The offices of the Department of Chemical Engineering will be closed on Dec. 23 due to staff vacations and appointments. The office will reopen on Jan. 2 after the winter break.
We wish everyone a safe and joyful holiday season!
Erin Smith (HU) is the principal investigator on a project that has received a $10,000 other sponsored activites grant from the Michigan Humanities Council.
The project is titled "41 North Film Festival 10th Anniversary Program."
Associate Professor Kathryn A. Perrine (Chem) and her team are the authors of an article published in Applied Surface Science on Nov 22.
The article is titled “Reactions of disinfectants at solution/iron interfaces: Modeling pipeline surface chemistry.”
Students are acknowledged who worked collaboratively on the project: Ph.D. student Subash Pandey (chemistry) and Ph.D. graduate Chathura de Alwis ’22 (Ph.D. Chemistry), and undergraduate students Danica Lemmons ’24 (B.S. Chemistry), Ryan Mackie ’23 (B.S. Chemistry) and Drew Kolodge ’23 (B.S. Materials Science and Engineering).
Their research finds iron surfaces, exposed to hypochlorite and monochloramine disinfectants, undergo severe oxidation and corrosion. At air/solution/iron interfaces film growth occurs through the adsorption of atmospheric gases, forming carbamate and carbonate films. Localized, heterogeneous corrosion products from monochloramine exposure also imply several mechanisms exist, leading to material degradation and decomposition of monochloramine to other by-products. These findings uncover the surface chemistry of pipelines ultimately impacting water quality.
This research was recently presented at the American Chemical Society conference held in August 2024 and the American Vacuum Society conference held in November 2024.
This project is supported by National Science Foundation CHE 2108316 and the 2022 Sandretto-Stackhouse Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (Lemmons). The Earth, Planetary, and Space Sciences Institute is also acknowledged for support of the project.
Cassy Tefft de Muñoz (CEO) was interviewed by Radio Results Network in a segment about the OneUP Mind Trekkers Copper Trail Festival, held yesterday, Dec. 10, at the Student Development Complex. The event, hosted by Michigan Tech’s Center for Educational Outreach in collaboration with UP Michigan Works! and MiSTEM, featured interactive STEM demonstrations for nearly 800 middle school students from the Western Upper Peninsula.
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Progressive Railroading mentioned Michigan Tech in a story about a Federal Railroad Administration-funded project to train future railroad professionals. Led by the University of Delaware, the initiative includes hands-on workshops at Colorado’s Transportation Technology Center.
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ECO Magazine mentioned Michigan Tech in a story about the U.S. Department of Energy’s $18 million investment in marine energy and offshore wind research. Michigan Tech received $598,800 to support innovation in marine energy technologies as part of the initiative.
The Air Force ROTC invites you to the Fall 2024 Commissioning Ceremony on Friday, Dec. 13, at 7 p.m. in the Rozsa Center Lobby.
This semester, we have two Air Force cadets commissioning. The two commissioning are from the following programs:
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Beginning January 6, 2025, Husky Eats and the Memorial Union Building will transition to a more sustainable advertising option by offering digital advertising within our spaces instead of printed table tents. This change reflects our commitment to sustainability while fostering a welcoming and positive dining environment for all students. We appreciate your cooperation and support as we implement this new approach.
Digital displays are a low-cost advertising method to reach a large number of students, staff, and faculty with announcements about current events for groups affiliated with Michigan Tech. Display use is intended for the promotion of individual events, not consecutive/routine marketing or solicitation and is at the discretion of Husky Eats. Digital display images must be approved by Husky Eats following the policy and steps posted on the Dining Services website.
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The A. E. Seaman Mineral Museum’s annual 15% Off* Holiday Sale continues through Dec. 21!
The gift shop includes many beautiful and unique gifts: mineral decor, various mineral lamps, agate bookends, stone dishware, jewelry and much more!
The museum gallery and gift shop are open Monday through Saturday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
* Exclusions apply. Cannot be combined with other discounts.
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M. Bartley Seigel (HU) will be a guest on Living Writers, a radio program hosted by T Hetzel on 88.3 WCBN-FM in Ann Arbor, today, Dec. 11, from 5-6 p.m.
Seigel will be joined by Michigan Poet Laureate Nandi Comer and fellow Michigan poets Brittany Rogers and Jonah Mixon-Webster.
The program will be livestreamed on WCBN's website.
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