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	"Long Range Face Recognition" and "Automatic Cooperative Tracking" Guest Lecturer Dr. Besma Abidi, a scholar from the University of Tennessee at Knoxville, to present two lectures on "Long Range Face Recognition" and "Automatic Cooperative Tracking" at Michigan Tech.
	Electrical Engineering Technology partner with MTU Summer Youth Program Dr. Oliveira has contributed to nurturing the desire of underrepresented minorities and high school students to pursue careers in science and engineering
	New Exchange Program Spans Cultural Divide Aurenice Oliveira is the principal investigator for a project Michigan Tech has begun as a collaboration with another US college and two universities in Brazil to exchange students. The goal is to enhance engineering education, bridge cultures and highlight global sustainable energy. The program will give students from the US and Brazil “a global perspective—exposure to a different country, a different culture, a different university and a different language”—all within the same context: engineering.
	Dean' List Fall 2007 (PDF)
	Amos and Irwin Earn National Association of Industrial Technology Honors John Irwin, elected University Division Region 1 director, National Association of Industrial Technology (NAIT) and inducted as an Exemplary Initiate Member of the Epsilon Pi Tau Honors Society. Scot Amos was recognized by the NAIT University Division as the NAIT Outstanding Industrial Technology Professor for 2007
	Lograsso Receives Outstanding Mentor Award Assistant Professor Barbara Lograsso (Technology) received an Outstanding Mentor Award recently from the US Department of Energy’s Office of Science.
	"Original Corner Recovery" is featured in an article in The American Surveyor. The article features Pat Leemon of Ottawa National Forest, Rob Liimakka of School of Technology and the Douglass Houghton Chapter members pf the Michigan Society of Professional Surveyors. See the article: Original Corner Recovery in the American Surveyor , June 2007 (PDF File) Seminar on General Land Office (GLO) Recovery Workshop September 29-30
	Hembroff, Suits Win Michigan Tech Distinguished Teaching Awards Scott Amos, dean of technology, credits Guy Hembroff for much of the success of the new bachelor's program in computer network systems administration. "To see the progress that both Guy and the students in the program have made over the past three years has been phenomenal."
	Technology adds new focus area: A burgeoning demand for computer technologists has spurred the expansion of the School of Technology's electrical engineering technology program.
	Dean' List Spring 2007
	Challenge X With major sponsorship from General Motors and the U.S. Department of Energy, Challenge X is the nation’s premiere collegiate motor vehicle competition. Seventeen universities from across North America were invited to to improve the energy efficiency and reduce the environmental impact of a stock vehicle while maintaining driveability.
	ETEC Wins 2nd Place in Design Contest The Michigan Tech School of Technology ETEC design team placed second in the Regional U.S. Green Building Council USGBC's design competition for college students and young professionals.
	US Green Building Council Workshop → May 7 CE4990 Green Building Design 3 cr. → May 7-11 Details on Green Building Flyer (PDF)
	*Michigan Tech Ranked 7th Among PC Magazine's* Top 20 Wired Colleges:** Acccording to the PC Magazine and The Princeton Review rankings for 2007, Michigan Tech was the only university in the state to make the list and was cited for involving undergraduates in information technology and system administration at the earliest stages of their careers. “Cutting-edge technology has become an integral part of the college experience—and something that enables students to have many more marketable skills when they enter the workforce,” said PC Magazine Editor-in-Chief Jim Louderback. “As the foremost resource for computing and electronics news and analysis, PC Magazine is pleased to join forces with The Princeton Review to highlight the tech achievements of colleges.” Michigan Tech Lucky 7 (New Window)
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Amos and Irwin Earn National Association of Industrial Technology Honors

Lograsso Receives Outstanding Mentor Award