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	Battling the Ballast Water by Marcia Goodrich from Michigan Tech Research Magazine 2009 For David Hand, the line between work and play is as thin as monofilament. This is evident from the trophy lake trout on his office wall and in the passion that charges his voice when he talks about a deadly threat to his beloved Lake Superior fishery.
	Plumbing the Great Lake's Secrets by Jennifer Donovan Is Lake Superior a source or a sink for carbon dioxide? Noel Urban, associate professor of civil and environmental engineering, wants to know. What about beach erosion and estuary flow, inquires Barkdoll. Can we protect the watershed that feeds the lake containing 10 percent of all the available fresh water in the world? Mayer hopes that answer lies in the new Great Lakes Research Lab.
	State Authorizes $25 Million for Great Lakes Research Lab at Michigan Tech
	Keeping it Clean by John Gagnon David Watkins says an Upper Michigan deer camp and a small village in Africa have something in common: the need for rudimentary sanitation in the form of an outhouse or latrine From Michigan Tech Research Magazine 2009
	Graduate Research: Making Concrete Greener by John Gagnon PhD student Melanie Kueber is part of a team that wants to reduce the use of cement by replacing more of it with coal fly ash. The process would use what was once a discarded material as a useful one that would mitigate stress on the environment. Article from From Michigan Tech Research Magazine 2009
	4th Annual Railroad Night David Connell, Vice President, Engineering, Union Pacific Railroad with Keynote speaker Gil Carmichael, Intermodal Transportation Institute
	Prosperity By Design: D80 Conference The 2nd Annual D80 Conference was held Saturday November 8, 2008 D80 Website

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