August 8, 2024

A world authority on satellite-powered analysis of global volcanic activity, Simon Carn (GMES) is the winner of the 2024 Michigan Technological University Research Award.

Carn has scaled many mountains during his career — it’s his love for climbing, hiking and travel that led him to study geology. “Geology provided a pathway to a deeper understanding of landscape formation and evolution,” said Carn.

In a Michigan Tech News Q&A, Carn reflects on his research, the role he and Michigan Tech play in the worldwide volcanology community, and why people are — and should be — interested in volcanoes.

Read the Q&A at Michigan Tech News.

New student Move-In for the fall 2024 semester is right around the corner — it's next Friday and Saturday, Aug. 16 and 17 — and the Wahtera Center for Student Success needs volunteers!

Move-In volunteers can help with a variety of activities during Move-In Weekend, including traffic control, moving students into their dorm and assisting newly arrived students at Check-In. If you are interested in volunteering, please complete our 2024 Move-In Volunteer Registration form.

If you have any questions, please contact the Orientation Executive Staff at orientation@mtu.edu.

Reminder: Summer hours will end on Sunday, Aug. 11. Beginning Monday, Aug. 12, the University will return to regular office hours.

Regular hours of operation are from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. All offices must be staffed during these hours.

The College of Sciences and Arts is pleased to announce that we have joined the LinkedIn family. Please take a minute to follow us.

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Ph.D. in Computational Science and Engineering student Ali Awad will present a Ph.D. proposal defense on Tuesday, Aug. 13, at 10 a.m. in Rekhi 101 and via Zoom.

The title of Awad’s proposal is “Enhancing Underwater Image Quality for Effective Object Detection.”

Please note: The date and time of this event has been changed from its original date and time of Aug. 7 at 11 a.m. The Zoom link has not changed.

Join the Zoom meeting.

Read the proposal abstract on the Computing News Blog.

A team from the Department of Chemistry at Michigan Technological University has published a research article in the American Chemical Society journal Biochemistry. The article was showcased on the journal's supplementary cover.

The team is led by Tatyana Karabencheva-Christova and includes postdoctoral researcher Koteswara Rao Gorantla (first author); Ph.D. student Anandhu Krisnan; Ph.D. graduate Sodiq Waheed '23, currently a researcher at Eli Lilly in Indianapolis, Indiana; and Ph.D. graduate Ann Varghese '23, currently a postdoctoral researcher at the National Center for Toxicological Research, Food and Drug Administration in Jefferson, Arkansas; as well as undergraduate students Isabella DiCastri, Ciara LaRouche and Meredith Paik.

The article is titled "Novel Insights into the Catalytic Mechanism of Collagenolysis by Zn(II)-Dependent Matrix Metalloproteinase-1."

Professor Gregg B. Fields from Florida Atlantic University was a collaborator on the study.

The research highlights novel insights into Zn(II)-dependent enzymatic collagen hydrolysis and reveals the critical role of dynamic evolvement, thermal effects and entropy in the process. This study is a continuation of Karabencheva-Christova’s established research at Michigan Tech on metalloenzymes.

This research is funded by NIH grant 2R15GM132873-02 to Karabencheva-Christova.

The team would like to thank Sarah Atkinson (RD) for the assistance with image preparation.

DBusiness picked up a Michigan Economic Development Corporation press release about its 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.

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Wisconsin’s Stoughton Courier Hub published a Q&A with Michigan Tech men’s basketball standout Adam Hobson ’24 (B.S. Statistics). Hobson is returning to MTU to pursue a master’s in data science in 2024-25.

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PhD Defense: Seyedmostafa Rezaeitaleshmahalleh

Thursday, August 8, 10:30–11:30 a.m. | H-STEM Complex, 348

Biomedical Engineering Advisor: Jingfeng Jiang Computational Analysis of Vascular Aneurysms Attend Virtually: https://michigantech.zoom.us/j/83317647333

L'Anse Barberry Trade-Up Day

Thursday, August 8, 4 p.m.–7 p.m. | L'Anse Department of Public Works

Got barberry? Help save our forests and trade-up your Japanese barberry shrubs! Bring in barberry plants from your yard (dig them up, roots and all) to our Barberry Trade-Up...