August 7, 2024

The Department of Civil, Environmental, and Geospatial Engineering (CEGE) announces a new course being offered by Assistant Professor Ishi Keenum in fall 2024:

CEE5561 Advanced Topics in Biological Processes: Environmental Molecular Biotechnology

In this course, students will learn how molecular methods can be applied to environmental engineering and be utilized for bioremediation, environmental management, water and wastewater treatment, and fecal source tracking.

Career Services is excited to announce two fall 2024 events: Career Fest and Career Fair. These events provide our students and alumni with exceptional opportunities to network with industry leaders, explore various career fields and secure internships or full-time positions. As Michigan Tech faculty, staff and alumni, your involvement and support can significantly enhance their experience and success.

How to Support Career Fest and Career Fair:

Faculty:

• Inform your students about these events and integrate the information into your classes.
• Encourage student participation.
• Consider inviting Career Services staff to present or conduct workshops in your classes.

Staff:

• Spread the word through campus channels.
• Support students in preparing for their interactions with employers.

Alumni:

• Share your experiences and insights with current students.
• Attend the events to network and provide guidance.
• Encourage fellow alumni to participate and support MTU's current students.

Mark your calendars! We look forward to your involvement and support in making these events a success. Please save the dates and help our students and alumni maximize these opportunities. Stay updated by following Career Services on LinkedIn and sharing posts with your connections.

As these events approach, we also invite you to contribute by volunteering at Career Fair or offering your space for Interview Day.

Your support is invaluable and greatly appreciated.

Thank you! Go Huskies!

Financial Services and Operations (FSO) will periodically be sharing information regarding a specific topic to increase awareness and knowledge in an “FSO — Did You Know?” article. If there is an FSO topic that you’d like to learn more about, please email fso@mtu.edu.

How to Look Up Check Requests
You can look up your submitted check request in Perceptive Content by querying with the Documents button. Select AS-Invoice as your document type. In the Quick Search dropdown, select PO or Blanket #. Enter the check request number and click Go.

If you want to update anything on the check request, you can add text on the form.

This query will no longer work once the check request has been processed to your index in Banner. At this stage, you can look up the check request in Perceptive Content by using the Invoice # option in the Quick Search dropdown and inputting the document number (I#) assigned to it in Banner.

Reminder! Registration for fall 2024 Michigan Tech Aquatics programs opens today, Aug. 7, at 8 a.m.

Swimming programs are offered at the SDC for all ages and ability levels. We hope to see you at the pool!

• Adult Huskies Swim Training (18 or older)
• Adult Huskies Swim Lessons (18 or older)
• Huskies Group Swim Lessons Parent & Child Aquatics (ages 6 months to 3 years)
• Huskies Group Swim Lessons Preschool Aquatics (ages 4-5 years)
• Huskies Group Swim Lessons Learn to Swim Levels 1-5 (ages 6-17 years)
• Huskies Swim Training (ages 6-17 years)

Questions? Contact Aquatics Manager Annie Bengry at ambengry@mtu.edu or 906-487-2995.

Michigan Tech soccer head coach Melissa Kuhar has announced the addition of Gabrielle Klein and Ludesha Reynolds to the 2024 roster.

Klein comes to Michigan Tech as a second-year student-athlete after competing at PSAC affiliate Pitt-Johnstown, where she appeared in 11 games. Reynolds joins the Huskies following her second-year season at SWAC affiliate Mississippi Valley State, where she appeared in seven games and made five starts in goal.

"Our coaching staff is beyond excited to welcome Ludesha Reynolds and Gabrielle Klein to our program," Kuhar said. "They both embody the type of person, student and soccer player we would like in our program. Each of them brings a wealth of experience at various levels that will help us build a solid foundation to have success in the years to come."

Read more at Michigan Tech Athletics.

Job Posting for Wednesday, Aug. 7, 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.

Director of Administration, Associate Vice President for Administration. 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.

Lanrong Bi (Chem) is the principal investigator (PI) of a project that has been awarded a $469,500 grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH).

The project is titled "Mitochondrial-targeting exosomes for neuroinflammation." This research aims to expand mitochondrial-targeting therapy to revolutionize exosome-based treatments.

Zhiying Shan (KIP/BioSci/BioMed) is a co-PI on the project.

The grant builds upon an earlier award Bi received from the American Heart Association, which focused on pharmacological modulation of mitochondrial dynamics for treating cardiovascular disease. The project's approach leverages insights from cardiovascular research to address the complex interplay between mitochondrial dysfunction and brain inflammation, potentially offering new therapeutic avenues for both cardiovascular and neuroinflammatory diseases.

The project will engage both graduate and undergraduate students at MTU. The funding provides hands-on research opportunities and supports student travel to national conferences to present their findings. Interested students are encouraged to contact Bi at lanrong@mtu.edu.

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Hayden Henderson (GLRC) is the PI on a project that has received a $95,499 research and development contract from the U.S. Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.

The project is titled "MTU Observing Systems O&M 2024-2025."

Jamey Anderson, Christopher Pinnow and Christopher Wright (all GLRC) are co-PIs on this potential one-year project.

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Judith Perlinger (CEGE/GLRC) is the PI on a project that has received a $37,207 research and development grant from the National Science Foundation.

The project is titled "AGS-FIRP Track 1: Lake-induced Inversion Trapping of Emissions on the Superior Coast (LITESC)."

Shawn Brueshaber (ME-EM/GLRC) is a co-PI on this potential one-year project.

Dale Dewald (MSE) was quoted by WLUC TV6 in a story about his 200th blood donation at the UP Regional Blood Center in Hancock on Monday, Aug. 5.

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The Daily Mining Gazette interviewed Michigan Tech hockey defenseman Chase Pietila in a story about his selection by the Pittsburgh Penguins in the fourth round of the 2024 NHL Draft.

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The Escanaba Daily Press mentioned Michigan Tech in its “Remember When?” section, featuring a 1999 photo of MTU archaeology students Jo Deaton and Tamar Mannikko near a collapsed chimney at an excavation site near Nahma. Excavated jointly with the U.S. Forest Service, the site contained ruins from a sawmill built around 1850.

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TechCentury.com mentioned Michigan Tech in a story about the Michigan Economic Development Corporation’s new STEAM Ahead program, which funded more than 570 summer internships during the first half of 2024. MTU was listed as one of the program’s higher education partners.

PhD Defense: Seyedmostafa Rezaeitaleshmahalleh, BioMed

Ph.D. in Biomedical Engineering candidate Seyedmostafa Rezaeitaleshmahalleh will present a final doctoral defense tomorrow, Aug. 8, at 10:30 a.m in H-STEM 348 and virtually via Zoom.

Rezaeitaleshmahalleh's dissertation is titled "Computational Analysis of Vascular Aneurysms."

He is advised by Jingfeng Jiang.

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Two More Days to Trade Up Your Barberry for a Native Shrub Replacement

There are two days left to participate in the Keweenaw Invasive Species Management Area's Barberry Trade-Up Days. Help save our forests!

Japanese barberry is an invasive shrub still legally sold as an ornamental garden plant. It easily spreads into natural areas where it harms healthy habitats and harbors deer ticks that carry Lyme disease. Bring your dug-up Japanese barberry plants, roots and all, to dispose of at one of the KISMA events listed below. In exchange, receive a $10 coupon toward a native alternative from a nursery participating in Go Beyond Beauty.

Barberry Trade-Up Days drop-off times and locations:
Thursday, Aug. 8, 4-7 p.m. at L’Anse Department of Public Works
Saturday, Aug. 10, 10 a.m.-2 p.m. at Eagle Harbor solid waste facility

Participating nurseries (Go Beyond Beauty partners):
Flowers by Sleeman, Houghton, 906-482-4023
Kismet Gardens, Baraga, 575-418-8289
Designs by Nature, Marquette, 906-250-9157

Visit the KISMA website to RSVP and guarantee your $10 coupon.

This new programming is co-sponsored by WildOnes Keweenaw and partially funded by the Michigan Invasive Species Grant Program. KISMA thanks the many townships in our area who have supported our work on this.

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Celebrate Keweenaw Week!

Keweenaw Mineral Days joins the Copper Country Rock and Mineral Club's Keweenaw Week and the Quincy Mine Hoist Association for a week of Keweenaw mineral-related fun (please see their websites for additional details). This event began Aug. 4 and runs through Sunday, Aug. 11.

The A. E. Seaman Mineral Museum will also hold its annual Mineral Surplus Sale tomorrow, Aug. 7, from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the museum.

Additionally, if you spend $100 or more in the museum's gift shop and/or at the surplus sale during the event, you will receive 10% off your purchase. Exclusions apply.

The museum is open from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Admission to the museum is waived for Michigan Tech students, staff and faculty with a Tech ID.

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

West Michigan New Student Send Off

Wednesday, August 7, 6:30 p.m.–8:00 p.m.

Michigan Tech alumni and friends are invited to join Tom Hampton, Regional Admissions Manager, in welcoming our newest Huskies and sending them off to Houghton on Wednesday,...