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Jean-Celeste Kampe
'80, '87Jean-Celeste Kampe graduated from Michigan Tech in 1980 with her Bachelor's Degree in Chemical Engineering and her PhD in Metallurgical Engineering in 1987. She is a professor emerita in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering. Kampe was an associate professor in the Department of Engineering Education at Virginia Tech. She received a PhD in Metallurgical Engineering from Michigan Tech in 1987, an MChE from . . .
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Randy Cortright
'77, '86A Farm Boy Grows Up to Grow BiofuelsRandy Cortright pursues a prospect that is both well-grounded and lofty: clean, carbon-neutral energy to supplant fossil fuels that are expensive, not easily available anymore, and dirty.Cortright founded and leads Virent Energy Systems, of Madison, Wisconsin. The firm is on the cusp of new technology as it develops methods to convert sugars quickly and efficiently into conventional . . .
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Ellen Hedfield
'85From "Wild at Art: Hedfield ’85 on Life After Engineering," Michigan Tech Alumni and Friends Stories, July 2025 For many alumni, attending Michigan Tech is a formative experience—shaping careers, deepening their connection to nature, and encouraging a life of exploration. For Ellen Hedfield ‘85 (BS Chemical Engineering), it did all that and more. Now retired, the former environmental engineer and longtime outdoors enthusiast . . .