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April 17, 2006

Congratulations Richard Hoffman
Richard Hoffmann, a General Engineering electrical engineering student was awarded 3rd place for his paper at the regional IEEE conference held in Rexburg, Idaho this past week. His paper, “Development and Test of a Real Time Battery Impedance Estimation System”, was the result of research performed under the direction of Dr. John Morrison. This work has also resulted in the application for a patent, US Patent Application Docket No. UMT-111CXC1. Other schools present included BYU-Rexburg, BYU-Ogden, University of Utah and Utah State University.

Metallurgical and Materials Engineering Department Happenings
April 27th
Student Symposium
8:00 AM to 5:00 PM
Chancellors Room, Mill Building
Public Welcome

April 28th
Advisory Board Meeting
9:00 AM to 5:00 PM
Chancellors Room, Mill Building

April 29th
Larry Twidwell Retirement Dinner
6:30 PM
Copper King Hotel
$15 per Person
Please RSVP to Tammy at 406-496-4341 or tross@mtech.edu by April 21st.
If you have any funny stories, pictures, ect. about Larry please let Tammy know.

Environmental Design Team Captures 3 First Place Finishes
Months of hard work to discover innovative, simple, easy-to-implement processes to solve complex scientific problems came to fruition last week when WERC judges handed out three first place trophies to fifteen of Montana Tech’s engineering, chemistry, occupational safety, and communication majors. Faculty advisors Kumar Ganesan and Steve Anderson beamed as the students accepted three trophies and a total of $7,500 in prize money. Click HERE for rest of story.

The Environmental Design Team will be hosting a press conference tomorrow, Tuesday, April 18 at 4:30pm in the Copper Lounge.  At the conference they will be showing their models and explaining their techniques. 

Dr. Courtney Young to Speak at the 7th International Gold Symposium
Dr. Courtney Young has accepted an invitation to speak at the 7th International Gold Symposium to be held in Lima, Peru, May 3-5, 2006.  All of his expenses will be paid by the Gold Committee of the National Society of Mining, Oil and Energy (SNMPE) of Peru.  The talk he will be giving is titled, "Cyanide Stewardship: Recycling vs Destruction."

Alumni Office Schedule

Mineral Museum Lectures and Events
"Everyday is Earth Day! Kids Open House." Get ready for Earth Day at the Mineral Museum. Make projects out of recyclables and do Earth Day related activities. Celebrate early to and start thinking about what you can do for our planet. Wednesday, April 19, free, open to all, 3-5 p.m.

"Digging for Dinosaurs-The Museum of the Rockies comes to Butte." Roll up your sleeves and get your hands dirty digging dinosaur bones. Explore paleontology using hands-on activities with Museum of the Rockies education coordinator Molly Ward. Sponsored by the Mineral Museum, Saturday, April 29, $8, Grades 1-3, 10 a.m. to noon; and grades 4-6, 1 to 3 p.m. Class size limited, pre-registration required.

"Seismic Hazards - Lessons from the Dillon Earthquake". Montana is a seismically active region. Butte has felt the effects of historic
earthquakes centered elsewhere in southwestern Montana. However, Butte has not experienced a damaging earthquake centered in the Summit Valley. Find out what we know - and don't know - about seismic hazards in Silver Bow County. Presented by Mike Stickney from 7 to 8 p.m. Thursday, May 4,
7:00 - 8:00 pm.

"Mother's Day Rocks" Does mom complain when you leave rocks in your pocket? Here's a great way to change her mind. Create the perfect Mother's Day gifts using minerals to make bath salts, scented rocks, and rock creatures. Sponsored by the Mineral Museum, Saturday, May 6, $6, Grades 3-6, 1 to 3 p.m. Class size limited, pre-registration required.

Brand Roll Out Timeline
New Stationary = ready to order and print at the bookstore June 1st.
You can not use your new cards until July 1, but you can try and burn your old supply until Nov 1.  Following Nov. 1, you will HAVE to use the new stationary.
Graphic Standards = ready for use at http://www.mtech.edu/public_relations/GraphicStandards/Mission.htm
Tagline = Still embargoed until July 1st.

Athletic Update
VOLLEYBALL
The volleyball team has been in spring training since the beginning of
March. We are practicing 3 times/week and competing in 4 different
tournaments. Two tournaments have been played already. We entered two Tech teams in the UM-Western tournament, and both teams advanced to the championship bracket. One team tied for 3rd, and one team tied for 4th, out of 12 total teams. One team was entered in the UGF tourney held last Saturday, April 1. Tech was seeded #1 in the consolation bracket, and eventually won it by defeating UGF. We will end spring ball by hosting our own tourney on April 22 at the HPER. If anyone is interested in watching, the tournament will run from 9am until around 5pm and admission is free.

FOOTBALL
Montana Tech football coach Bob Green declared his team game-ready after Saturday’s scrimmage at Alumni Coliseum.
“Right now I feel — both offensively and defensively — we could go into a game,” Green said. “We’re not going to put in anything else before the spring game.”

The Orediggers have 15 practices under their belts, and will wrap up the spring with the Green-White game at 11 a.m. next Saturday at Alumni Coliseum.

The coaching staff will be split up and draft teams for the game on Wednesday.

Saturday marked the team’s 15th practice of the spring.

There will be a Touchdown Club meeting on Thursday April, 20 @ 7pm at the VU Villa.  This event will unveil the teams for the green and white scrimmage.  So come stop on by for some pizza and a chance at some free Oredigger football gear.  

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