Alumni

Richard G. Cottrell earned his BS in Electrical Engineering from Michigan Tech in 1973 and his MS in Systems Science from Michigan State University in 1976. Rich retired as CMS’s director of system planning and protection in 2010. During his thirty-seven-year career with CMS/Consumers Energy, Rich was involved in all aspects of the planning, engineering, and design of electric transmission distribution lines . . .

Dr. Tim A. Williams '76 is the CEO of Beach Technologies, LLC, a consulting company that provides intellectual property assessments and investment due diligence studies for large multinational companies and venture funds. He is also the chairman of Docco Tech, Inc., a company that trains engineers in wireless standards, VoIP, and RFID. Additionally, Dr. Williams holds the position of CEO at BEEcube, Inc., which builds . . .

Charlene graduated from Michigan Tech in 1987 with a bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering. She immediately went to work for 3M Corporation in St. Paul, Minnesota where she has remained throughout her career. Her first position was a project engineer and she then moved on to become a senior product development engineer. Her current position with the company is applications/sales engineer. In 1998, Charlene . . .

Eustace L. Dereniak BS Electrical and Computer Engineering 1963 For nearly five decades, Eustace L. Dereniak has explored the frontiers of optics and engineering to help create 21st century breakthroughs in medicine, military hardware, astronomy and many other fields. Dereniak, a 1963 Electrical and Computer Engineering graduate of Michigan Tech, became president of SPIE, the world’s largest professional organization . . .