April 24, 2025

Assistant Professor Susanta Ghosh (MAE) has won a $669,490 NSF Faculty Early Career Development Program (CAREER) Award for his research project “Bayesian Symmetry-Respecting Machine Learning Framework for Predicting Electronic Structures in Materials Design.”

The NSF CAREER Award is the National Science Foundation’s most prestigious award in support of early-career faculty who have the potential to serve as academic role models in research and education. The honor also recognizes their rising ability to lead advances in the mission of their department or organization. The award will support Ghosh’s research through 2030.

“Professor Ghosh’s NSF CAREER Award draws on his expertise across several disciplines to converge on solutions for complex problems," said Michelle Scherer, dean of Michigan Tech’s College of Engineering. “This is exactly what these prestigious NSF awards are meant to support — innovative approaches to complex problems. It will be exciting to see what Professor Ghosh and his students discover!"

Read more about Ghosh’s research at Michigan Tech News.

As College of Engineering students prepare to graduate from Michigan Tech, they are reflecting on their time as Huskies, sharing their dreams for the future and offering advice for future students.

Tomorrow and Saturday, April 25 and 26, the University's two commencement ceremonies will celebrate more than 600 COE students who have completed their degrees. While their time on campus is coming to an end, they know they’ll be Huskies forever.

“Graduating feels surreal — but in the best way,” said Kimberly Ann Lopez ’25, a civil engineering student graduating this spring. “Michigan Tech didn’t just shape me into an engineer; it gave me a community.”

Hear more from this year’s graduating class of engineers at the College of Engineering Blog.

When Sydney Lurvey ’25 crosses the commencement stage on Saturday, the award-winning College of Business student knows exactly where she’s headed: Wausau, Wisconsin, where she’ll pursue a career in financial planning and advising through the postgraduate program at Northwestern Mutual.

Michigan Tech runs in the family for Lurvey, a double major in finance and economics who minored in financial technology. Although both her parents are Husky alumni, she had her own reasons for choosing Tech.

“There is nowhere else I would have rather gone to school,” she said. “It’s such a unique experience to have such close relationships with professors, the dean, and staff. The College of Business at Tech really allows for a unique and individual experience, and I think that’s not something you can get at other business schools.”

Read about Lurvey’s accomplishments and find out how her experiences at MTU are helping her thrive at the College of Business Newsblog.

"GIS and remote sensing are more than just tools — they're gateways to understanding our world in ways that truly matter," says Parth Bhatt, director of Michigan Tech's Geographic Information Science program and assistant teaching and research professor in Michigan Tech's College of Forest Resources and Environmental Science.

Learn more about Michigan Tech's online GIS program from Michigan Tech Global Campus. At Tech, students studying GIS learn to handle complex geospatial challenges for natural resource management, such as contending with data irregularity, predicting the impacts of climate change, and ensuring inclusive decision-making.

Discover how this program helps graduates become GIS leaders who transform curiosity into capability and data into action at the Michigan Tech Global Campus News blog.

The Michigan Tech writing program has launched its inaugural issue of Paw Prints: The Michigan Journal of First-Year Writing. Led by students in HU 3606: Editing, the journal was conceptualized, designed and executed through a peer review process focused specifically on recognizing excellence by first-year student writers from UN 1015: Composition.

The Michigan Tech community can read the first issue electronically. Additionally, information is available about the editorial board contributions and the journal’s mission and submission guidelines.

Congratulations to the editorial team for successfully producing this first issue. Questions about the journal can be directed to Holly Hassel, director of composition, at hjhassel@mtu.edu.

Equal Opportunity Compliance and Title IX at Michigan Tech has added a Quick Leave button to all of our webpages. This new safety feature, a bold red button located in the top right corner of each page, allows users to immediately exit the site and be redirected to a neutral, non-identifiable webpage with a single click.

The Quick Leave button was implemented with the understanding that individuals seeking information or support related to discrimination, harassment, sexual misconduct or other sensitive issues may not always be in a safe or private environment. For those who may be monitored by others or who fear retaliation, the ability to quickly exit the site helps protect their safety and privacy.

Having a Quick Leave button is a best practice in trauma-informed web design and empowers users to seek help discreetly while reducing the risk of unintentional disclosure.

Please contact Equal Opportunity Compliance and Title IX at eocompliance@mtu.edu or 906-487-3310 with questions.

Michigan Tech's chapter of Tau Beta Pi: The Engineering Honor Society is inviting the entire MTU community to participate in the CyberAmbassadors/Engineering Futures program this summer to enhance their skills in communication, leadership and teamwork.

Tau Beta Pi's national Engineering Futures program has partnered with the CyberAmbassadors Project to present virtual professional development training sessions through Zoom in May and June.

CyberAmbassadors is a National Science Foundation-funded project that provides professional development training to STEM college students and professionals. The project is internationally recognized by the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) and has trained over 17,300 people so far. The project's co-principal investigators have since been inducted into the ASEE Hall of Fame for their work in the project.

The training sessions are highly interactive and will take place in three-hour Zoom sessions. Each session will be offered twice.

• Communication Sessions:
  – Tuesday, May 13, from 1-4 p.m. ET
  – Tuesday, June 3, from 1-4 p.m. ET

• Teamwork Sessions:
  – Friday, May 16, from 1-4 p.m. ET
  – Tuesday, June 10, from 1-4 p.m. ET

• Leadership Sessions:
  – Monday, May 19, from 1-4 p.m. ET
  – Tuesday, June 17, from 1-4 p.m. ET

These sessions are free and available to all students and professionals, including non-engineering majors. Fill out the registration form to participate. Everyone who attends a session on each topic will receive a certificate for completing the entire curriculum.

For more information on the honor society, visit the Tau Beta Pi website and Michigan Beta chapter website. For more information on the CyberAmbassadors, visit the official CyberAmbassadors Project website.

The April 2025 issue of the Michigan Tech Transportation Institute (MTTI) newsletter is now available on the MTTI website. The newsletter provides updates on current MTTI member activities and highlights research projects from two principal investigators. Current topics include:

• MDOT Director to Visit Campus — RSVP This Week for the Poster Session and Luncheon
• MTTI Member Survey Responses Needed for Center/Institute Realignment
• Rail Competitive Scholarship Winners Awarded
• CEGE Announces Wilbur Haas Scholarship Winner
• MTTI Members Submit Multiple FRA BAA Concept Papers
• Recent Graduate Highlights
• New Funding
• MTTI Travel Grants Available
• Tracks to the Future Summer Youth Program — Openings Available
• Project Highlight: A Comprehensive Approach to Promoting Railroading Careers and Developing the Current Rail Industry sponsored by USDOT CRISI with the University of South Florida – PI: Pasi Lautala (CEGE)
• Project Highlight: Tech Are Current Rigid Pavement Roundabouts Working in Minnesota? sponsored by the Minnesota Department of Transportation – PI: Qingli (Barbara) Dai (CEGE)

Toby Kunnari (KRC) was quoted in the feature article “Weather or Not” published in the May/June 2025 issue of Car and Driver Magazine. The article scores test data from leading all-season tires and highlights the exceptional winter testing surfaces that Kunnari manages at Michigan Tech’s Keweenaw Research Center. Car and Driver also mentioned the KRC in an online story about testing all-weather tires for 2025, which was picked up by Yahoo! Life.

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The U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center mentioned Michigan Tech in a story about the center’s Robotics for Engineer Operations team testing tele-operated and autonomous systems during Project Convergence Capstone 5. Michigan Tech is a collaborator with the ERDC on the development of robotic and heavy equipment platforms.

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The Daily Mining Gazette mentioned Michigan Tech soccer's veteran midfielder Kiersen Korienek being named to the U.S. Women’s Futsal National Team roster for the 2025 Concacaf W Futsal Championship in Guatemala. The announcement was made by Michigan Tech Athletics on April 21.

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Patch mentioned Michigan Tech alum Emily Lindback ’22 (M.S. Forest Ecology and Management) in a story about an Earth Day action event in Southold, New York. Lindback was part of a panel discussing ecological practices in landscape design and agriculture.

TRIP Forms for Fall 2025 Semester

Benefits Services and Financial Aid strongly encourage students to submit their TRIP (Tuition Reduction Incentive Program) application forms for fall 2025 by tomorrow, April 25, to ensure timely processing. Students should turn these forms in as soon as they have them completed, and no later than July 1.

A TRIP application form can be obtained from the Additional Benefits page. The form is to be signed by the eligible employee/retiree and student. One application form is to be completed for each semester.

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

5th Annual Puppy Parade

Thursday, April 24, 4–5 p.m. | Quincy Park in Hancock

Copper Shores Community Health Foundation will be holding a Puppy Parade April 17th at Quincy Park in Hancock from 4-6pm. The event will be to make a safe and entertaining...

Meet the Dean of the College of Computing

Thursday, April 24, 6:30–7:00 p.m.

Join us virtually to meet Dr. Dennis Livesay, dean of the College of Computing, and hear why our computing graduates are in demand across all industries.