About MTRI

MTRI, a research center of Michigan Technological University, is a recognized leader in the research, development and practical application of sensor and information technology to solve critical problems in national security, protecting and evaluating critical infrastructure, bioinformatics, earth sciences and environmental processes.

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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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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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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What's New

July 2010 - New Lake Superior Weather and Water Quality Monitoring Buoy Deployed. Watch video footage of the buoy being deployed at the north entrance of the Keweenaw Peninsula, in Lake Superior.

Great Lakes Restoration Initiative (GLRI) Program Summary: Building Capacity and Partnerships to Restore Michigan’s Great Lakes Areas of Concern (AOC) Under the GLRI.

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.

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Employment

MTRI is seeking employees committed to cutting edge research, development and practical application of sensor and information technology to solve critical problems in national security, protecting and evaluating critical infrastructure, bio informatics, earth sciences and environmental processes.

Current opportunities may be found on the MTRI employment page, however all exceptionally qualified applicants will be considered.

Internships at MTRI are available to undergraduate and graduate students. Desirable experience includes GIS, radar, signal processing, remote sensing, statistics, environmental science, MATLAB, computer science, and programming.>>>

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Business with MTRI

MTRI works through the Sponsored Programs Office (SPO) of Michigan Tech. Their website is: www.mtu.edu/research

Customer Base / Contract Type

View a list of all sponsors >>>

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Recent Publications

Bourgeau-Chavez, L.L., K. Riordan, R. B. Powell, N. Miller, and M. Nowels.  (2010). Improving Wetland Characterization with Multi-Sensor, Multi-Temporal SAR and Optical/Infrared Data Fusion. Chapter in Geoscience and Remote Sensing, InTech publishers.

Brooks, C. and R.A. Shuchman. (2010). Advanced applications of remote sensing and geospatial decision support tools for transportation applications.  Transportation Research Board 89th Annual Meeting Conference Presentation # P10-0705, Workshop 152: Remote Sensing Technologies for Transportation Applications.

Read All MTRI Patents, Publications, and Presentations >>>

View all of the posters presented on the Husky’s campus on October 9, 2009. >>>

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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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In the News

Michigan Tech and MTRI Researchers Study Bridge Health

Michigan Tech Research Institute Image Analyst Receives Top Honor in Field

Dr. Chuck Olson has been doing image interpretation and analysis for more than half a century.  Now the senior image analyst at MTRI in Ann Arbor has been recognized for his contributions with one of the highest honors his professional society can confer: Honorary Member of the American Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing (ASPRS). >>>

Michigan Tech Research Institute Receives NIH Grant to Study Wildfires, Health

Where there’s smoke, there may be health risks. And where there’s climate change, there may be more—and more intense—wildfires. What does that mean for the health of people downwind from the smoke>>>

MercuryNews.com - Study asks: Will warmer world bring harmful smoke? >>>

Google Earth Application Maps Carbon's Course >>>

A Google Earth application (developed by MTRI Researcher, Dr. Tyler Erickson) reveals carbon dioxide in the lowest part of the atmosphere close to Earth's surface (green tracks) and carbon dioxide at higher altitudes that are immune from ground influences (red tracks).

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