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Walt Anderson, Electrical Engineering, recieved the Board of Control Silver Medal
"Michigan Tech and the Manhattan Project" featuring Electrical Engineering professor emeritus Walt Anderson |
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Three of the General Motors corporation's chief vehicle engineers graduated
from Michigan Tech. See
the Michigan Tech Magazine story |
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Harvard's David A. Edwards, Ph.D., honored at commencement
David A. Edwards, Ph.D., was awarded the Melvin Calvin Medal of Distinction, Michigan Tech's highest honor, at the Spring 2007 Commencement.
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Walter F. Lange (MSE) BS 1973, MS 1977, PhD 1978 is the Vice President of Strategic Marketing for Chartered Semiconductor Manufacturing Ltd. He says "I firmly believe that Michigan Tech was a major contributor in my success and career." |
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Michelle L. Boven (Stevens) (BSME '99) has received the 2006 Distinguished New Engineer Award from the Society of Women Engineers, Detroit Section. See the Dow Automotive Michelle L. Boven News Article |
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Korey Kiepert is a design engineer with The Gravity Group that specializes in the creation of roller coasters. Roller coaster design engineer Korey Kiepert. |
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Frank
Pavlis (Chem Eng '38) Gives $2 Million to Promote Technological
Leadership at Michigan Tech. Story
from Tech Today |
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Hilary
Dussing, a Michigan Tech Geological Engineering
'79 graduate is the Senior Project Manager in Russia for Shell
Oil Company of The Netherlands. She visited Tech and presented
a seminar and was inducted into the Geological and Mining Engineering
Academy. See
the report and photos
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Women
in Technology Award
Charlotte Field ('77 EE), senior vice president
of national communications engineering and operations for Comcast
Cable, is the 2005 Women in Technology award winner See
story here |
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Alumni
and counselors hold Tech in high esteem; 95% of alumni would
do it all over again at Michigan Tech. |
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George
A. Siler, a 1972 chemical engineering graduate of Michigan
Tech, was the featured speaker at the university's Spring Commencement.
Siler, a Keweenaw native, earned a BS in Chemical Engineering
with honors in 1972. He will receive an Honorary Doctor of Engineering
degree during Saturday's ceremonies. Siler Biographic |
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Dr.
Oner Arici served
as Professor and Associate Chair and Director of Graduate Studies
for the Michigan Technological University Mechanical Engineering
- Engineering Mechanics Department. Photos
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Eric
Nielsen, an MEEM grad of 1980, is the CEO of Volvo
Construction and Equipment of Korea. Newsletter
Story |
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See
more about the Alumni who attended 2005 Reunion
Mechanical
Civil
& Environmental
Chemical |
Archives of
past MTU news stories:
2002
Archive
2001
Archive
2000
Archive
1999
Archive
1998
Archive
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More
News Items at Department News Pages
Biomedical
Civil &
Environmental
Chemical
Electrical
& Computer
Geology & Mining
Materials
Mechanical |
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Alumnus Teo Babun ('72 ECE) on C-Span presenting his book in Coral Gables, Florida, The Cuban Revolution, Years of Promise by Teo A. Babun and Victor Andres Triay;
Teo A. Babun Jr. is a frequent guest commentator with CBS, CNN, CNBC, CBN, the BBC, and the German Television Network. His articles have appeared in the Miami Herald, El Nuevo Herald, Wall Street Journal, The Economist, and The Americas Business Journal. He is also the national executive director of ECHO-Cuba, a nonprofit effort to provide humanitarian aid in Cuba.
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John A. Soyring ('76 ECE) , was the Fall 2006 commencement speaker. He is vice president of solutions and software at IBM Corporation.
Michigan Tech News story |
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House
Foundation Endows $1 Million Professorship
The House Family Foundation, established by retired president
of Nortel Networks and former Intel executive Dave House ('65
EE), has donated $1 million to create an endowed professorship
at Michigan Tech. Read the House Endowment Story: '
Dave House brings his experience back to college' -
Michigan Tech Story and More
Photos
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A native of Highland Park, MI, John Calder earned both his BS in Mechanical Engineering in 1967 and his MS in Business Administration in 1977 at Michigan Tech. When he graduated in 1967, he completed nine interviews and had eight job offers. |
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Alumni
Come Back to Tech for Fun and Mentoring
A group of African American Alumni came to Tech to enjoy
athletic events and other social gatherings, but their new mission is to serve
as mentors for current students |
Kanwal
Rekhi ECE Alumni
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Kanwal
Rekhi (MS EE '69) president and CEO of Ensim Corporation
visited with ECE grads and parents at the ECE graduation reception.
More
about Kanwal Rekhi---
About
the new Library,
Rekhi Hall and the CILIT Center |
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Ray
Cross
'35 Chem Engg, was honored for his decades of professional service.
Ray earned a BS in chemical engineering and served as president
of Culligan Water Conditioning. |
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Mary Korpi '76 Keynote speaker at Chemical
Engineering Awards Convocation ---More
about her career
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As
part of the Winter Carnival Celebration, ME-EM served refreshments
in the MacInnes Skybox at the Ice Arena. Alumni were joined
by several distinguished guests, including several of Michigan's
Legislators. Photos
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Colleagues
and former students provided a 'roasting' for Dr. William
Shapton' ME-EM
at his retirement dinner, including a review of the
'Bendix Missile story' and other tributes. See
the photo gallery here. |
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Dr.
Myron "Doc" Berry is shown here visiting
with alumni Chuck Lucchesi (BS BA '66), Ken
Naples (BS Chem '66) and Ron Starr
(BS ME '67) while attending the 2003 Alumni Reunion. |
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