Coby-Dillon English
Contact
- cdenglis@mtu.edu
- 906-487-4317
- M&M 711
- College Marketing and Communications Manager, University Marketing and Communications
Biography
Coby-Dillon is a writer and editor from the Great Lakes. Prior to joining Michigan Tech, they received their MFA in creative writing from the University of Virginia, where they were a Henry Hoyns Fellow in Fiction and served as editor-in-chief of Meridian. Their writing has been published in Baltimore Review, Salt Hill Journal, Cream City Review, and elsewhere.
About Coby-Dillon
- Coby-Dillon leads communications strategy and editorial efforts for the College of Engineering.
- A former teacher, they previously taught university courses in college composition and creative writing.
- As a short story writer and essayist, their work has been nominated for the Pushcart Prize, Best of the Net, and the PEN/Dau Prize.
Recent Stories
Surveying Success: Geospatial Engineering Students Test Skills on Isle Royale National Park
Not every university has a national park in its backyard. Just a six-hour boat ride from Michigan Technological University in Houghton, Michigan, Isle Royale National Park is a rugged, isolated archipelago in Lake Superior. Late this summer, when 10 geospatial engineering students at Michigan Tech wanted to put their surveying expertise to the test at the park over Labor Day weekend, it was as simple as asking. Read More
From One Tech to Another: How a High School Partnership is Bringing More Engineers to Campus
The dual enrollment program with Michigan Tech's Department of Engineering Fundamentals and Department of Civil, Environmental, and Geospatial Engineering (CEGE) makes it possible for Benson's students to receive credit for MTU engineering courses before they graduate.
Benson has been teaching in the Lenawee Intermediate School District (LISD), based in Adrian, Michigan, near the state's Ohio border, for more than 12 years. She teaches engineering, design and CAD — computer-aided design — at the LISD TECH Center. Here, high school juniors and seniors take part in a free career technical education program, earning college credit and gaining technical training as part of their high school experience. Read More
A Whole New World: Microscope Art Exhibit Makes Major Community Connections
Under glass displays and in small jars in the Rozsa Art Galleries, located in Michigan Technological University's Rozsa Center for the Performing Arts, sits an array of tiny objects: threads of string, a strip of elastic, a dead spider. In the palm of a hand, they may not look like much — but under the lens of a Hitachi TM4000 Plus tabletop scanning electron microscope (SEM), these minuscule objects are the gateway to unseen worlds. Read More
Forging Futures: Metal Casting Summer Youth Program Sparks Interest in Metallurgical Careers
Offered by Michigan Tech's Summer Youth Programs (SYP) for the first time this summer, Metal Casting: Forge Your Future was developed in partnership with The Institute for Advanced Composites Manufacturing Innovation's (IACMI's) national Metallurgical Engineering Trades Apprenticeship & Learning (METAL) program, and Tech's Department of Materials Science and Engineering (MSE). The department is home to Michigan Tech's metal foundry — one of the few fully operational metal foundries in the nation found on a college campus. The facility, MSE's departmental expertise, and the University's ability to partner with METAL created the perfect setup for getting pre-college students excited about the science and art of metal casting and forging. Read More
Jacob Bruesch Envisions Success for MTU Mechanical Engineers
When Bruesch joined Michigan Tech's chapter of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) in spring 2024, he was looking for ways to be part of both a campus and industry network. He quickly discovered the network required some building. While Tech's ASME chapter was chartered with the goal of connecting mechanical engineering students with industry via internships panels, invited speakers, and company tours, participation had been low in recent years. Read More
MTU Robotics Lab Wins International Autonomous Navigation Competition
Amna Mazen had her sights set on a win for more than a year. The assistant professor of applied computing and manufacturing and mechanical engineering technology has been working on her algorithm for mobile robot navigation since her Ph.D. in robotics at the University of Detroit Mercy. Prior to graduating, Mazen traveled to Yokohama, Japan, for the IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA) to watch and study the third annual Benchmark Autonomous Robot Navigation Challenge. A year later, as a new Michigan Tech faculty member, she and her team won the challenge by a wide margin. Read More
2025 Bhakta Rath Award Recipients Develop Models to Address Future Climate Challenges
Michigan Tech has long been a leader in Great Lakes research. Professor Pengfei Xue and Ph.D. student Miraj B. Kayastha have centered their research on the lakes as a crucial part of the ever-expanding puzzle of regional climate variability and prediction. Their advanced computational models take an interconnected, holistic approach to understand and predict extreme weather events and environmental change. Read More