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Professor William M. Bulleit has accepted a three-year appointment as chair of the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, effective July 1
Third Annual Railroad Night on Feb. 19, 2008: What are the greatest challenges facing the Rail Industry today?

Michigan Tech Rides the Rails into the Future

Michigan Tech is betting on the future of rail transportation in this country and the world by establishing a Rail Transportation Program (RTP) within the Michigan Tech Transportation Institute (MTTI)
Tech Graduate Student Awarded Second Mondialogo Award

For the second time, Michigan Tech graduate student Helen Muga has received the prestigious Mondialogo Award

More about the Mondialogo Award

Valerie Fuchs is addressing the effectiveness of nature-based, sewage treatment processes—such as engineered wetlands—for use between large-scale, urban treatment plants and small-scale, rural septic systems. Featured in Michigan Tech Research 2008 Page 22
A Gift of Science, Tech Presents Atmospheric Observatory to the Azores PDF
 

CE Alum to be Honored at Black Engineer of the Year Awards Conference

Moussa Sissoko, a 2004 civil engineering graduate, has been selected as Modern-Day Technology Leader in the 22nd Annual Black Engineer of the Year Awards.

 

Pavement Enterprise Qualifies for National Civil Engineering Student Competition

The Michigan Tech Pavement Enterprise recently won the Heavy Civil Division at the Associated School of Construction Region III student competition, held in suburban Chicago

C. Robert Baillod

Baillod Elected to Environmental Engineering Board

C. Robert Baillod, professor emeritus and former chair of the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, has been elected to a three-year term on the Board of Trustees of the American Academy of Environmental Engineers (AAEE).

Brian Barkdoll Barkdoll Named ASCE Fellow

Associate Professor Brian Barkdoll (CEE) has been elected a fellow in the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE).

Tomasini Professors Civil and Environmental Engineering Names Tomasini Professors
Thanks to a generous donation by a Michigan Tech alumnus, several professors were recently named Donald and Rose Ann Tomasini Professors in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Michigan Tech Transportation Institute The Michigan Tech Transportation Institute (MTTI) hosted a research informational forum
Engineering Development for Humanity

Engineering Development for Humanity: D80 Conference

Photos and Projects from D80 Conference

What is D80?
Many challenges confront our planet's inhabitants, particularly the 80% not typically considered by designers of infrastructure, goods and services. Engineers must play a critical role in elevating the quality of life for all while ensuring future generations can thrive.

  Timothy J. (TJ) Bates has been selected as the University Transportation Center for Materials in Sustainable Transportation Infrastructure (UTC-MiSTI) Student of the Year

A watershed opportunity
Geographers say that people seek out water when they locate; Greg LeFe-vre, with a fresh BS in environmental engineering, seeks out water for his re-search.

Featured in Michigan Tech Research 2007 Page 24

Teaching Teachers about the Great Lakes Teaching Teachers about the Great Lakes
James R. Mihelcic
Mihelcic Named to EPA Science Advisory Board Committee
Professor James R. Mihelcic has accepted an invitation from EPA Administrator Stephen Johnson to serve a three-year appointment on EPA's Science Advisory Board Environmental Engineering Committee. Story

Water, Water Everywhere
Storm water, rushing from storm sew-ers to streams, can erode the landscape and scour watersheds; so inventive peo-ple have come up with ways to slow the runoff and ease it into waterways.Immersed in this technology is Nancy-Jeanne Bachmann, a master’s student in environmental engineering.

Featured in Michigan Tech Research 2007 Page 25

Terrorism—trying to pinpoint targets
Doctoral student Matthew Drewek is trying to zero in on a moving target.Drewek is working on a PhD in civil engineering, and his research assesses areas of a community that are vulner-able to a terrorist attack.

Featured in Michigan Tech Research 2007 Page 25

Michigan Tech, Yale Will Study Great Lakes Water Michigan Tech, Yale Will Study Great Lakes Water
Scientists at Michigan Tech and Yale University have received a grant of nearly $2 million from the National Science Foundation to analyze the quantity, quality and availability of water in the Great Lakes region. The universities will collaborate on the interdisciplinary research over the next five years.

Civil engineering faculty have been cited in both the Detroit Free Press and the Detroit News in connection with the collapse of the I-35W Bridge in Minneapolis. Associate Professor Tess Ahlborn is quoted in this Free Press story , "Are Michigan Bridges Safe?":

Professor Bill Bulleit was interviewed by the News for the article "Michigan Checks Spans for Safety"


Associate Professor Noel Urban (CEE) is cited in an article, "Changing Lake Superior frustrates boaters, mystifies scientists," published by The Detroit News, written by John Flesher of the Associated Press and picked up by several national and Canadian publications.

Urban is measuring carbon dioxide levels of Lake Superior as part of a greater effort to understand the basic functions of the lake. The article raises concerns about the warming of Lake Superior.
Michigan Tech Places Tenth Michigan Tech Places Tenth Overall in National Concrete Canoe Competition



See the Michigan Tech Concrete Canoe Team Website

Amy (Grisdale) Trahey Amy (Grisdale) Trahey owner of Great Lakes Engineering Group, in Lansing, and a 1994 graduate of Michigan Tech, will receive the Outstanding Young Alumni Award at Spring Commencement. Trahey joined the Michigan Department of Transportation after graduating from Michigan Tech with a BS in Civil Engineering and a love of bridges. In 2000, she founded Great Lakes Engineering Group, one of only three engineering firms in the state owned by a woman. The firm specializes in the inspection, design and construction oversight of bridges. In awe of bridges since her youth, Trahey is dedicated to their rehabilitation, preservation and safety. Read more
MTU steel bridge Concrete Canoe, Steel Bridge Competitions: Michigan Tech hosting the American Society of Civil Engineers' 2007 North Central Conference, which features two collegiate design contests: the Steel Bridge Construction Competition and the Concrete Canoe Competition. The events are free and open to the public. Tech Today Story
SFI
State of the Lake
Ecology of Lake Superior aboard the EPA Research Vessel Lake Guardian.

 

  Andrea Muñoz-Hernández, a PhD student in environmental engineering, won first place for her poster, at the Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers National Conference, held recently in Denver.
Michigan Tech Students Compete in International Environmental Design Contest Michigan Tech Students Compete in International Environmental Design Contest
  Students for Environmental Sustainability will present the 2007's Earth Week events. Who Killed the Electric Car? documentary Gaviotas: A Village to Reinvent the World, Annie Bond, presents new household cleaners.View the Earth Week 2007 detailed schedule!
Rail_industry Rail Industry's top engineers attend Michigan Tech 2007 Railroad Night:

Videos of Rail Industry Panel Forum "What is greatest challenge facing the rail industry?"

More about Railroad Night

Review
The 2006 Review for the Department of Civil and
Environmental Engineering shows how the past year has been productive for the department, with many exciting developments—which are featured in this report.<

Michigan Tech Civil and Environmental Engineering is an innovative leader in the International Sustainable Engineering, and research in water and wastewater treatment, surface water and air quality, hydraulics, hydrology, water resources, structural analysis, geotechnical engineering, transportation design, and construction engineering.

Download the PDF Version 1.8 Mb

 
Catherine Leslie, '83 civil engineering, is executive director of Engineers Without Borders USA; she is manager at Tetra Tech Inc. an engineering consulting firm in Longmont, Colorado.


Engineers Without Borders USA
Michigan Tech EWB website

  International Sustainable Development Engineering Research Experiences Program (ISDEREP) funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) Developing Global Scientists and Engineers (DGSE) program, brings together Michigan Tech students, Universidad Tecnològica Boliviana students, professors, NGOs, and Bolivian communities to work on sustainable development engineering projects to meet community needs.
See Website

 
New Faculty Members
Veronica Webster Griffis comes to Michigan Tech from Cornell University in Ithaca, N. Y. and Zhanping You comes to Michigan Tech from Texas A&M University -Kingsville. See the Biographies of the new C&EE faculty.
 
CEE Students Take Second at the Associated Schools of Construction Heavy/Civil Bid Competition
A team of six CEE students earned second place in the Associated Schools of Construction Great Lakes Region III Heavy/Civil Bid Competition on Saturday, Oct. 21, in suburban Chicago. The competition requires student teams to develop a proposal for a construction project in 16 hours. S
International Senior Design
IRESD
NSF Grant Supports International Research Experience & Sustainable Development Engineering Education
Qiong Jane Zhang, Kurt Paterson, David Watkins, Brian Barkdoll, Linda Phillips, James Mihelcic, and Lauren Fry have received $144,345 from the NSF’s Office of Office of International Science & Engineering for their proposal “Integration of an International Research Experience in Bolivia with Sustainable Development Engineering Education.”
Hawkinsoin scholarship Master's International Student, Ryan Schweitzer, wins 2006 Hawkinson Foundation Scholarship: (PDF)
Ryan Schweitzer, currently serving in the Dominican Republic, was awarded the 2006 Hawkinson Foundation scholarship in recognition of his peace and justice work with Engineers Without Borders, Peace Corps, and other organizations. Hawkinson Foundation has awarded 54 scholarships since 1988. More about Ryan Schweitzer

Heather Wright
Heather Wright was awarded first place in the 2006 Student Design Competition at the 30th Pan American Conference of Engineers
Environmental engineering graduate student Heather Wright was awarded first place in the 2006 Student Design Competition at the 30th Pan American Conference of Engineers held at Georgia Tech Sept. 19-22 for her international senior design project, "Feasibility Study for Wetland Rehabilitation in Santa Cruz, Bolivia" More Details and herfe is a tsory in Michigan Tech Magazine: Environmental Engineering: Cleaning Up de facto Dumps in Bolivia

EWB MTU
Engineers Without Borders has an active Chapter at Michigan Tech. They recently completed a project in Bolivia and won a national EWB award. Shown at left, members serving pizza at noon in the Dow Atrium.

Find out more at their website: http://ewb.students.mtu.edu

ISD MTU
roadway
railway engineering
summer youth

railroad engineering

Tech Preparing Students to Build a Better Railroad (News Story)

See the Railroad Engineering website brochures and slide show

Senior Design winners
RSI MTU
Remote Sensing Research
Grants Available
Agassix sonar
Michigan Tech's Research Vessel Agassiz in action: Photo Galleries:  Side scan sonar seminar and a summer course of Great Lakes Ecology
Western UP Center for Science, Mathematics and Environmental Education earns grant for promoting middle school environmental education and wins Two More Awards:
Education Excellence
EPA Grant
green building US Green Building Council Workshop May 7 CE4990 Green Building Design 3 cr. - May 7-11

Details on Green Building Flyer (PDF)

 

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Civil and environmental engineering Students Build Bridges, School in Bolivia

Real World Classroom Creates Future Engineers

International Senior Design

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