Great Lakes Research Center
Great Lakes Research Center view (December 26, 2011)
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The Great Lakes Research Center (GLRC) will house laboratories and classrooms supporting researchers and students working with Great Lakes biological, chemical and physical studies. The facility will be designed and equipped in support of instruction, experimental laboratories and outreach efforts.
Students educated in this facility will learn in an environment providing current technologies and state of the art laboratories. These students once employed in Michigan will be essential to the long-term development of sustainable industries.
The GLRC will be located on the waterfront adjacent to campus. The building will contain aquatic research laboratories, coastal research instrumentation, data center, boathouse facilities, offices and meeting rooms for extension/coordination activities.
The GLRC will provide updated facilities in support of current research programs. The University has Great Lakes programs, grants and research efforts with various state and federal agencies. The research efforts on Lake Superior require the use, docking and support for both small research vessels and large contract research vessels. The existing deepwater mooring access on campus is adjacent to the site for the GLRC.
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Great Lakes Research Center Seminars On Video:
"Across hydrological interfaces from coastal watersheds to the open lake: Finding signals in the Great Lakes Coastal Zone" Dr. Jack Kelly, director of EPA's Midcontinental Ecology Division in Duluth; See Video of presentation on Engineering Michigan Tech Channel on Vimeo (Dec. 6, 2011)
"Green Bay Hypoxia: Biogeochemical Dynamics, Watershed Inputs and Climate Change" ---
NOAA Coastal Hypoxia Research Program;
Presented by Dr J. Val Klump: Director, Great Lakes WATER Institute and Professor, School of Freshwater Sciences, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee Department; See Video of presentation.
“New Directions on Great Lakes Water Resources Policy”
Dave Dempsey, Policy Advisor, International Joint Commission; Presented at Michigan Technological University October 25, 2011 See Video of presentation.
Christine Manninen; Communications / GLIN Director, Great Lakes Commission, Ann Arbor, MI.; "State of the Great Lakes 2011: Successes and Continued Challenges
Dr. Bob Shuchman, Michigan Tech Research Institute: "The Role of Satellite Derived Information in the Restoration of the Great Lakes,"Sep 19: EPSSI Seminar: |
Great Lakes Research Center view (December 26, 2011)
The GLRC facility in close proximity to this moorage will provide research laboratories supporting and expanding these existing contracts and research efforts. These research efforts also support the Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement adopted by the International Joint Commission. The research focus of the GLRC will be on freshwater resources. As in most other branches of science and engineering, much of the cutting-edge research is computational in nature. For example, in order to develop a water model of Lake Superior or Lake Michigan, a tremendous amount of data needs to be collected. Models which predict behavior with such large data sets must be developed and executed using high-performance computers. These high performance computers require well-controlled power and air conditioned environments, and are normally placed in "Data Centers." The inclusion of the Data Center in this building will allow Michigan Tech to purchase and install high-performance computers in the GLRC in order to accomplish its research goals.
The Center will help the State of Michigan emerge as a leader in research and development of its Great Lakes resources. The work performed at the GLRC will allow the State to optimize its natural resource utilization. The facility will serve as a resource for sustainable economic efforts providing minimal environmental impact upon the Lakes and their surroundings and attracting more monies in economic development and research to the State. The taxpayers will benefit from the GLRC through enhanced economic development of Michigan’s vast Great Lakes resources with emphasis on environmental sustainability generated and founded upon its research. The health of the freshwater lakes and surrounding environment is essential for long-term stability and growth of Michigan’s natural resources and its dependent industries.
The GLRC will provide a base for environmental research, student training and education, and public outreach. The laboratories and instructional facilities will provide training and research opportunities for students who will assume positions within various state agencies, industries and educational institutions. The facilities provide an enhanced research capability to attract additional research and contract support to the State of Michigan from federal sources. This will enhance work conducted between Michigan Tech and agencies such as the Michigan DNR, NOAA Sea Grant Extension Office, the EPA/Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute,
With the foreseeable growth in emphasis on freshwater resources in global climate programs, Great
Lakes Restoration projects, and developing campus aquatic programs, Michigan Tech is ideally situated
as a result of its geographic position to become a leader in Great Lakes environmental science and
technological research.
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