Research in Brief: Explore short stories about the amazing work our researchers do at Michigan Tech every day.
Friendly Eyes in the Sky
Michigan Tech Research Institute
The Michigan Tech Research Institute is using unmanned aerial vehicles, or drones, to map and monitor unpaved roads, track conditions inside culverts and on bridges, and monitor potholes. The goal is fewer people heading in to investigate compromised road conditions—which means safer workers and money saved.
Creating Top Crops
Using "small tandem target mimic" (STTM)—a technology of his own making—Associate Professor of Biological Sciences Guiliang Tang is studying genetic processes of maize, rice, and soy. His work, which is funded by a $2.5M NSF grant, could lead to the development of more productive, disease-resistant crops.
Evolving Ultrasounds
Healthcare professionals will be better prepared to read ultrasound elastography images after training with Biomedical Engineering Assistant Professor Jingfeng Jiang's new "virtual breast" software tool, funded by an NIH grant.
Sweet Science
Tarun Dam, assistant professor of chemistry, has unlocked a key to more and better pharmaceuticals: exploiting the functions of the structure of , or sugar biomolecules.
Michigan Technological University is a public research university founded in 1885 in Houghton, Michigan, and is home to nearly 7,500 students from more than 60 countries around the world. Consistently ranked among the best universities in the country for return on investment, Michigan’s flagship technological university offers more than 120 undergraduate and graduate degree programs in science and technology, engineering, computing, forestry, business, health professions, humanities, mathematics, social sciences, and the arts. The rural campus is situated just miles from Lake Superior in Michigan's Upper Peninsula, offering year-round opportunities for outdoor adventure.
