, Jim's Foodmart and Econo Foods.

MTU REMOTE SENSING INSTITUTE SEMINAR SERIES FEATURES PROMINENT WOMEN SCIENTISTS

An interdisciplinary series of lectures on environmental and remote sensing topics will once again be offered at Michigan Tech this year. The lectures are given on Mondays or Wednesdays from 4-5 p.m. in Dow 641. The theme of this semester's series is "Atmospheric Particles and Global Change Science."

The series will feature 10 visiting speakers from well-known environmental research centers in the US and Europe. The RSI seminars aim to highlight the increasing numbers of leading women scientists in environmental and remote sensing science. Three prominent, award-winning, women scientists are invited this semester.

Jean Bahr, professor at University of Wisconsin, Madison, is the 2003 Birdsall-Driess Distinguished Lecturer and will be sponsored by the Geological Society of America. She will present "Groundwater as an Ecosystem Resource" on Wednesday, Sept. 17.

Richelle Allen-King, associate professor at Washington State University, is the 2003 Darcy Lecturer, sponsored by the National Groundwater Association, and will present "Ground and Surface Water Contributions to Chemical Mass Discharge: Considering the Problem From Field and Basin Scales" on Monday, Sept. 29.

Azadeh Tabazadeh, an atmospheric scientist with the NASA Ames Research Center, will visit on Wednesday, Oct. 22, to speak about the processes of formation of ice in clouds. Tabazedeh has received awards from the American Meteorological Society, the American Geophysical Union, and the Popular Science Top Ten. She is also a leading advocate of women in science.

The series, funded by the Remote Sensing Institute with help from the departments of Physics and Geological Engineering and Sciences, forms the basis of a special class, UN 4000 (CRN # 82078), which is for students interested in exploring interdisciplinary research futures. The one-credit class is open to all juniors, seniors and grad students.

For more information about the lectures and the speakers, visit the the RSI web site at http://www.rsi.mtu.edu/seminar_current.html. If you want to be added to the e-mail list or have further questions, contact the seminar coordinator, Bill Rose, via e-mail at raman@mtu.edu.

All of the RSI lectures are free and open to everyone. Light refreshments will be served.

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MEEM GRADUATE SEMINAR TUESDAY, SEPT. 2

Catherine Brinson of Northwestern University will be presenting a MEEM graduate seminar, "Why Nanoreinforced Polymers? Mechanics Issues," on Tuesday, Sept. 2, 3-4 p.m., MEEM 112.

NEW STAFF

Luke Kiss has joined the Athletic Department as assistant men's basketball coach. He was previously employed at University of Wisconsin-Green Bay as director of basketball operations. He received his BA from UW-Green Bay. Kiss enjoys working out, reading and watching the Chicago Cubs. He lives in Hancock.

Tamela Odom has joined the Admissions staff as an admissions counselor. She previously worked for the admissions departments at NMU and Concordia University-River Forest, Illinois. She received her BA in English/Communications and her MA in Pyschology from Concordia University.

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NEW FUNDING

Research Assistant John Erickson (SFRES) has received a $40,000 grant from the U. S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service Northeastern Area State and Private Forestry, for his project, "A Proposal to Determine the Quality of Tongue and Groove Paneling Made from Live and Dead Jack Pine."

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IN PRINT

Associate Professor Ulrich H. E. Hansmann (Physics) published a paper, "Parallel Tempering Simulations of HP-36" in Proteins: Structure, Function and Genetics, Vol. 52:436-445. His coauthors are Chai-Yu Lin and Chin-Ku Hu (Institute of Physics, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan).

Associate Professor Sonia Goltz and former Associate Professor Amy Hietapelto (SBE) published an article, "Using the Operant and Strategic Contingencies Models of Power to Understand Resistance to Change," in the Journal of Organizational Behavior Management, Vol. 22, Number 390.

Professor Vladimir Tonchev (Mathematical Sciences) published a paper, "A Note on MDS Codes, N-Arcs and Complete Designs," in Designs, Codes and Cryptography, Vol. 29(2003).

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ON THE ROAD

Assistant Professor Debra Wright (Biomedical Engineering) presented an invited talk, "Composite Materials for Orthopaedic Applications," to the Orthopaedic Research Laboratory at the University of Michigan on Aug. 12.

Associate Professor Ulrich H. E. Hansmann (Physics) presented an invited talk, "All-Atom Simulations of Proteins--How Far Can We Go?" at the III Brasilian Meeting on Simulational Physics, Ouro Preto, Brazil, Aug. 13-15. His coauthors are graduate student Yong Peng (Physics) and Nelson Alves (FFCLRP, University of Sao Paulo).

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PROPOSALS IN PROGRESS

Researchers, their proposals and their potential sponsors are

*William I. Rose, Janelle Byman (GMES), "Physical Volcanology of the 84 ka Los Chocoyos Eruption of Atitlan Caldera, Guatemala," NSF

*David J. Flaspohler (SFRES), "The Decline of Canada Yew in the Upper Great Lakes: Causal Mechanisms and Implications for Small Understory Vertebrates," Wildlife Forever and American Wildlife Research Foundation

*R. Chris Williams (CEE), "Development of Simple Performance Tests Using Laboratory Test Procedures to Illustrate the Effects of Moisture Damage on Hot Mix Asphalt", MDOT

*James Mihelcic (CEE), Sheryl Sorby (Engineering), Jacqueline Huntoon (GMES), Blair Orr (SFRES), "Sustainable Futures Graduate Teaching Fellows: Track 2 Proposal," NSF

*J. Y. Hwang (GMES), "Development of Multi-Cell Jigging for Cleaning Illinois Coal Fines," Illinois Department of Commerce & Economic Development

*Timothy J. Schulz (Electrical and Computer Engineering), "An Investigation of Multi-Channel LADAR Processing," Eglin Air Force Base

*Aleksandra Borysow, Uffe G. Jorgensen (Physics), "New Opacities and Model Atmospheres of Extrasolar Giant Planets and Sub-Stellar Mass Objects," NASA

*Charles Wallace, Jean Mayo (Computer Science), "Formal Methods for Teaching Concurrent Program Design," NSF

*John Lowther, Ching-Kuang Shene (Computer Science), "Can a Theory Course Provide Interesting and Comprehensive Connections to Other Areas in Computer Science Curricula?" NSF

*David R. Shonnard, Tony N. Rogers (Chemical Engineering), "Collaborative Research: Enhancing Process Design for the Chemical Engineering Curriculum Using Eco-Efficiency Methods and Software Tools," NSF

*Ching-Kuang Shene, Jean Mayo (Computer Science), "Teaching Distributed Computing Made Easy with Protocol Visualization and Algorithm Animation," NSF

*Seyed A. Zekavat, Glen Archer (Electrical and Computer Engineering), Kedmon Hungwe (Education), "Optimizing the Interdisciplinary Course: Introduction to Electrical Engineering (EE) for Non-EE Majors," NSF

*Sheryl Sorby (Engineering), Paul Charlesworth (Chemistry), Kedmon Hungwe (Education), "ENVISIONS--Enhancing Vizualization Skills--Improving Options and Success," NSF

*Tammy L. Haut Donahue (MEEM), "Calculating Biothermomechanical Fields in RF Therapies," Michigan State University

*Iosif Pinelis (Mathematical Sciences), "Modeling the Evolution of Species," NSF

*Gordon Parker (MEEM), "Development of Hydraulic Pump Internal State Measurement System," DOD

*Elias Aifantis (Engineering), "US-EC Symposia on Microstructures/Nanostructures and Nonlocal Plasticity: Continuum vs. Discrete Formulations," NSF

*Aleksandra Borysow, Uffe G. Jorgensen (Physics), "New Opacities and Model Atmospheres of Cool Stars and Substellar Mass Objects," NASA

*Erik Nordberg (Library), "Preservation Needs Assessment for Archival Collections at Michigan Technological University," National Endowment for the Humanities

*Patrick E. Martin, Susan R. Martin, Timothy J. Scarlett (Social Sciences), "Archaeological Survey, Proposed Sewer Alignment, Franklin Township," Franklin Township

*Albert S. Wylie (GMES), "Material Balance of Carbonate Petroleum Systems--Configuration and Visualization of the Niagaran-Salina Reservoirs, Source Rocks, and Migration History in the Michigan . . ." The Petroleum Research Fund

*Martin Jurgensen (SFRES), "Influence of Climate on Wood Decomposition Across USFS Experimental Forests," USFS

*Martin Jurgensen (SFRES), "Linking Fiber Production and Soil Productivity to Intensity of Silviculture," USFS

*Lori Sherman (Educational Opportunity), "Indian Health Services (IHS) Children and Youth Initiative," KBIC

*S. K. Kawatra (Chemical Engineering), "Single-Step Ironmaking from Ore to Improve Energy Efficiency," DOE

*T. C. Eisele (Chemical Engineering), "Direct Biohydrometallurgical Extraction of Iron from Ore," DOE

*Yoke Khin Yap (Physics), "Molecular Nanomaterials for Device Applications," The City College of New York

*Martin Thompson (Chemistry), "Developing Small Molecule Inhibitors of Transcriptional Initiation," Dreyfus Foundation

*Kurt S. Pregitzer (SFRES), "Using Stable Isotopes to Determine the Rate and Fate of Canopy CO2 Flux in the Aspen FACE Experiment," USDA Forest Service

*Terry McNinch (CEE), "Phase One CPR 2003," MDOT

*Terry McNinch (CEE), "Intersection Safety for Non-Engineers," FHWA

*Martin F. Jurgensen (SFRES), "Retention and Recruitment of Coarse Woody Debris in High Gradient and Low Gradient Streams," USFS

*Kurt S. Pregitzer (SFRES), "Effect of Increased Atmospheric CO2 and O3 on Mycorrhizal Fungal Communities," USDA Forest Service

*John F. Sandell, Todd R. King (Technology), Chris S. Anderson (Educational Opportunity), "Development of Associate to Baccalaureate Educational Pathways in Chemical Science Engineering, and Technology," NSF

*S. K. Kawatra, T. C. Eisele (Chemical Engineering), "Optimizing Comminution Energy Use Over the Entire Spectrum of Particle Sizes for a Broad Range of Minerals," DOE

*John S. Gierke, Deborah N. Beach (GMES), "Modeling Ozone Sparging for the In Situ Destruction of Petroleum Hydrocarbons in Soil and Groundwater," ACS PRF

*Kurt S. Pregitzer (SFRES), "Woody Plants, Carbon Allocation and Fine Roots," USDA Forest Service

*Martin F. Jurgensen (SFRES), "Earthworm Field Survey," USDA Forest Service

*Susan R. Martin, Cristina Menghini, Larry D. Lankon, Patrick E. Martin (Social Sciences), "Examining Patterns of 19th Century Italian Immigration to Michigan's Copper Country," National Italian American Foundation

*Luc Gilles (Electrical and Computer Engineering), "Closed Loop Extreme Adaptive Optics and Multi-Conjugate Adaptive Optics Performance Evaluation," University of Arizona Center for Adaptive Optics

*Gregg Bluth, Jeremy Shannon (GMES), "Merging High Temporal Resolution Data of SO2 Emissions and Seismicity from Soufriere Hills Volcano, Montserrat," NSF

*Theresa M. Ahlborn (Civil and Environmental Engineering), "Condition Assessment and Methods of Abatement for Prestressed Concrete Box-Beam Deterioration," MDOT

*S.K. Kawatra (Chemical Engineering), "Dust Suppression in Iron Ore Processing Plants," Minnesota DNR/IOCR

*Chung-Jui Tsai, Darrem Touchell, David Karnosky (SFRES), "Cryogenic Preservation of Transgenic Populus Germplasm for Functional Genomics Research," NSF

*Raymond A. Shaw (Physics), "Collaborative Research: Turbulence Effects on Cloud Microphysics in RICO," NSF

*Carol MacLennan (Social Sciences), "Archaeological and Historical Survey of the Huron Mine Complex," City of Houghton

*S. K. Kawatra (Chemical Engineering), "Novel Methods for CO2 Sequestration in High-Volume Industrial Byproducts," US DOE

*Iosif Pinelis (Mathematical Sciences), "Species Evolution Modeling," NSF

*John S. King (SFRES), "Fuxes, Decay Rates, and Mean Residence Times of Carbon and Nutrients in Leaf Litter of Northern Forests Under Elevated CO2 and Tropospheric O3," USDA Forest Service

*Sheryl Sorby (College of Engineering), John Sutherland (MEEM), Jim Frendewey (SBE), Leonard Bohmann (Electrical and Computer Engineering), Kris Mattila (CEE), "Defining a Curriculum for Service Sector Engineering," NSF

*Albert S. Wylie, James R. Wood, Wayne D. Pennington (GMES), "Maxmizing EOR and Sequestration Capacities of Secure Geocontainer Near Industrial Centers in the Upper Midwest," US DOE

*Terry McNinch (CEE), "MCLS 2004," MDOT

*Chandrashekhar P. Joshi (SFRES), "Functional Analysis of Three Cellulose Synthase Genes Involved in Primary Cell Wall Development in Aspen Trees," NSF

*Judith A. Perlinger, Noel R. Urban (CEE), "Novel Tracers for Study of Air-Water Exchange," AAAS

*Will Cantrell, Alexander Kostinski (Physics), "ACT: Implications of Aerosol Clustering for Exposure, Risk and Death Toll Estimates," NSF

*David F. Karnosky (SFRES), "Aspen Isoprene Emissions and Ozone," University of Wisconsin-Madison

*Chunxiao Chigan (Electrical and Computer Engineering), "CAREER: Integrated Security Provisioning and Resource Allocation in MANET," NSF

*Lyon B. King (MEEM), "PECASE: High-Power Hall Thrusters Using Condensible Metal Propellants," DOD

*Yoke Khin Yap (Physics), "CAREER: Synthesis, Characterization and Discovery of Frontier Carbon Materials," NSF

*Seyed A. Zekavat (Electrical and Computer Engineering), "CAREER: Adaptive Antennas with Dynamic Beam Patterns," NSF

*Seungjin Park (Computer Science), "CAREER: Achieving Efficient Communications in Wireless Mobile Ad Hoc Networks," NSF

*Soner Onder (Computer Science), "CAREER: Futures Values--Reshaping the Future of Instruction Level Parallelism," NSF

*E. Urnezius (Chemistry), "CAREER: Novel Metallopolymers and Catalysts Based on Rigid Triopdal Polyphsophine Ligands," NSF

*Shuanglin Zhang (Mathematical Sciences), "CAREER: Statistical Methods in Genetic Association Studies for Complex Diseases," NSF

*Lyon B. King (MEEM), "CAREER: Electron Fluid Dynamics in Hall-Effect Accelerator: Using Fundamental Research to Enhance Education and Technology," NSF

*Xin-Lin Gao (MEEM), "CAREER: Modeling of Graphitic Carbon Foams," NSF

*Debra D. Wright (Biomedical Engineering), "CAREER: Polymer/Ceramic Composites for Orthopedic Applications," NSF

*Tammy L. Haut Donahue (MEEM), "CAREER: The Biochemical Response of Meniscal Tissue to Altered Loading," NSF

*Hao Wang (MSE), "CAREER: Equilibrium Thermodynamics and Thermodynamic Metastability of Polymer Blends with Coexisting Liquid-Liquid Phase Separation and Crystallization," NSF

*Rolf O. Peterson (SFRES), "Forest Vegetation Surveys," Isle Royale National Park

*John W. van de Lindt (CEE), "Planning of NEES/E-Defense International Collaboration," NSF

*Judith Perlinger (CEE), "Quantification of Transport of Persistent Organic Pollutants in the Free Troposphere of the Central North Atlantic," NOAA

*Judith Perlinger (CEE), "Comparison of Technologies to Measure Flux Determination," EPA

*James B. Pickens, Blair D. Orr, Scott D. Noble (SFRES), "Grading and Scaling the Log Database Maintained by RWU-4701: Efficient Use of the Northern Forest Resource," USDA Forest Service

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September

2--Tuesday

  3-4 p.m.--Seminar, "Why Nanoreinforced Polymers? Mechanics Issues"--MEEM 112

4--Thursday

  12:15-12:45 p.m.--Weight Watchers meeting--MUB Red Metal Room

6--Saturday

  10 a.m.--Women's Tennis, Saginaw Valley State at MTU--Gates Tennis Center

7--Sunday

  10 a.m.--Women's Tennis, Northwood at MTU--Gates Tennis Center

  7:30 p.m.--Neal McCoy--Rozsa Center

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MICHIGAN TECH POSITIONS AVAILABLE

Job descriptions will be available at 1 p.m. on Friday, or by e-mail at <JOBS@MTU.EDU>.

The following positions will be posted Friday, Aug. 29, 2003, at 1 p.m. through noon, Monday, Sept. 8, 2003, in the Human Resources Office or at http://www.admin.mtu.edu/hro/postings/

Office Assistant 4--University Career Center (Regular, full-time, 10-month position; UAW internal and external posting)

Cook's Helper--Residential Services, Dining (Regular, full-time, nine-month position; AFSCME internal posting only)

Cook--Residential Services, Dining (AFSCME internal posting only)

Coordinator of Biomedical Engineering/Corporate Internships--Biomedical Engineering

University employees are reminded to apply in writing prior to noon, Monday, Sept. 8, 2003, to be considered as internal candidates for bargaining unit positions only. Applicants from the recall pool will be given first consideration for non-bargaining-unit positions only. Vacancy announcements are normally posted every Friday at 1 p.m. in the Human Resources Office. Complete job descriptions are available in the Human Resources Office or by calling 487-2280. More information regarding employment opportunities is available by calling the Job Line at 487-2895. Michigan Technological University is an equal opportunity educational institution/equal opportunity employer.

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