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SENATE APPROVES PSYCHOLOGY DEGREE

The University Senate gave its stamp of approval Nov. 19 to a proposed BS degree in Psychology.

Senator Jim Pickens (SFRES), a member of the Senate Finance Committee, said that projected enrollment "may be optimistic"--90 to 120 students in five years--but that the program still has the potential to be a significant asset to the university.

"It will attract a different group of people, and it will retain a different group of people," he said. It would provide another degree choice for prospective students from the local area who wish to remain at home. And it would give MTU students who want to change majors another reason to stay at Michigan Tech.

The program, which is supported by the administration, now goes to the Board of Control and State Board of Academic Officers for their approval.

The senate passed five other proposals, two of them aimed directly at enrollment. Proposal 7-04, Expanded Undergraduate Degree Programs, supports the development of new degree programs. Proposal 9-04, Enhancing the Campus and Community, supports initiatives to promote campus and community attributes, such at MTU's waterfront, in order to attract students.

Proposal 8-04, The Role of Nonengineering Disciplines at Michigan Tech, would rewrite a guiding principle of the 2000 Strategic Plan to emphasize the importance of departments outside of science and engineering, stating that they "not only provide valuable complements to an education in engineering, science and technology, but also make valuable contributions to the university with their own degree programs."

Proposal 2-04 provides a policy and procedure for awarding posthumous degrees, and Proposal 5-04 changes the name of the MS in Mathematics to the MS in Mathematical Sciences.

In other business

* Senate president Robert Keen said that the faculty vote on new tenure and promotion guidelines had been postponed to Jan. 28.

* The senate established procedures for choosing a committee of tenured faculty to provide advice on budget reduction. Senators will solicit nominees from their schools and departments. The senate will elect one committee member from each college and school, as well as three at-large members.

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MICHIGAN TECH PRESIDENT CALLS ALUMNI, STUDENTS TO ACTION:

QUALITY CAN'T CONTINUE WITH LARGE CUTS

President Curt Tompkins is calling on the university's alumni, faculty, staff and students to tell legislators they oppose large cuts to higher education. "Now is the time to take action and write a letter," he said.

The action comes as some legislators call for cuts in state funding for universities of 10 percent. It would be the second year in a row that higher education took a 10 percent reduction in state appropriations.

"We cannot continue to offer a high-quality science and engineering education with such drastic cuts," Tompkins said. "If we experience a 10 percent cut again this year, our appropriations will have dropped from almost $55 million in July 2002 to $45 million in December 2003, returning us to pre-1995 funding levels when inflation is considered."

Tompkins noted that, in the last year, Michigan Tech has eliminated more than 60 jobs and reduced expenses by $7 million. In recent years, faculty and staff have seen little or no pay increases and are paying more out of their own pockets for health care.

During a recent state-wide budget tour, Governor Jennifer Granholm said every area supported by tax dollars will be affected by the projected $920 million state budget shortfall.

"The question is one of priorities," Tompkins said. "The process pits universities against prisons against Medicaid against K-12 education against economic development against arts and culture . . . and on and on. But higher education has a huge economic impact on the state."

The Presidents Council of State Universities cites a study showing that every dollar spent on higher education results in $26 dollars in economic development.

"These cuts will also affect the affordability and quality of education," Tompkins said. "It is important to the state of Michigan to maintain one of the most outstanding systems of higher education in the nation. Once lost, it will be difficult to restore its competitiveness."

Last year's 10 percent cut continued a long-term trend of eroding support for higher education. "Thirty years ago, state appropriations contributed 75 percent of our revenue," Tompkins said. "Now it is just 49 percent."

Tompkins noted that, because of these state actions, tuition has increased, placing a much higher burden on students and their families.

The state legislature is expected to take up the budget-cutting process when members return to Lansing on Dec. 2.

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SENATE, HOUSE BILLS INCLUDE $2 MILLION FOR MTU PROJECTS

In separate bills, the U.S. Senate and the House of Representatives have approved $2 million in funding for two endeavors at Michigan Tech.

The Omnibus Energy and Water Appropriations Conference Bill, passed by the House and awaiting final Senate approval, provides $1 million for research on nanostructured materials to advance hydrogen fuel cell development.

The Senate has included $1 million to support the relocation of the A. E. Seaman Mineral Museum in its version of the Department of Housing and Urban Development appropriations bill. Members of the Senate and House will now meet in a conference committee to work out the differences between the two spending bills.

"We are deeply grateful to Senator Carl Levin and Senator Debbie Stabenow for their consistent support of this project," said Stan Dyl II, director of the mineral museum. "This appropriation, should we get it, will do a great deal to catalyze this project."

Museum planners hope to move the facility, located on the fifth floor of the Electrical Energy Resources Center, to the Quincy Mine Hoist site of the Keweenaw National Historical Park. The estimated cost of the entire relocation project is $17 million.

"If this appropriation passes, its impact will be felt immediately," Dyl said. "We'll begin rehabilitating the blacksmith and machine shop buildings to accommodate the museum."

If approved, the House energy bill appropriation for nanostructured materials and hydrogen fuel cell development will support research centered in the Department of Chemical Engineering.

"We've been working with the Department of Defense on building better fuel cells for vehicles," department chair Michael Mullins said. "Under this Department of Energy grant, if it's passed by the Senate, we'll be developing new nanotechnologies to apply to electrochemical systems, hydrogen storage and other fuel cell materials."

"I'd like to take this opportunity to say thanks to Congressman Bart Stupak," Mullins added. "Without his help, this wouldn't have happened."

"All of this is really, really good news for us," said Dale Tahtinen, vice president for governmental relations. "We owe a debt of gratitude to Senator Levin, Senator Stabenow and Congressman Stupak for their tireless efforts on behalf of Michigan Tech."

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AUER: COUNTING FISH THE NEW FASHIONED WAY

One fish, two fish . . . Counting sturgeon swimming upstream can be a tricky business. But if your life's work revolves around these strange, endangered, and oddly charming relics from another age, then finding out how many there are is a top priority.

Nancy Auer, a research assistant professor in the Department of Biological Sciences, and her team have been tracking lake sturgeon on the Sturgeon River for 15 years. Figuring out how many sturgeon make it up the river to spawn is critical for fisheries management, because those numbers tell if the species is rebounding or at risk. Traditionally, Auer's team has donned waders and hauled nets out into river, catching, counting and tagging sturgeon as they swim by.

This method has its problems for both fish and people. While most fish survive this treatment with few ill effects, it's still stressful. Plus, you can only count the sturgeon that are swimming by while you're there.

However, for the past two years Auer has been trying out a promising, new method. Using a specialized type of hydroacoustic equipment installed on the riverbank, they can track fish traveling upstream. It sends out a sound wave that bounces off the air bladders on passing fish, and since the sturgeon air bladder is so big, it has a characteristic signature. A printout shows a long, wavy line for sturgeon, compared to a shorter dash for other fish.

To make sure they weren't counting just any fish as a sturgeon, Auer's team got down into the river and dragged sturgeon and suckers through the sonar beam. "You could distinguish between them pretty well," she said.

The system, which has previously only been used to count salmon, seems to be working well. "We're finding out that we can find sturgeon," Auer says. "This is the first time this method has been used on a nongame species."

The acoustic system is behaving as hoped, counting fish when researchers can't. "And it's noninvasive; you don't have to clobber the fish," Auer notes.

"This is a brand new application," she adds. "If we can fine-tune it, we should be able to apply it to other systems."

As to whether more or fewer sturgeon are swimming up the river that bears their name, Auer says it's too early to tell. "We're making advances, but the problem with studying sturgeon is that it takes so long to see results," she says.

After hatching, the larval lake sturgeon (which look like miniature adults) drift down the river and spend 10 or 15 years knocking about Lake Superior's sloughs. Sturgeon tagged by Auer have been found as far away as Munising and Bayfield, Wis.

Then, as they reach maturity, they swim back up to their birthplace to spawn. Unlike salmon, they don't die, but return to the lake, and, if all goes well, live to spawn another day. And another. And another. "They can live quite long, up to 150 years," Auer notes.

Auer's hydroacoustic equipment and 2002-03 research program was funded by a $214,000 grant from the Great Lakes Fishery Trust.

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RESIDENCE HALLS HELP INCREASE RETENTION

by Megan Gilge, Tech Topics editorial assistant

A rope bridge, Styrofoam snow and iceberg footsteps across a pool of water confronted trick-or-treaters in Wadsworth Hall on Oct. 24.

While Halloween safe houses are usually elaborate, the students of First-Year Experience went all-out to win this year's competition. Students in First-Year Experience and Healthy Living House, themed living areas within Michigan Tech's residence halls, have a very strong sense of community. This translates into high retention rates. Ninety percent of students in First-Year Experience and 94 percent of Healthy Living House students returned to the university this year, well above Michigan Tech's overall rate of 81 percent.

"A lot of first-year students feel intimidated when they first come to the university," says Rob Lion, assistant director of Residence Life. "They want to live with other first-years." With the exception of upperclass resident assistants and mentors, First-Year Experience accepts only first-year students.

Why are they so successful? Residents attend presentations on topics that are key to doing well at college such as time management, resume writing and campus resources.

In addition, they all take UN1000, Frameworks for Success, a course designed to teach personal and professional skills. They're also required to attend an awareness activity, such as the women's issues study held last year. Plus, they participate in a challenge course, either the university's or one that they create themselves.

And it's popular.  Over 30 incoming students have already asked to live in the house. "These students are talking to friends back home," Lion said. "They're saying you need to get into this."

Healthy Living House in McNair Hall is just as popular.

So many people applied to live in the house this year that they filled all of the remaining rooms on the floor, and four people still couldn't be accommodated, said Beth Smock, associate director of Residence Life.

Part of its popularity may be because it's what students asked for when Residence Life conducted a survey. Some students have lived in the house since it was started three years ago.

Healthy Living isn't just about getting enough exercise and setting aside time for studying. Students in the house fill out a wellness plan at the beginning of the semester that includes setting goals for emotional, intellectual and spiritual wellbeing. During ninth and tenth weeks, they're asked how they are doing.

Students in the house have a very strong sense of community.

"A whole bunch of them had a metallurgy class together," Smock said. "On test days they started wearing yellow shirts. You would know it was test day when you saw them coming out. And people would see a block of yellow shirts in class."

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MTU PROFESSOR, FORMER STUDENT WIN NATIONAL AWARDS

Michigan Tech alumnus Jayson Ripke will be in good company next winter when he accepts the Young Engineer Award from SME--The Society for Mining, Metallurgy and Exploration.

Also at the ceremony will be his longtime teacher and mentor, chemical engineering professor S. Komar Kawatra, who not only nominated Ripke for the Young Engineer Award but is also being honored in his own right.

Kawatra will be given SME's Antoine M. Gaudin Award "for his contribution to the application of mineral processing techniques for sustainable by-product treatment, utilization and management; and for his continued and unrelenting commitment to higher education in mineral processing programs for the mining industry."

Kawatra has been on the Michigan Tech faculty since 1977. His research program focuses on particulate processing with an emphasis on on-line sensors, desulfurization, size reduction and solid waste. He has three patents to his name and two patents pending, and has authored or coauthored more than 100 publications. He has edited six books and coauthored "Coal Desulfurization: High-Efficiency Preparation Methods," a reference book for practicing engineers.

Among his other SME honors, Kawatra has received the Frank F. Aplan Award, the Robert H. Richards Award and the Taggart Award. He has also been the recipient of Michigan Tech's Research Award and the Mentor Award, which recognizes exceptional support for graduate students.

One of those students is Ripke, who coauthored nearly 30 publications with Kawatra during his years at Michigan Tech.

Ripke earned his PhD in Chemical Engineering after completing MS and BS degrees in Metallurgical and Materials Engineering, all at MTU. He is currently a process control engineer for Northshore Mining in Silver Bay, Minn., a division of Cleveland Cliffs.

At Northshore, Ripke has spearheaded projects that are resulting in annual savings of over $1 million to the company. As a graduate student, he developed techniques that could save the iron ore pelletizing industry up to $15 million annually, Kawatra said.

Ripke was also active in the Upper Peninsula Section of SME, presenting papers and organizing and chairing numerous sessions.

"His extensive contributions at such an early stage of his career reflect very well on SME and bring honor to the award," Kawatra said.

Both Ripke and Kawatra will be honored Feb. 25 at the SME Annual Meeting, in Denver.

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NEW SOFTWARE HELPS INCOMING STUDENTS PICK ROOMMATES

Getting ready to head off to that first year of college can be a pretty exciting time, but many students share the common anxiety of not knowing very much about the person they'll be rooming with for the next nine months. So, to address that concern, Residential Services developed a roommate matching program. The program helps incoming first-year Michigan Tech students find other incoming students with habits and interests similar to their own before they ever arrive on campus.

Students can visit the Residence Life Web page and log into the system which allows them to create a profile of themselves. Several criteria were selected as being most important for making a best match, including study noise level, room neatness and weekday bedtime preference. Lifestyle choices such as smoking or non-smoking, or a chemical-free environment are also important to students and are included in the program. In addition to the required or desired choices, students also have the opportunity to enter information about their favorite type of music, hobbies and even pet peeves.

Once they've created their profile, they can click a button and the system will provide a list of potential roommates. They get the chance to talk to each other, and they have until June to pick a roommate.

The process to develop an online program began about a year ago, according to Jim Schultz, operations coordinator for Residential Services. "We knew there were programs on the market, but we felt we could produce a better product more economically." So with input from students and technical assistance from Auxiliary Technologies, work began.

The program went online in early October, and to date more than 60 incoming students have provided information about themselves. Within a month of its introduction the first roommate match was made. "The benefits of the program are yet to be measured," Shultz said, but it is "likely to produce more successful students, an increased interest in on-campus living beyond the first year and, ultimately, better retention for the university."

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RESIDENTIAL SERVICES SELLS FOODSERVICE ITEMS, DORMITORY FURNITURE

On Tuesday, Nov. 25, Residence Life will hold a sale from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Wadsworth Hall Annex Room, located on the ground floor.

The sale will include used commercial foodservice equipment and assorted small wears. For more information on these items, contact Nathan at 487-2688.

Used dormitory furniture, including bunk beds, single beds, dressers, mirrors, double desks and chairs, will also be sold. Contact Dan at 487-2688 for more information on these items.

The sale is open to the public. All property will be sold "as is, where is, and with all faults." Cash and checks will be accepted.

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FOCUS ON CAMPUS CAMPAIGN

submitted by Paula Nutini

Hundreds of Michigan Tech employees choose to support the university through the Campus Campaign each year. Of course, each individual has their own reasons for making a gift. Everyone has their own reason for choosing to give.Dana Johnson '80, assistant professor in the School of Business and Economics talks about why she supports the university.

"My relationship with Tech goes back a long way, from my years as a student, to receiving my undergraduate degree, to teaching accounting classes, and now to being a full-time faculty member. As a student I contributed to the university by being involved in several campus activities and organizations. As an alum, I gave back to the university by serving on the Alumni Association Board of Directors.

Upon attaining alumni status, I also made the decision to support the university with my financial resources. I made my first contribution to Tech back in 1982, and haven't missed a year since. Here's why:

"While traveling around the country, I met other alums and discovered we share a common bond that I have not experienced from any of the other universities I have graduated from. Because of that bond, I have contributed to those areas with special meaning to me. Sam Tidwell was a mentor, colleague and friend, and contributing to the Center for Accounting Excellence was important to me. SBE Freshman Scholarships assist us in attracting students interested in business. Athletics has always been a part of my life, and the Huskies Club and Varsity Alumni Club continue to support MTU. There are a number of SBE student athletes, and our contribution to the football program this year was to assist in retention of some of our students. Finally, the Rozsa Center and the arts are essential to a well-rounded university environment.

"My husband, Mark, and I continue to provide annual support for Michigan Tech because it is our university. While Mark was at Ford Motor Company, we took advantage of the matching program. We want to help continue the tradition of high quality for which Michigan Tech is known. The university was my first professional employer, and this continues to hold special meaning for me."

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WEINMANN RETIRES

The ME-EM department is hosting a banquet to honor Research and Adjunct Professor Klaus J. Weinmann (MEEM) in recognition of his 33 years of dedicated service to students, the department and the university.

The banquet will be held Thursday, Dec. 4, in Memorial Union Ballroom A and will be preceded by a social hour from 5 to 6 p.m. The cost is $15 per person. Please RSVP to Mary Stevens by Tuesday, Nov. 25, by calling 487-3611 or e-mailing mjsteven@mtu.edu . Make checks payable to the ME-EM department and send them to Mary Stevens, MEEM 815.

The MTU community is also invited to a reception Friday, Dec. 5, 1-3 p.m. in MEEM 1021. Cake and coffee will be served.

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MTU HAS NEW, LOWER LONG DISTANCE RATES

Effective Nov. 1, MTU's domestic long distance calling rate has dropped to 5 cents per minute. This rate decrease was possible due to system changes Telcom was able to make with the ongoing telephone system conversion and because of some very attractive rates offered to MTU by SBC.

International rates to many countries are also now lower. Please call Telecommunications Customer Service at 487-2000 if you would like to check a rate to a particular country.

Some examples of the international rates include Canada, 8 cents per minute (down from 26 cents); China, 29 cents per minute (down from $1.60-$2.10); India, 68 cents per minute (down from $1.63); Norway, 16 cents per minute (down from 70 cents); and the UK, 8 cents per minute (down from 54 cents). Please call for rates to Mexico. Rates have increased to some areas, but most of them have decreased.

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MEMORIAL UNION REDUCES OPERATING HOURS FOR THANKSGIVING RECESS

The Memorial Union will have reduced operating hours from Nov. 21 to Nov. 30. Operations will be closed except for the times listed below:

BUILDING HOURS

  Nov. 21, close at 7 p.m.

  Nov. 24-26, 7:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m.

  Nov. 30, 3-11 p.m.

MANAGER'S OFFICE

  Nov. 21, 8 a.m.-5 p.m.

  Nov. 24-25, 8 a.m.-4 p.m.

  Nov. 26, 8 a.m.-noon

FOOD MALL

  Nov. 21, 7:30 a.m.-3 p.m.

  Nov. 24-25, 7:30 a.m.-3 p.m.

  Nov. 26, 7:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m.

THE CORNER STORE

  Nov. 21, 7:30 a.m.-3 p.m.

CAMPUS STORE

  Nov. 21, 8 a.m.-5 p.m.

  Nov. 24-26, 8 a.m.-4 p.m.

BOWLING ALLEY AND GAME ROOM

  Nov. 20-30, closed

TECH EXPRESS SERVICE CENTER

  Nov. 21, 9 a.m.-6 p.m.

  Nov. 24-26, 8 a.m.-4 p.m.

Regular hours will resume at 7 a.m. on Monday, Dec. 1.

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TEACHING AT TECH: HOW THE MIND WORKS (PART 1)

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

In his book, "How the Mind Works," Steven Pinker, professor of psychology and director of the Center for Cognitive Neuroscience at MIT, proposes that the human mind might best be thought of as a system of inherited mental organs; a system shaped by the forces of natural selection. It is these virtual mental "specialized organs" that profoundly influence the nature of human mental functioning throughout our lives and lie at the heart of understanding thinking and learning.*

For Pinker, the human brain is a magnificent and enormously complex computer whose fundamental operating system comes partially set as a result of eons of natural selection. Just as most humans are born with two highly specialized kidneys, a heart and a liver, Pinker says we likely are born with a similar inheritance of specialized mental organs. Pinker observes, "Entities now commonly evoked to explain the mind--such as general intelligence, a capacity to form culture and multipurpose learning strategies--will surely go the way of protoplasm in biology and of earth, air, fire and water in physics. These entities are so formless, compared to the exacting phenomena they are meant to explain, that they must be granted near-magical powers. When the phenomena are put under the microscope, we discover that the complex texture of the everyday world is supported not by a single substance, but by many layers of elaborate machinery." It is identifying and coming to understand the functioning of this elaborate mental machinery that Pinker explores in "How the Mind Works."

For those that derive comfort from the illusion that the subtleties of human thought cannot be meaningfully compared to the logical processes that control the dizzying dance of "on's-and-off's" in a computer, I would suggest that you skip Pinker's book. You'll sleep better. Pinker demonstrates, again and again, how many of the processes that we prize as being uniquely human can be easily emulated in a properly programmed computing device.

Wouldn't an inherited set of mental organs mean that we are essentially robots doomed to living out our genetic inheritance? Pinker responds, "The claim that there are several innate modules is a claim that there are innate learning machines, each of which learns according to a particular logic. To understand learning, we need new ways of thinking to replace the pre-scientific metaphors--the mixtures and forces, the writing on slates and sculpting blocks of marble. We need ideas that capture the ways a complex device can tune itself to unpredictable aspects of the world and take the kinds of data it needs to function."

He observes that "contemporary social commentary rests on archaic conceptions of the mind. Victims burst under the pressure, boys are conditioned to do this, women are brainwashed to value that, girls are taught to be such-and-such. Where do these explanations come from? From the 19-century hydraulic model of Freud, the drooling dogs and key-pressing vermin of behaviorism, the mind-control plots of bad cold-war movies and the wide-eyed and obedient children of 'Father Knows Best.'" None of these views even begins to explain the myriad of human behaviors arising from the challenges and delights of human life. Pinker suggests, instead, that coming to understand how the many computational faculties engineered into our brains through natural selection affect our perception and behavior might form a richer understanding of the complexity that we observe.

* W.W. Norton, New York, 1997

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NO TECH TOPICS NEXT WEEK

Due to the Thanksgiving Recess, Tech Topics will not be published the week of Nov. 28.

Publication will resume the following week.

MEEM GRADUATE SEMINAR THURSDAY, NOV. 20

Karthik Ramani of Purdue University will present a MEEM graduate seminar, "Similar Shape Search with a Hierarchical Shape Representation," Thursday, Nov. 20, 3-4 p.m. in MEEM 112.

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PHYSICS COLLOQUIUM THURSDAY, NOV. 20

Assistant Professor Haiying Liu (Chemistry) will present a physics colloquium, "Noncovalent Engineering of Carbon Nanotubes Surfaces by Rigid, Functional Conjugated Polymers," Thursday, Nov. 20, 4-5 p.m., Fisher 139.

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CHEMISTRY SEMINAR ON ALZHEIMER'S NOV. 21

Marianna Torok will present a chemistry seminar, "Structural and Dynamic Features of Alzheimer's AB Peptide in Amyloid Fibrils," Friday, Nov. 21, at 3 p.m. in Chemical Sciences and Engineering 101.

NEW STAFF

Torsten Mayrberger has joined the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering as a research engineer. He was previously employed as a civil engineer. He has also worked as a commercial fisherman, a roughneck for 10 years in Alaska, and has experience in drilling and blasting. Mayrberger holds a BS and MS and is currently a PhD candidate in Civil Engineering at Michigan Tech. He lives in Houghton with his wife, Marian Snively.

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NEW FUNDING

Associate Professor Andrew Storer (SFRES) has received a $65,000 award from the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service--Northeastern Area State and Private Forestry, for his project, "Monitoring and Evaluating Health of Ash Trees in Michigan's Rural Forests."

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IN PRINT

Assistant Professor Debra Wright, Professor David Nelson (Biomedical Engineering) and Associate Professor John Beard (MEEM) coauthored a book chapter, "Even Lateral Pressure Therapy Device for a Child With Autism," in the book "NSF 2001 Engineering Senior Design Projects to Aid Persons with Disabilities." You can read the chapter on the Web at http://nsf-pad.bme.uconn.edu/2001/Michigan%20Tech%20University.pdf

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ON THE ROAD

Professor Emeritus Karl Rundman (MSE) delivered the keynote address, "The Physical Metallurgy of Ductile Cast Iron--Fooling Mother Nature," to the Ductile Iron Society's Keith Millis Symposium on Ductile Iron at Hilton Head Island, S.C., on Oct. 21.

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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, Nov. 21, 2003, at 1 p.m. through noon, Friday, Nov. 28, 2003, in the Human Resources Office or at http://www.admin.mtu.edu/hro/postings/

Data Analyst--Accounting Services

Mountain Operations Manager--Mont Ripley Ski Hill (Regular, full-time, 10-month position)

University employees are reminded to apply in writing prior to noon, Friday, Nov. 28, 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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