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Michigan
Technological University (MTU) created the
Enterprise Program to allow students a unique curriculum path for
developing
and practicing technical and business skills in a multidisciplinary
setting where an emphasis is placed on projects and business. The
Enterprise Program typically makes an impression on students, causing
them to return to the same teams each year. ATT like all other
enterprises is managed by the students, with Dr. John Gierke, one of
Michigan Tech's finest faculty members serving as advisor and mentor.
ATT began as an
environmental consulting enterprise, initially focusing on a
collaborative
project with the Keweenaw Bay Indian Community (KBIC). The task of the
enterprise was to characterize the Silver River Watershed on the
L’Anse Indian Reservation in the Upper
Peninsula of
Michigan. The results from this study were relayed to the KBIC for
their use in land development and resoration. We are now working on two projects funded by the National Science Foundation. One is to develop interest in the environmental
sciences in high school students while the other is to find a clean
source of drinking water for the city of Boaco, Nicaragua. ATT has grown from focusing on
only one technical project to managing two large scale projects.
Along with these active projects, the members of the enterprise are
actively
pursuing several technical opportunities with funding agencies,
consulting
firms, and industries.
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