Theresa Ahlborn (CEE) has received $42,802 from MDOT for "Center for Structural Durability at Michigan Tech."
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Doctoral student Lauren Fry (Environmental Engineering) has been awarded a graduate scholarship from Qualitative Environmental Analysis (QEA), an environmental engineering consulting firm. Fry, formerly a Peace Corps volunteer in Cameroon, has developed a research program that focuses on the barriers to sanitation coverage in developing countries, including the impacts of global change. QEA initiated its scholarship program in 2006 to support graduate student education in environmental analysis of natural systems. |
| Thomas Van Dam (Civil and Environmental Engineering) has received $101,000 from the Michigan Department of Transportation for "Continuation of the Transportation Materials Research Center (FY 2008 to 2010)." |
| Qiong (Jane) Zhang and Jim Mihelcic (CEE/SFI) have received $252,059 from the National Science Foundation for a four-year project, "Civil and Environmental Engineering Education (CEEE) Transformational Change: Tools and Strategies for Sustainability Integration and Assessment in Engineering Education." |
| Richard Honrath (CEE) has received $185,000, the first increment of a three-year project totaling $380,000, from NASA for "A Study of Biomass-Burning and Anthropogenic Impacts on Arctic Tropospheric Chemistry Using Measurements at Summit, Greenland, as Part of the POLARCAT International Polar Year Project."
Richard Honrath (CEE) has received $504,271 from the National Science Foundation for a three-year project, "Collaborative Research: A Synthesis of Existing and New Observations of Air-Snowpack Exchanges to Assess the Arctic Troposhperic Ozone Budget."
Richard Honrath (CEE) has received $81,191 from the National Science Foundation for the first year of potential four-year project, "Collaborative Research: Investigation of Ozone Photochemistry in Lower-FT Continental Outflow Traveling Over the North Atlantic." |
| Lauren Fry (Environmental Engineering) has received a $17,000 Graduate Fellowship from the US Environmental Protection Agency for the first year of a potential three-year project totaling $51,000. |
| Lawrence Sutter (Research) has received $30,808 from the Michigan Department of Transportation for "Impact of Hydrated Cement Paste Quality and Entrained Air-Void System on the Durability of Concrete." |
Ann Brady, scientific and technical communication/arts (STC/A) program director and assistant professor, received an early career/best paper award from the American Society for Engineering Education for “Interdisciplinary International Senior Design: How Service Learning Projects in Developing Countries Support ABET Accreditation,” in the environmental engineering division.
The award, given June 26 on the moonlit beaches of Waikiki, was accepted by co-authors Linda Phillips, international senior design director and lecturer in civil and environmental engineering, and undergraduate Karina Jousma (STC), who presented the paper during the society’s annual conference in Honolulu.
“I am deeply honored to receive an award from an engineering society,” said Brady. “It demonstrates the power of interdisciplinary and student-professor working relationships.” |
| Terry McNinch (LTAP director) has r received $83,536 from the Michigan Department of Transportation for "MERL 2007."
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| Joan Chadde and the Center for Science and Environmental Outreach received $125,000 over five years from the Kinship Foundation to continue the outdoor science and environmental educational field trip program, which serves K-8 students in 19 school districts in a five-county area of the western Upper Peninsula. Last year, more than 3,000 students participated in 73 field trips led by the center's staff. |
Zhanping You (CEE/MTTI), $39,620 for "Experimental Investigation of Mechanical Properties of Carbon Nanotube-reinforced Asphalt Binder" |
| Theresa Ahlborn received $42,803 from the Michigan Department of Transportation for "Center for Structural Durability at Michigan Tech."
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Terry McNinch (LTAP/TDG) received $72,648 from the Michigan Department of Transportation for "ORNBP Newsletter 2007." |
James
Mihelcic received $164,111 for a three-year project
from the National Science Foundation for "International:
Integration of an International Research Experience in Bolivia
with Sustainable Development Engineering Education."
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| Joan Chadde, education programs coordinator for the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, has earned the Making a Difference Staff Award for Creating Connections award, which recognizes staff who serve the community by initiating partnerships within Michigan Tech or with community organizations, incorporate the ideals and interests of Michigan Tech into their daily work and serve as a mentor or model citizen to Michigan Tech community members outside of the university. Chadde has helped forge a strong partnership between Michigan Tech and 19 school districts. She has also secured funding to expand the programs that Tech offers to the school districts. |
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Noel
Urban received $242,199 for
a four-year project from the National Science Foundation for
"Collaborative Research: The Carbon Balance of Lake Superior:
Modeling Lake Processes and Understanding Impacts on the Regional
Carbon Budget." |
| Richard
Honrath has received $20,000 for year one of a potential
five-year award from the United States Department of Agriculture
for "Development of an Observatory on Pico Mountain for
Atmospheric Research in Azores, Portugal." |
| Terry
McNinch (Michigan Tech Transportation Institute Local
Technical Assistance Program (LTAP)) has received $22,264
from the Michigan Department of Transportation for "MDOT
Rural Safety Forums-Presentations." |
| Associate
Professor Kris G. Mattila was elected chair
of the Construction Safety Standards Commission, Department
of Labor and Economic Growth, in November. Mattila represents
the general public. Then-governor John Engler appointed him
in July 1999 and again in March 2001. The Construction Safety
Standards Commission has the authority, along with the director
of the department, to promulgate construction safety standards
in Michigan. It is the vision of the commission that Michigan
become a national leader in safety for industry by incorporating
the changing needs of new technologies and methods into standards |
James
R. Mihelcic, civil and environmental engineering
professor and co-director of the Sustainable Futures Institute,
has been elected to the Board of Directors of the Association
of Environmental Engineering & Science Professors (AEESP).
Mihelcic begins his three-year term in October.
The mission of AEESP is to assist its members in the development
and dissemination of knowledge in environmental engineering
and science. AEESP also seeks to strengthen and advance the
environmental engineering field through cooperation among
academic and other communities. In 2002 Mihelcic was awarded
AEESP's Wiley Interscience Award for Outstanding Contributions
to Environmental Engineering & Science Education.
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Thomas
J. Van Dam
has received a $176,000 contract from the
Innovative Pavement Research Foundation for research titled
"Concrete
Mixes and Pavement Construction for De-Icing Facilities" |
LTAP
Director Terry McNinch received a $22,439
contract from the Michigan Department of Transportation for
a sponsored activity titled “LTAP-2004.” |
Assistant
Professor David Watkins has received a $48,515
award from the United States Department of Defense--Army Corps
of Engineers for his project, "Research on Overlake Rainfall
Estimation for Lake Michigan and Lake St. Clair." |
LTAP
Director Terry McNinch has received an $87,514
award from the Michigan Department of Transportation for his
project, "2004 Video Production Completion." |
CEE
Researchers Receive DEQ Grants
Michigan Tech researchers, Professor Martin Auer (CEE),
Associate Professor Judith Perlinger (CEE),
Assistant Professor Casey Huckins (Bio-Sci) have received
three grants totaling about $200,000 from the Michigan Great
Lakes Protection Fund. |
Associate
Professor Judith Perlinger has received a
$74,989 grant from the United States Environmental Protection
Agency for her project, "Comparison of Technologies for PBT
Flux Determination." |
Associate
Professor William Sproule has received a
$74,920 award from the U.S. Department of the Interior, National
Park Service, Isle Royale National Park, for his project,
"Market Demand/Financial Feasibility for an Alternative Transportation
System--Keweenaw National Historical Park."
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Associate
Professor Brian Barkdoll has received a $363,116
contract from the National Academy of Sciences for his project,
"Countermeasures to Protect Bridge Abutments from Scour."
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Assistant
Professor Theresa Ahlborn has received a
$76,547 award from the Michigan Department of Transportation,
for her project, "Condition Assessment and Methods of
Abatement to Prestressed Concrete Box-Beam Deterioration." |
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