July 26, 2024

Today, July 26, marks the 34th anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). This important civil rights law prohibits discrimination against individuals with disabilities in all areas of public life.

The ADA aims to remove barriers and expand opportunities for people with disabilities to live, work, learn and play in the communities of their choice. The full promise of the ADA will be reached if everyone remains committed to continuing efforts to fully implement the act.

The ADA National Network is a free resource that provides information and training on the Americans with Disabilities Act.

Celebrate the act's 34th anniversary and share what the ADA means to you on social media with #ThanksToTheADA and #ADA34.

Department of Computer Science (CS) graduate student Scott Pomerville, will present a final oral examination (defense) for his Ph.D. in Computer Science on Thursday, Aug. 1, at 9 a.m. in Rekhi 101 and via Zoom online meeting.

The title of Pomerville’s defense is “Statically Controlled Synchronized Lane Architectures.”

Join the Zoom meeting.

Read the defense abstract on the Computing News Blog.

Highlighted by 15 games inside the SDC Gymnasium, Michigan Tech women's basketball head coach Sam Clayton is pleased to announce the team's 2024-25 schedule.

The Huskies will open the season in Wisconsin Dells, Wisconsin, for the nonconference JustAGame Crossover. The Huskies then enjoy their home opener weekend in Houghton, welcoming Bemidji State on Nov. 15 and Minnesota Crookston on Nov. 16. Tech opens league play at home facing Parkside on Dec. 5 and Purdue Northwest on Dec. 7.

See the full schedule at Michigan Tech Athletics.

Job Posting for Friday, July 26, 2024

Staff and faculty job descriptions are available on the Human Resources website. For more information regarding staff positions, call 906-487-2280 or email humanresources@mtu.edu. For more information regarding faculty positions, contact the academic department in which the position is posted.

Assistant Professor – Management, College of Business. Apply online.

Michigan Technological University is an Equal Opportunity Educational Institution/Equal Opportunity Employer that provides equal opportunity for all, including protected veterans and individuals with disabilities.

Accommodations are available. If you require any auxiliary aids, services, or other accommodations to apply for employment, or for an interview, at Michigan Technological University, please notify the Human Resources office at 906-487-2280 or humanresources@mtu.edu.

Andrew Fiss (HU) hosted an episode of the Consortium for History of Science, Technology and Medicine’s History of Science Society at 100 podcast. The episode, titled “History of Science in Song,” discussed open research questions and future directions with Antony Adler of Carleton College, Asif Siddiqi of Fordham University, and Vassiliki Betty Smocovitis of the University of Florida. Fiss also talked about math songs that appeared in his recent book, “Performing Math.”

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Sarah Hoy (CFRES) was quoted by Great Lakes Echo and The Mining Journal in a story about how moose can teach us about human aging. A study co-authored by Hoy earlier this year linked periodontitis to severe forms of osteoarthritis and osteoporosis in moose. The research highlights the similarities between human and veterinary medicine. The study was the subject of a post on MTU’s Unscripted Research Blog in January. The story was picked up from Michigan State University’s Spartan Newsroom.

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The Daily Mining Gazette interviewed Michigan Tech soccer’s new head coach, Melissa Kuhar (ATH), about what it’s like coming to Tech, her coaching philosophies, and the role academics play in recruiting student-athletes.

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GearJunkie interviewed Michigan Tech undergraduate student Danny Ezzo (mechanical engineering technology) and Kyle Samluk ’23 ’24 (B.S. M.S. Mechanical Engineering) in a story about their recent “Cannonball Sun” — a journey from New York City to Los Angeles in their homemade solar-powered car, the Sun Strider. The trip took 13 days, 15 hours and 19 minutes, soundly defeating the previous record of 57 days. The story was picked up by Yahoo! News.

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Downtown Newsmagazine of Oakland County, Michigan, mentioned vegetation analyses performed by the Michigan Tech Research Institute in a story broadly overviewing the state of Michigan’s struggle to prevent and contain invasive species.

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UPword mentioned Michigan Tech in a story about Gaining Early Awareness and Readiness for Undergraduate Programs (GEAR UP), a trip across the Upper Peninsula taken by 50 students from the Lower Peninsula. Participants visited Michigan Tech, Northern Michigan University, Lake Superior State University, Mackinaw City and Mackinac Island. The story was picked up from Flintside.

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DBusiness picked up a press release announcing the promotion of Matthew Pettit (B.S. Mechanical Engineering) to senior vice president of Ghafari Associates in Dearborn, Michigan, and co-leader of the global firm’s U.S. architecture and engineering practice.

Banner Production System Maintenance on Sunday

A production system maintenance window is scheduled for Sunday, July 28, from 7 a.m. to 6 p.m. The following production services will be unavailable during that time:

• Apps.mtu.edu
• Banner
• Banweb
• MyMichiganTech
• ASPIRE
• Course Tools
• OAP Rental System
• Oracle Reports
• UC4/Appworx
• Virtual Cashiering
• WebFocus

If you have any questions or concerns, we can help. Contact us at it-help@mtu.edu or call 906-487-1111.

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PhD Defense: Casey Majhor, ECE

Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering candidate Casey Majhor will defend his doctoral dissertation today, July 26, at 1 p.m. in person in EERC 122 and virtually via Zoom.

The title of the dissertation is "Performance Characterization and Optimization of a Point-Cloud-Based Path Planner in Off-Road Terrains."

Majhor is advised by Jeremy Bos.

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Scheduled Maintenance Affecting Password Resets on Sunday

Michigan Tech IT will be performing routine quarterly maintenance on the Fischer/mylogin system on Sunday, July 28, from 8 a.m. to noon. During this maintenance, password resets and mylogin.mtu.edu will be unavailable.

If you have any questions about this maintenance, we can help. Contact us at it-help@mtu.edu or call 906-487-1111.

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Retirement Planning Phishing Alert

Please be aware that phishing attacks are circling that encourage Michigan Tech employees to reach out for retirement or pension planning to groups that are not affiliated with Michigan Tech.

Please be aware that as an active Michigan Tech employee, you will only be contacted directly by TIAA CREF, Fidelity or MPSERS (Office of Retirement Services).

Our email system does attempt to identify spam emails and phishing attacks, and frequently isolates these emails — but some do get through. Please reach out to Benefits Services at hr-help@mtu.edu if you are questioning the validity of anyone contacting you for retirement planning.

Contact information for TIAA CREF, Fidelity and MPSERS can be found on Human Resources’ Retirement Planning page in the section titled "Retirement Planning."

To have your event automatically appear, please submit them to the University Events Calendar.

PhD Defense: Josephine Amponsem

Friday, July 26, 11 a.m.–12 p.m. | Academic Office Building (AOB), 201

Environmental & Energy Policy Advisor: Mark Rouleau EFFECTIVENESS, INTEGRATION AND JUSTICE IMPLICATIONS OF CLEAN ENERGY POLICIES IN THE UNITED STATES

PhD Defense: Casey Majhor

Friday, July 26, 1 p.m.–2 p.m. | Electrical Energy Resources Center (EERC), 122

Electrical Engineering Advisor: Jeremy Bos Performance Characterization and Optimization of a Point-Cloud-Based Path Planner in Off-Road Terrains Attend Virtually:...

Huskies Swim Training - Summer 2024 Session 3

Friday, July 26, 3:30 p.m.–5:00 p.m. | Student Development Complex (SDC), Pool

Join us for a summer of swimming in Huskies Swim Training! This training program provides additional attention and competitive guidance to proficient swimmers ages 6-17...