May 3, 2021
Garrett Neese/Daily Mining Gazette
Michigan Technological University faculty, including Andrew Storer, dean of the College of Forest Resources and Environmental Science, center, were on hand to greet students.
By GARRETT NEESE
Mining Gazette
HOUGHTON – After two years of commencement ceremonies were wiped out by the COVID-19 pandemic, Michigan Technological University found a way to honor its graduates in person.
Friday afternoon, graduates from 2020 and 2021 donned their cap and gown and participated in a walk through campus.
” I think it means everything right now, given the events of the pandemic we ve had in the past year,” said Joe Cooper, interim vice president for student affairs and dean of students at Tech. “It is incredibly exciting. It s incredibly positive. The atmosphere on campus is so lively. And I think people are just really glad to have this opportunity to come together in person and celebrate.”
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Garrett Neese/Daily Mining Gazette
Michigan Technological University faculty, including Andrew Storer, dean of the College of Forest Resources and Environmental Science, center, were on hand to greet students.
HOUGHTON After two years of commencement ceremonies were wiped out by the COVID-19 pandemic, Michigan Technological University found a way to honor its graduates in person.
Friday afternoon, graduates from 2020 and 2021 donned their cap and gown and participated in a walk through campus.
“I think it means everything right now, given the events of the pandemic we’ve had in the past year,” said Joe Cooper, interim vice president for student affairs and dean of students at Tech. “…It is incredibly exciting. It’s incredibly positive. The atmosphere on campus is so lively. And I think people are just really glad to have this opportunity to come together in person and celebrate.”
That’s why Greg Odegard got into carbon.
Odegard is the John O. Hallquist Endowed Chair in Computational Mechanics in the Department of Mechanical Engineering-Engineering Mechanics at Michigan Technological University. He also leads the NASA Institute for Ultra-Strong Composites by Computational Design (US-COMP) and the Tech Forward initiative for Advanced Materials and Manufacturing. Odegard specifically studies ultrastrong carbon-nanotube-based composites, and he points out that not all carbon is equal. While all sporting a big C chemically, the soft sheets of graphite differ from the rigid strength of diamond and the flexibility and electrical properties of graphene.
In its many forms, carbon can perform in many ways and the tricky part with composites
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