Dec 8: Civil Engineering Seminar will be presented by
Bill Kallman, P.E.. He is a retied bridge engineer from the NYDOT and he
maintains a local consulting office in Hancock.
Title: The I 35W Bridge Collapse: A Design Error or a Lesson? December 8, 2011 4:00 p.m. #642 Dow.
Dec 1: Our Civil Engineering Seminar of this week will be presented by three
graduate students: Michael Hochscheidt, Karl Krueger, and Tony Oxley.
Public welcome. Read Seminar Dec 1 Details
Nov 17: Civil Engineering Seminar will be presented by Mr. Bob Tracy PE and Principle Investigator - MTU Class of 74/75.
Title: Restoration Engineering Fundamentals of Practice and Case Studies: Part II.
Bob will talk about Structures and Materials of Restoration Engineering as
seen in the attachment or link http://www.cee.mtu.edu/~zyou/Bob-seminar-10-13-2011.pdf
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Nov 10: Three graduate students will present their research topics in our Civil
Engineering Seminar.
Presentation 1: The Incorporation of Discontinuous Fibers into the Structural Design of
Cementitious Materials: A Look at UHPC
by Eric L. Kreiger
Presentation 2:
Probabilistic Analysis via Aeroelasticity and System Identification on
Wind Turbine Blades for Operational Structural Integrity Assessment
by Antonio Velazquez
Presentation 3:
Bond Strength between UHPC and Normal Strength Concrete (NSC) in
accordance with Split Prism and Freeze-Thaw cycling tests
by Miguel Angel Carbonell
4-5PM 11/10/2011, Dow 642:
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Nov 3: Professor Reza Shahbazian-Yassar; Topic: Energy Harvesting and Storage: A View From Nanoscale; 4 pm Dow 641
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Oct 27: Ammu Ganesan, CE Graduate student Michigan Tech, will present "Historic Civil Engineering Landmark Program-
the Mackinac Bridge";Katie Zimmerman, CE Graduate student Michigan Tech, will present "Bridge Inspections" Thursday October 27, 4 pm, 641 Dow
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Oct 20: Khatereh Vaghefi, Graduate Student of CEE; Title: "Application of Thermal IR Imagery for Concrete Bridge Inspection"
The authors of this presented paper include: Khatereh Vaghefi, H.A de
Melo e Silva, D.K. Harris, T.M. Ahlborn.
Dow 642, Thursday, Oct 20, 4-5 pm
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Oct 13: Civil Engineering Seminar:
Mr. Bob Tracy PE and Principle Investigator - MTU Class of 74/75.
Title: Restoration Engineering Fundamentals of Practice and Case Studies: Part 1
Bob will talk about structures and materials of Restoration Engineering as
seen in the link . Bob will talk to us again on Nov 17th.
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Oct 7: Miroslav Haltuf, International Affairs Representative - Project Manager of OLTIS Group, Czech Republic. Title: An overview of four railway technology research projects for the European Union Grover C. Dillman Hall
Room: 204, Friday, Oct 7, 2-3 pm
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Sep 29: Dr.
Nancy Grimm, Professor of Humanities and Director of Michigan Tech
Multiliteracies Center and Kirsti Arko, Administrative Coordinator of Michigan Tech Multiliteracies
Center; Title is: "General Presentation about
the Multiliteracies Center." She will cover the services provided by
the Michigan Tech Multiliteracies Center to faculty and students. Many
graduate students have used the services in the past. Dow 642 from 4PM to 5PM
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| Sep 22: Civil Engineering Seminar:
Dr. Debra D. Charlesworth, Assistant to the Dean of Graduate School.
Her title is: "Two keys to effective scholarship: Proper citations
and great images." She will cover a large array of topics such as
citations, EndNote, and creating great images for scholarly work. Dow 642 from 4PM to 5PM |
Sep 15: presented by two
Presidential Council of Alumnae (PCA) members and they will talk about
one of their projects:
Kim Nowack, Chief Engineer of the Mackinac Bridge Authority, will give
a presentation on an on going project involving in-depth cable
inspection of the main cables holding up the bridge.
Michelle Jarvie, Senior Environmental Engineer - Environmental
Sustainability & renewaFUEL Operations, Ishpeming, MI, will present an
overview of sustainability efforts and programs at Cliffs (and the
extractive industry in general).
Dow 642 from 4PM to 5PM, Sept. 15
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Sep 8: Professor Zhanping You on Thursday, Sept. 8, 2011, from 4-5P in Dow 642.
He will present:
"Preliminary Study of Transportation Materials Simulation using
Numerical Models: A Ten Year Review".
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| Sep 1: Civil Engineering Seminar:
Professor William Sproule, Thursday, Sept. 1, 2011, from 4-5P in Dow 642. He
will present:
"Take Me Out to the Ball Game - Transportation Planning for Sports Stadiums". |
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