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Electrical Energy Resource Center
Michigan Technological University's campus sits on 925 acres (374 ha) on a bluff overlooking Portage Lake. Campuses and buildings The main Michigan Tech campus is located mainly on US 41 in Houghton, Michigan. It is the safest campus in Michigan, and the third safest in the United States according to ''Reader's Digest''. Many of the buildings are built up, as opposed to short and wide, which reduces the size of the campus. Michigan Tech also maintains the following areas: *Ford Forestry Center and Research Forest in Alberta, Michigan *Keweenaw Research Center at the Houghton County Airport near Hancock (site of vehicle testing, the Winter Driving School) *Portage Lake Golf Course in Portage Township *Mont Ripley ski hill in Ripley, Michigan *The Michigan Tech Research Institute (MTRI) in Ann Arbor *Michigan Tech Lakeshore Center, former UPPCO Building in Houghton *Several forest areas including: Swedetown Tract, Nara Property, Dow Tract, and Wilkinson Tract *A small campus n ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michigan Tech's Campus In Winter
Michigan () is a state in the Great Lakes region of the upper Midwestern United States. With a population of nearly 10.12 million and an area of nearly , Michigan is the 10th-largest state by population, the 11th-largest by area, and the largest by area east of the Mississippi River.''i.e.'', including water that is part of state territory. Georgia is the largest state by land area alone east of the Mississippi and Michigan the second-largest. Its capital is Lansing, and its largest city is Detroit. Metro Detroit is among the nation's most populous and largest metropolitan economies. Its name derives from a gallicized variant of the original Ojibwe word (), meaning "large water" or "large lake". Michigan consists of two peninsulas. The Lower Peninsula resembles the shape of a mitten, and comprises a majority of the state's land area. The Upper Peninsula (often called "the U.P.") is separated from the Lower Peninsula by the Straits of Mackinac, a channel that ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
