Alumni and Friends

Ryan Davis is a 2003 materials science and engineering masters, and bachelors of chemistry in 2003 from Michigan Tech. With his education he has gone on to pursue titles such as "Application Engineer" and "Metallurgical Engineer" for companies such as Arconic and AK Steel. During his time at Tech he participated in Greek Life as well as being a part of Leadershape and a chemistry learning center coach. Why did you choose . . .

Kim Hilton, also known as Chemical Kim, earned a Bachelor of Science in Chemistry and a Secondary Education Certification at Michigan Technological University in 1991. During her time at Tech, she was an active member of the student chapter of the American Chemical Society, a sister of Alpha Sigma Tau sorority, a lab assistant, a chemistry tutor and a participant in cross country and track. Her extracurricular activities . . .

Born in St. Paul, Minnesota, in 1911, Melvin Calvin received a bachelor’s degree in chemistry from the Michigan College of Mining and Technology in 1931 and a PhD in chemistry from the University of Minnesota in 1935. He began his academic career in 1937 at the University of California at Berkeley, where he stayed for the remainder of his career. He died in 1997. Calvin was the first scientist to unravel the . . .