*FACULTY VOTE TO UNIONIZE
Faculty at Michigan Technological University have voted to affiliate with the American Association of University Professors (AAUP). The AAUP will represent tenured and tenure-track faculty in collective bargaining with the university.
"The faculty have made their decision and we respect that," said Michigan Tech President Glenn Mroz. "We will work with the AAUP local to reach a fair and equitable contract from both the university's standpoint and from the employees' standpoint."
The faculty vote was 152 yes and 134 no to affiliate with the AAUP. The results still need to be certified by the Michigan Employment Relations Commission.
"The critical issue that we all need to remember is that we are one very good university and we must continue to work together," said Mroz.
Ellen Horsch, vice president for administration, said initial contract negotiations will begin once the local union has organized and makes a request to the university's administration.
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1. FIRE UP TO VOTE! STUDENTS INITIATE VOTER AWARENESS CAMPAIGN
by Britta Vande Hei, Tech Topics editorial assistant
Michigan Tech students are taking matters into their own hands when it comes to voter turnout for college students. Last spring, enterprising senior Dan Adler formed the Fire UP to Vote committee, and this year the group has helped more than 400 students register to vote or request an absentee ballot.
Realizing that many student needed a hand, or perhaps a shove, when voting for the first time away from home, Adler planned a series of events to get students excited about doing their civic duty.
“I was thinking about the political conversations I have with friends and listening to the media talk about how few students take part in the process,î said Adler. “And I decided that no one was going to push our age group to be more involved; we were going to have to inspire ourselves.”
For the committee, these first few weeks of classes have been devoted to getting students registered and helping them request absentee ballots. Most recently, the group hosted a mobile Secretary of State office on campus to help Michigan students register to vote.
The office came in a large enclosed trailer, pulled by a pickup truck that was parked between the MUB and the ME-EM. The committee also had a table to help students from other states and provided free food catered by the Memorial Union.
Since many students had not yet registered, and would not have the chance to return home before the election, the mobile office was a lifesaver when it came to voting. In one day, the mobile SOS registered more than 250 students.
Associate Professor Paul Nelson (SBE), faculty advisor for the College Republicans, has assisted the committee in their work. “Evidence suggests that if college students do not vote during their first major national election, they probably will not vote for many years to come,” said Nelson. “Part of the justification for using Michigan taxpayers' money to pay a portion of the cost of an MTU education is the belief that higher education prepares an informed citizenry which in turn improves the quality of government and assures the success of our way of life. Voting is what makes this happen.”
Earlier this semester, during K-Day at McLain State Park, more than 170 students also registered to vote or applied for an absentee ballot.
In the month before the election, Fire UP to Vote plans to host a week of roundtable discussions followed by several political speakers. They will also be showing the presidential and vice-presidential debates on the big screen in Fisher Hall, the first on Thursday, Sept. 30, at 9 p.m.
“The Fire UP to Vote initiative is outstanding,” said Nelson. “I was impressed by the numbers of students registered and the numbers of requests for absentee ballots processed.”
Any faculty, staff or students willing to help with the voter awareness campaign on campus are encouraged to contact Adler at dpadler@mtu.edu.
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2. BOARD OF CONTROL TO MEET OCT. 7
The Board of Control will meet Thursday, Oct. 7, at 8:30 a.m. in Memorial Union Ballroom B.
Among the agenda items are the 2004 enrollment report and an update on the Wadsworth Hall renovation. Board meetings are open to the public, and all members of the university community are welcome.
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3. MTU RESEARCHERS HELP SEQUENCE FIRST TREE GENOME
A team of Michigan Tech researchers has played a key role in an international effort to sequence the first tree genome.
The team was part of a consortium that has deciphered the genetic code of the black cottonwood. Black cottonwood, or Populus trichocarpa, is part of the poplar family of fast-growing, commercially useful trees, which includes quaking aspen. Chung-Jui Tsai (pronounced Joan-Rae Chai), director of the Biotech Research Center and an associate professor of forest resources and environmental science, led the Michigan Tech effort.
Using gene amplification technology, Tsaiís team fished out more than 13,000 gene fragments known as expressed sequence tags, or ESTs, that are represented throughout cottonwood's 480 million letters of genetic code. Hidden in these letters, now placed in order by the international research effort, are about 40,000 genes, which underlie all aspects of the tree's growth and behavior.
In addition to furthering basic science, determining the black cottonwoodís genetic blueprint could give scientists the tools to develop faster-growing trees, said Secretary Spencer Abraham of the Department of Energy, which provided major funding for the genome sequencing project.
Such trees could help buffer global warming by mopping up more of the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide, a process known as carbon sequestration, said Gerald Tuskan, whose team at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory lead the research effort. “This natural process suggests opportunities to further clean up the air by engineering trees so that they more effectively shuttle and store more carbon below ground in their roots and the soil.”
One pitfall among genetics researchers is EST redundancy, in which the same gene fragment is identified many times. Weeding out the redundant ESTs wastes time and resources that could be used to find other gene fragments, Tsai said.
Her team used a new method to reduce EST redundancy, and as a result, about 10 percent, or 1,300 of the ESTs they discovered were unique, having not been identified by any of the other research centers involved in the project.
Now that the project has ordered the black cottonwoodís 480 million letters of genetic code, the next step will be to take the 200,000 ESTs generated internationally and piece them together to map and identify its estimated 40,000 genes.
The MTU effort was made possible by a grant from the Michigan Life Sciences Corridor, which provided the microarray equipment used to validate ESTs. The co-principal investigators on the project are Research Assistant Professor Scott Harding and Associate Professor Shekhar Joshi. Others involved are graduate student Priya Ranjan, Research Scientist Hongying Jiang and former postdoctoral scientist Yu-Ying Kao. Their work was published in the August issue of the journal Planta.
Several universities and national labs participated in mapping the Populus trichocarpa genome. The lead members of this international consortium are the U.S. Department of Energy, Genome Canada and the Umea Plant Science Centre in Sweden.
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4. DONAHUE RECEIVES TOP BIOMECHANICS AWARD
Assistant Professor Seth Donahue (Biomedical Engineering) was honored with the American Society of Biomechanics Postdoctoral Young Scientist Award for his work with black bear cortical bone, “Bone Strength Is Not Compromised With Aging In Black Bears (Ursus americanus) Despite Annual Periods of Disuse (Hibernation).”
Donahue studies the black bear as a model for understanding osteoporosis by analyzing bone metabolism markers and hormones in wild and captive bears during hibernation as well as active periods.
His work has received international media coverage and has been recently supported by the National Institutes of Health.
The award consists of an engraved plaque, a check for $500 and a waiver of the annual meeting registration fees. The award was one of two presented at the American Society of Biomechanics 28th Annual Conference in Portland, Ore., on Sept. 9.
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5. MATERIALS GRAD STUDENT WINS COMPETITION WITH ACCIDENTAL ART
When Dale Anderson first saw his prize-winning image, he thought he’d messed up.
“I thought it was a mistake,” said Anderson, an MS student in materials science and engineering. “But then I increased the size of the field, and I saw the snowflake.”
What Anderson, then an undergraduate, had really seen was a crystal of lead just a few microns across. As part of his senior design project, he had been examining a substrate though MTUís single-beam atomic force microscope. A minute quantity of lead had contaminated the edge of the silicon disc, creating an elaborate crystalline network.
“I ran off and grabbed as many people as I could to look at the snowflakes,” he said. “A friend said I should enter the contest.”
So he did, entering the image in the third annual Microscopy Images Competition: Images in the Material World. It took first place in the Most Artistic Image category.
Sponsored by the Materials Research Society's Student Chapter at Cornell University, the competition is open to all North American undergraduates. Along with the other top finishers, Anderson received a digital camera donated by Eastman Kodak, which he gave to his department.
Because of their dazzling colors--blue, orange, green and yellow--Anderson’s lead snowflakes might have had an advantage over the black-and-white entries. This is not unfair artistic license, he points out. At this scale, colors, including black, white and gray, are a mystery, because the images can’t be captured in the visual spectrum.
“The colors show only the depth in this case,” Anderson said. “I chose the palate, but Nature painted the picture."
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6. REMINDER: UNIVERSITY FINANCIAL RECORDS ON THE WEB
Chief Financial Officer Dan Greenlee reminds the MTU community that all its financial statements for the last four years are available on the web.
You can view the statements at http://www.admin.mtu.edu/acct/fin/index.html#financereports . In addition, Greenleeís Board of Control presentations can be found at http://www.admin.mtu.edu/admin/cfo/index.htm .
The university has been posting the monthly interim financial statements to the web since 1998, and also posts monthly financial statements for each month, except for July, August and September.
“Both as a public institution and as a matter of policy, we welcome inquiries from campus organizations interested in university finances,” Greenlee said. “My accounting staff and I will work with any interested group to interpret these records.”
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7. MTSF SPONSORS TAILGATE PARTY COMPETITION
The Michigan Tech Student Foundation will be sponsoring a tailgate party competition on Saturday, Oct. 9, before the homecoming football game. Registration is free and will be from 10 to 11:30 a.m. The tailgate parties will be judged starting at 11:30 a.m. and the winnerswill be announced at 12:30 p.m. Prizes will be awarded for first and second place. There will also be one grand prize winner who will win a Weber grill. Please contact Amy (akdorvin@mtu.edu) or Kevin (kdpossi@mtu.edu) with any questions.
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8. JILL OLIVER PIETILA RETIREMENT PARTY THURSDAY
Jill Oliver Pietila, coordinator of graduate admissions, is retiring on Oct. 1. Please join the graduate school staff for afternoon tea on Thursday, Sept. 30, 2-4 p.m. in ROTC 101.
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9. AUCTION AND SURPLUS SALE SATURDAY
Michigan Tech is holding an auction and surplus sale this Saturday beginning at 9 a.m. at the Lakes Event Center in Lake Linden. Computer equipment, furniture, food service equipment, office supplies and more will be offered. The pre-priced sale begins at 9 a.m., and the auction starts at 10 a.m. This sale is open to the public.
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10. PRESERVATION EXPERT TO VISIT MTU ARCHIVES
The MTU Archives and Copper Country Historical Collections will host a preservation expert Oct. 4 and 5. Neil Cockerline, director of field services for the Upper Midwest Conservation Association in Minneapolis, will conduct a general preservation needs assessment at the MTU Archives. The visit is supported through a $5,000 grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities.
Cockerline will review the archives' new facilities, as well as the department's general policies and procedures. Following his visit, he will complete both short-term and long-range plans to improve the
preservation of historical material held by the archives. His report will include recommendations including suggestions for activities which might be supported through additional grants from the National Endowment for the Humanities.
The MTU Archives includes approximately 7,500 print volumes and over 300 manuscript collections. In addition, there are extensive photograph collections, map and oversize engineering drawings, historic newspapers and other historical documents.
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11. TEACHING AT TECH: WHAT WE KNOW ABOUT LEARNING
by William Kennedy, director, Center for Teaching, Learning and Faculty Development
Marilyn Miller, interim director of the Program for Excellence in Teaching at the University of Missouri-Columbia, presented a conference session titled "Engagement as a Critical Component of Effective Teaching.*î She summarized a good deal of current thinking in higher education by putting forth eight fundamental insights into teaching and learning.
1) "Information has to be processed and practiced to be learned." Deep and durable learning results from new information being repeatedly processed, applied and practiced. Many theorists believe that learning primarily involves reconfiguring existing understandings to fit evolving realms of concern. Repeated applications of the new material in a number of formats increase the likelihood that those new understandings will be retained and employed in a variety of contexts.
2) Learning is an active, community endeavor. Most of us teach in ways that we were taught. Many professors think of learning as an analog of the solitary undertaking that led them to their doctorates. Many students, however, learn and retain more when they are encouraged to solidify their understandings by working, studying and applying what they've learned with other students. Those students that thrive on traditional methods may resent group projects and activities as unnecessary encumbrances, but these methods will greatly benefit many other students.
3) "Each person's learning process is different." While Myers-Briggs, Kohl's Learning Cycle, and talk about visual, textual and kinesthetic learners postulate different categories of learners, the truth is that each student represents a unique configuration of talents, experiences, and emotions. Perhaps the best approach to maximizing learning is to evolve a course of study that provides students with multiple opportunities for learning and for demonstrating mastery. Meeting the needs of diverse learners is a never-ending challenge.
4) "Emotions play a vital role in the learning process." The stoic scholar image may apply to those who teach more than to our students. Seeing the intellect as separate from the emotions may be an artifact of the age of enlightenment and logical positivism. The simple truth is that students are an inextricable jumble of emotions and ideas. Inspired students will work themselves to exhaustion with no external inducement. Uninspired students will spend hours obviating the system and merely going through the motions to earn the grade. Aristotle was probably correct in suggesting that building trust and inspiring students is as key to ensuring their lasting understanding as is presenting accurate information in an orderly manner.
5) "The desire to make order and meaning is innate." Humans are curious, like to solve puzzles and seek cognitive consistency. Often getting students to recognize and release misconceptions is a necessary prerequisite to the acquisition of new understandings. Students must learn to distinguish between theoretical/conceptual knowledge and procedural protocols. Too many students have been conditioned to believe that passing the test is the same as mastering the material.
6) "Excessive control hinders learning." External inducements are poor substitutes for curiosity and enthusiasm. Excessive control and instructional rigidity can stifle learners who prefer a more open style. Building flexibility and choice into the course can greatly increase the learning of some students.
7) "Learning is influenced by expectations." High expectations and a course of study that encourages students to exceed their own expectations are prerequisite to encouraging students to excel. Lowering the bar to appease disengaged students, it turns out, is exactly the wrong thing to do.
8) "Feedback facilitates learning." A timely word of encouragement goes a long way toward engaging students in the learning process. Sending the message "I care" by what you say and what you do in and out of class is all that it takes for some students to effectively engage with their studies. Returning tests and assignments quickly helps students and shows them that you care about their learning as well as their performance.
*TESOL 2003, Session 1011, March 27, 2003
12. BAND-A-RAMA COMES TO ROZSA
Michigan Tech's annual Band-a-Rama, a fast-paced whirl of music featuring three outstanding bands, takes the stage at the Rozsa Center on Friday, Oct. 1, at 7:30 p.m. The Huskies Pep Band, Jazz Lab Band and Wind Symphony, nearly 200 musicians in all, play in quick rotation in a high-spirited evening of crowd-pleasing favorites.
Jazz director Mike Irish says, "This is a dynamic, quick-paced, multi-sensory concert for people of all ages."
The nationally known Huskies Pep Band needs no introduction, but hearing them in an excellent auditorium, away from a hockey rink or football field, is a treat. With their usual zest, the pep band will play many of their signature tunes plus some new numbers, joining the other two bands in a rendition of the MTU fight song. The pep band is led this year by faculty director Nick Enz, plus student directors Adam Kaczynski and Nick Ware.
The Wind Symphony, with about 40 select players directed by Enz, is well-known for its liveliness and humor, as well as excellent musicianship. The† Jazz Lab Band regularly wins high honors at intercollegiate jazz festivals under the direction of Irish.
Tickets are available from the Rozsa Center Box Office (487-3200), http://www.tickets.mtu.edu and at the door for $4.
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13. CHAINSAWS AND JUGGLING AT THE ROZSA
With non-stop fast-paced humor, breathtaking juggling and hilarious audience interaction, Jon Wee and Owen Morse, an amazing duo of comedy jugglers called the Passing Zone, come to Michigan Tech on Saturday, Oct. 2 to present a 7:30 p.m. performance at the Rozsa Center. Their show coincides with the annual Michigan Tech Family Weekend, a weekend when shows often sell out, so do not delay in getting your tickets for this very entertaining show, which is a huge hit with audiences all over the world. Tickets are on sale at the Rozsa Center Box Office (487-3200, Monday-Friday, 11:30 a.m.-5 p.m.) or online at http://www.tickets.mtu.edu.
The Passing Zone takes the art of juggling to new heights. They pass sickles and fiery torches, toss machetes while riding on six-foot unicycles, and were the first duo to pass 11 clubs, just to mention a
few of their numerous skills. In an hilarious segment titled “The Chainsaw Ballet,” Baryshnikov meets Bob Vila as they juggle chainsaws with balletic abandon. The spectacle of these two guys cutely dressed in tights and tunics, pirouetting across the stage to the lilting strains of Straussí ìBlue Danube Waltzî is reminiscent of Monty Python. When they start juggling with three saws, engines roaring, itís the ultimate in a wild combination of the dangerous and the absurd. If youíre not a fan of juggling, and you consider it merely a circus act, after seeing the show you may well become a true fan.
Since their start in 1988, they have set four Guinness World Records, and they have been gold medalists for five consecutive years at the international juggling championships. From the Royal Command Variety Performance in London, to Penn and Teller’s Sin City Spectacular, to An Evening at the Improv, and all the late-night talk shows, they’ve made numerous appearances on TV.
This show is pure fun and pure entertainment with a few heart-stopping moments thrown in for extra excitement. Donít miss it.
The visit of the Passing Zone is sponsored by the MTU Student Entertainment Board with funding from the MTU Student Activity Fee and is coordinated by the MTU Great Events Series Office.
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SEMINARS AND WORKSHOPS
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14. ENVIRONMENTAL DECISION MAKING SEMINAR MONDAY
Michael E. Kraft, Herbert Fisk Johnson Professor of Environmental Studies at the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay, will give a talk, ìInformation Disclosure and Environmental Decision Making: Explaining State Variation in Control of Toxic Chemical Releases,î Monday, Oct. 4 at 2 pm in M& M U115.
Information disclosure programs, such as the federal Toxics Release Inventory, are widely considered to be valuable supplements to conventional environmental regulation. Yet little is known about how such programs work and their long-term success in achieving environmental quality objectives. Kraft will report on initial findings of an NSF-funded research project that examines the effects of the TRI on corporate and community decision making. Specifically, the project seeks to determine why some companies do more to reduce toxic chemical pollution than others and why some communities encourage such pollution reduction more than others. Data on toxic air releases from nearly 9,000 facilities reporting in both 1991 and 2000 are examined, with special attention on variation in releases and risk reduction across the 50 states.
The initial results indicate that 47 percent of facilities did improve their environmental performance by decreasing both pollution releases and risk levels. However, 30 percent reported declines in environmental performance because of increases in pollution and risk levels. Ultimately, the goal of this research is to identity the variables that most directly affect pollution and risk reduction and by implication improvements in public health. There are implications for a new generation of non-regulatory environmental policies that are often considered to offer a less intrusive, more efficient, and possibly more effective route to environmental quality goals. This research is funded by the National Science Foundation. Kraft’s visit is supported by the Department of Social Sciences and coordinated by Social Sciences, the Environmental Policy Graduate Program and the Sustainable Futures Institute. Anyone wishing to meet with Kraft should contact Barry Solomon (487-1791).
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15. SMARTZONE WORKSHOPS OFFER FREE GRANT-WRITING ASSISTANCE
The Michigan Tech Enterprise SmartZone is sponsoring SBIR/STTR grant writing workshops Oct. 4-6. Biotechnology Business Consultants will present two different workshops. While their name sounds like they only help biotech firms, they offer free grant writing assistance and editing services to anyone working in homeland security, advanced automotive or the life sciences.
Session 1: Monday, Oct. 4, 3 p.m.-6 p.m., UPPCO Building, “Overview of BBC Services and SBIR/STTR 101” This session is free.
Session 2: Tuesday, Oct. 5, 9 a.m.-4 p.m., UPPCO Building, SBIR/STTR grant writing: intensive workshop, how to get funded, from strategy to tactical implementation. Attendance at this session is a prerequisite to receive free grant review and editing services from BBC for SBIR/STTR grants to any federal agency within the tri-corridor. There is a $25 fee to attend.
Wednesday, Oct. 6, “The Powerhouse,” Individual appointments with entrepreneurs/companies interested in BBC assistance.
For more detailed workshop descriptions visit http://www.mtecsmart.com†or http://www.bioconsultants.com . Please contact the SmartZone to register for one or both sessions or to schedule an individual appointment with BBC†(awest@mtecsmart.com, 487-7000).
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16. WEPAN and NAMEPA CONFERENCE APPROACHING
The third joint national conference of the Women in Engineering Program Advocates Network and the National Association of Minority Engineering Program Administrators, “Leveraging our Best Practices: Hitting the Parity Jackpot,” will be held April 10-13, 2005, at Green Valley Ranch Resort & Spa in Las Vegas.
For additional information contact Chris S. Anderson, (906)487-3539, csanders@mtu.edu
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17. ME-EM SEMINAR THURSDAY
The Department of Mechanical Engineering-Engineering Mechanics will host a graduate seminar, "Modeling Liquid Spreading: A Fluid Mechanical Approach,î presented by: Enrique Rame, PhD, of the NASA Glenn Research Center. The presentation will take place Thursday, Sept. 30, 3-4 p.m., in MEEM 112.
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18. FORESTRY SEMINAR THURSDAY
The Distinguished Ecologist Lecture Series continues with a lecture by Mike Ryan, an ecologist with the US Forest Service. Ryan's interests are in understanding what controls ecosystem metabolism: the exchange of carbon and water between forests and the atmosphere; understanding how changes in climate, land use and disturbance will affect forest productivity; and the role of forests in the global carbon cycle. His lecture, titled "Carbon Allocation in Forest Ecosystemsm" will be this Thursday, Sept. 30, at 4 p.m. in G002 of Hesterberg Hall in the Noblet Forestry Building.
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19. GEOLOGICAL ENGINEERING SEMINAR FRIDAY
Hilary Dussing (Geological Engineering '79), senior project manager in Russia for Shell Oil Company, The Netherlands will give a lecture titled "Creating New Business in a New Country", Friday, Oct. 1, at noon in Dillman 320. She will discuss how companies, such as Shell, establish a new business in a frontier area, such as Sakhalin Island, Russia. Light refreshments will be served; you are welcome to bring a lunch. People wishing to schedule additional time with Dussing may do so through the GMES offices, 487-2531.
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20. CHEMISTRY COLLOQUIUM FRIDAY
Assistant Professor Joseph H. Holles of the Department of Chemical Engineering will present a chemistry colloquium, "Substrate Versatile Polyoxometalate Catalysts for the Selective Oxidation of Light Alkanes," Friday, Oct. 1, at 3 p.m., in Chem Sci 101. For more information, contact Haiying Liu, hyliu@mtu.edu, 487-3451.
21. MTU NOTABLES
Alexis Troschinetz, masterís candidate in environmental engineering, has been awarded Third Place-Tie in the Air & Waste Management Associationís 2004-05 Scholarship Program, a scholarship worth $1m875. Troschinetz is working under the direction of Professor James Mihelcic. The Air & Waste Management Association is a nonprofit, professional organization that provides training, information and networking opportunities to more than 9,000 environmental professionals in 65 countries. For more than a decade, the Association has awarded $277,250 in scholarships to 77 of the most promising environmental students. Full-time graduate students who are pursuing courses of study and
research leading to careers in air quality, waste management, and/or environmental management/policy/law are encouraged to apply for the award. For more information about the A&WMA Scholarship Program, call 1-800-270-3444, or visit the A&WMA Web site at www.awma.org.
Research Scientist II Dana L. Richter (SFRES) was appointed to the Keweenaw Point Advisory Committee by the Michigan DNR to help develop management guidelines for the recently acquired 6,275 acres at the tip of the Keweenaw Peninsula. The committee is made up of 15 members representing diverse interest groups in the UP and will provide recommendations regarding camping, trails, forestry and motorized and nonmotorized recreation uses for the new state lands. Richter is
representing the Copper Country Audubon Society and focused on the designation of minimum impact zones. The committee has met monthly since February and the final recommendations will be presented for public comment at the Mohawk Middle School Oct. 5, at 6:30 p.m. Minutes of all meetings and the committee's recommendations can be found at all local libraries and at http://www.keweenawnow.com.
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22. NEW FUNDING
Seyed A. Zekavat (E&CE) has received a $350,000 grant for four years from the National Science Foundation for collaborative research titled “A Wireless Local Positioning System for Mobile Remote Monitoring.” Gregory M. Odegard (ME-EM) has received an $80,000 grant, the first increment of a potential $225,000, three-year project, from NASA for research titled “Equivalent-Continuum Modeling of Nanostructured Polymers Composites.”
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23. IN PRINT
Associate Professor Chandrashekhar Joshi (SFRES) coauthored a paper with his former graduate student Anita Samuga (SFRES) in the journal "Gene," Volume 334, titled "Expression Patterns of Two Primary Cell Wall-Related Cellulose Synthase cDNAs, PtrCesA6 and PtrCesA7 from Aspen. " He also published an invited review article, "Genomics of Cellulose Biosynthesis in Poplars," in the journal "New Phytologist," volume 164.
Professor Barry Solomon, Cristi Corey (M.S. in Environmental Policy, ‘02) and Associate Professor Kathleen Halvorsen (Social Sciences) published an article, "The Florida Manatee and Eco-Tourism: Toward a Safe Minimum Standard," in Ecological Economics, Vol. 50, No. 1/2 (September 2004).
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24. CALENDAR: SEPTEMBER
30--Thursday
2 p.m.--Retirement party for Jill Oliver Pietila--ROTC 101
3 p.m.--Enrique Rame, “Modeling Liquid Spreading: A Fluid Mechanical Approachî--MEEM 112
4 p.m.--Mike Ryan, “Carbon Allocation in Forest Ecosystems”--G002 Hesterberg Hall, Noblet Forestry Building
OCTOBER
1--Friday
noon--Hilary Dussing, “Creating New Business in a New Country”--Dillman 320
3 p.m.--Bruce Rittman, “The Hydrogen-Based Membrane Biofilm Reactor for Removing Oxidized Contaminants”--Dow 642
3 p.m.--Joseph Holles, “Substrate Versatile Polyoxometalate Catalysts for the Selective Oxidation of Light Alkanes"--Chem-Sci 101
7:30 p.m.--Band-a-Rama--Rozsa Center
2--Saturday
9 a.m.--MTU Surplus Sale and Auction--Lakes Event Center, Lake Linden
7:30 p.m.--Passing Zone, Chainsaws and Juggling--Rozsa Center
4--Monday
2 p.m.--Michael E. Kraft, “Information Disclosure and Environmental Decision Making: Explaining State Variation in Control of Toxic Chemical Releases”--M&M U115
3 p.m.--Overview of BBC Services and SBIR/STTR 101--UPPCO Building, Houghton
5--Tuesday
9 a.m.--SBIR/STTR grant writing: intensive workshop--UPPCO Building, Houghton
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25. MICHIGAN TECH POSITIONS AVAILABLE
Job descriptions are normally available at 1 p.m. on Friday. You can visit the Human Resources Office, call 487-2280, e-mail <JOBS@MTU.EDU> or go to http://www.admin.mtu.edu/hro/postings .
The following positions will be posted Friday, Oct. 1, at 1 p.m. through Friday, Oct. 8, in the Human Resources Office.
Admissions Representative/Multicultural Recruitment--Admissions Office (position based in Detroit area)
Head of Technical Services--J.R. Van Pelt Library
System Administrator--Biological Sciences Department
Assistant Professor--Chemistry Department
Web Services Librarian--J. R. Van Pelt Library
Applicants from the recall pool will be given first consideration for non-bargaining-unit positions only. Michigan Technological University is an equal opportunity educational institution/equal opportunity
employer.
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