Mission
Be a recognized leader in the research, development and use of Information Technology to support solution of critical problems in national security, infrastructure, bioinformatics, earth sciences and environmental processes.
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Be acknowledged nationally and internationally as an innovator for the marriage of phenomenological understanding and implementation of the mathematically rigorous algorithms to build information from data in support of sponsor needs.
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Provide visibility and outreach for Michigan Tech in Southeastern Michigan.
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Establish collaborations with Michigan Tech academic departments, institutes, and centers to increase funded contract revenues for all organizations involved.
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Maintain a creative environment that rewards and encourages innovation.
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(Left to Right) Michigan Tech University V.P. for Research, Dr. David
Reed, MTRI Benefactor, Dave House, MTRI Co-Directors Dr. Nikola Subotic & Dr. Robert Shuchman, and Michigan Tech President Dr. Glenn Mroz.
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Our Facilities
Michigan Tech Research Institute (MTRI) Dave House Center is located in Ann Arbor, MI. The research institute was purchased by Michigan Tech University in 2006 with a gift from the House Family Foundation, established by former Intel executive Dave House, a Michigan Tech alumnus.
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MichiganView is a state member of the AmericaView (AV) program, a nationwide program that focuses on satellite remote sensing data and technologies |
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Focus
Focusing on education, research, and development of technology to sense and understand natural and manmade environments.
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Business with MTRI
MTRI works through the Sponsored Programs Office (SPO) of Michigan Tech. Their webiste is: www.mtu.edu/research
Customer Base / Contract Type
View a list of all sponsors >>>
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Recent Publications
Thelen, B.J., et. al. (2009). Overcoming turbulence-induced space-variant blur with phase-diverse speckle, Journal of the Optical Society of America A, Vol. 26, pp. 206-218.
Subotic, N. S., et al. (2008). Distributed RADAR Waveform Design Based on Compressive Sensing Considerations. IEEE RADAR conference, Rome, Italy.
French, H.F., et al. (2008). Using Landsat data to assess fire and burn severity in the North American boreal forest region: an overview and summary of results, pp. 443-462.
Read All MTRI Patents, Publications, and Presentations >>>
View all of the posters presented on the Husky’s campus on October 3, 2008. >>>
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Outreach
MTRI’s outreach activities are designed to provide educational programs, technical expertise, tools/data and information and make them available to the public and stakeholders to promote awareness and improve environmental management. >>> |
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In the News
NEWSFEED>>>
Studying your sleep>>>
HOUGHTON - You may be able to distinguish fibromyalgia sufferers from people without the ailment by looking at how they sleep. The finding was the latest result of the ongoing collaboration between research engineers from Michigan Technological University and sleep specialists from the University of Michigan.
Alaskan Adventure >>>
MTU students at Bering Glacier
Dr. David Reed, V.P. for Research, at Michigan Tech writes:
By researching, analyzing, and posing the question “what if,” we are contributing to the betterment of mankind and the world, which makes our research exciting.
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What's New
In March 2009, Dr. Tyler Erickson was selected as one of five national winners at the Google KML in Research Competition using geospatial technologies for web-based decision support.
MTRI participates in a workshop for the Transportation Research Board. View all technical briefings given at the 2009 Annual Meeting >>>
Dr. Robert Shuchman and Charles Hatt won the International Association for Great Lakes Research Chandler-Misener Award for their article "Verification and Application of a Bio-optical Algorithm for Lake Michigan Using SeaWiFS: a 7-year Inter-Annual Analysis"
in the Journal of Great Lakes Research.
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