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Beyond Marcus Archives January 2008
Congratulations
Congratulations to Dr. John Morrison for being awarded the “Engineer
of the Year” at this year’s Butte Area Annual Engineers
Banquet. John was nominated by a student and is recognized as an
international expert in advanced battery storage technologies. John
also passed the P.E. exam recently.
Scholarship Winner
Josef Bilant was selected as the first place recipient of the 2007
Mineral and Metallurgical Processing Division Richard R. Klimpel
Scholarship. As part of this scholarship Josef will receive $2,000,
an all expense paid trip to SME annual meeting, and he will get
to serve as a non/voting member of the MPD Executive Committee.
Congratulations Josef!
Guest Lecture
On Monday, February 4th, and Tuesday, February 5th, Dr. Sean Gulick
of the Jackson School of Geosciences at the University of Texas,
Austin, will be on campus to give two presentations as The Ocean
Leadership Distinguished Lecturer. The Chicxulub Crater, that
is the focus of these presentations, represents the evidence that
remains of the meteor impact that is a leading candidate for the
extinction of the dinosaurs.
One Rock to Change the World: The Story of the Chicxulub Impact
Crater
7:30 PM
Monday, February 4th
Big Butte room of the SUB
Montana Tech
Importance of Pre-Impact Crustal Structure for the Asymmetry of
the Chicxulub Impact Crater
12:00 PM
Tuesday, February 5th
Kelly Stewart room of the SUB
Montana Tech
Congratulations
Congratulations to Matt Egloff, Lab Director of General Engineering,
on being appointed to the National Fire Protection Association Committee
on Explosives. This committee governs NFPA standards 495 and 498
related to definition, storage, and transport, and the committee
on Electrical Equipment in Combustible Atmospheres, which governs
NFPA Standards 496 on purged and pressurized enclosures and 499
which classifies hazardous combustible dust and chemical environments.
Distinguished Achievement
Kumar Ganesan, Department head in Environmental Engineering, won
the 2007 Robert Stockman Distinguished Achievement Award. This award
is presented annually in recognition of an outstanding contribution
to air quality management in the PNWIS region and for long-standing
contribution to PNWIS. The award is presented in the name of Robert
Stockman, one of the leading air pollution control pioneers in the
Pacific Northwest.
Student Awards
Keri Petritz, Environmental Engineering Graduate Student, took home
First Place on her presentation entitled Resource Recovery of Belmont
Mine Water at the 2007 PNWIS conference. Students were given cash
awards from the Fred Gray Scholarship Fund and PNWIS Scholarship
Fund for outstanding presentations at the annual meeting. Students
were evaluated on technical content, visual aids and presentations
skills.
Authors in Print
The Research office is doing their annual publications update featuring
authors in print. If you wish to be included:
Please e-mail Irvena a list of your publications for 2007.
“The publications should include books, papers and abstracts
in peer reviewed journals, and conference proceedings available
to the public. Maps published as part of an official series, subject
to peer review, and published in a widely-available and accessible
forum fall into the same categories as publications. Note that reports
required by the Terms and Conditions of a Grant are considered contracted
deliverables and are not considered as “peer reviewed”
publications.”
You can view the previous year’s publications at:
http://www.mtech.edu/research/highlights/authors_in_print.html
In addition, please send updates for any previously submitted publications
which were “in print,” “in press,” and/or
did not include journal references.
Please e-mail your contributions to ikavanagh@mtech.edu by Monday,
February 4, 2008.
Miss Rodeo Montana
Montana Tech freshman Audrey Sholty, of Missoula was recently named
Miss Rodeo Montana. Congratulations Audrey!
New Department Head
Dr. Michele Van Dyne has taken over the role of Department Head
in the Computer Science Department. Michele joined the computer
science faculty last year. Michele has replaced Dr. Celia Schahczenski
who will remain with the department but will get to spend more time
teaching and working on a grant with NCAT.
Educator of the Year
Congratulations to Dean Jane Baker for being named Educator of the
Year by the Montana Ambassadors.
Athletic Update
The Montana Tech Women’s Basketball season is approaching
the final month of its season. The team has compiled a record of
8-12 (2-5 in conference). They are set to go through the conference
for a second time starting February 9th against UM-Western. First,
the team will have a non-conference game against Johnson & Whales
on February 2nd at home at 6 p.m.
The Men’s Basketball team has made its way through the first
half of the conference season with a 1-4 conference record (5-14
overall). The team will enjoy the bye week before hosting three
consecutive home games in February. The team will host UM-Western
on February 9th at 8 p.m.
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