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Alumni spotlight | A new way to harvest solar energy "A lot of people think of solar panels as being all there is to solar" says Ron Van Dell, President and CEO of Austin-based SolarBridge Technologies. "They tend to think if panels were cheaper, then solar would be affordable. But, with the price of solar panels falling fast, what used to be the dominant cost is now less than half the total" Of the rest, the most important . . .

When Robert Sherman heard he'd be working on the Manhattan Project, he thought, "Good. I'll be in New York City."Michigan Tech alumnus Robert Sherman joined the Manhattan Project in Los Alamos. He designed and built equipment used during the test of "the gadget" - the plutonium bomb detonated in 1945 over the New Mexico desert.He got his orders while stationed in Fort Monmouth, New Jersey, in the US Army Signal Corps . . .

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 21 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 dedicated . . .

Brandon Williams graduated from Michigan Tech in 2000 with his Bachelor's Degree in Electrical Engineering. While being accepted into several universities, Michigan Tech's unique combination of strong engineering academics, low student-to-faculty ratio, tight-knit student community, and beautiful setting attracted Brandon during his campus visit and it became clear that Michigan Tech was right for him. Following graduation . . .