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William Jackson

William Jackson '58

Michigan Tech is mourning William "Bill" G. Jackson, who passed away peacefully on March 1 in Scottsdale Arizona. Jackson graduated from Michigan Tech in 1958 with a BS in Electrical Engineering. His generosity is a perfect example of the impact a single individual can have. Jackson made multiple transformational gifts that continue to make a lasting and dramatic positive impact on campus. Jackson’s first gift to Tech . . .

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George Swenson

George Swenson

'44

Dr. Swenson held faculty positions at Washington University, the University of Alaska, and Michigan State University before joining the University of Illinois in 1956. George served as Director of the Vermilion River Observatory and Head of the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering before retiring from the Illinois faculty in 1988. He is a member of the National Academy of Engineering, a Fellow of the Institute . . .

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Christopher Middlebrook

Christopher Middlebrook

'99

Christopher Middlebrook aims to speed the flow of information throughout printed circuit boards and processing chips. "We need to couple light between devices with the lowest amount of loss possible," says the ECE associate professor, whose research focuses on optics and photonics. To do that, he is developing new waveguides using Siloxane. The material was developed by Dow Corning, which is funding Middlebrook's research . . .

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Shankar Mukherjee

Shankar Mukherjee

'86

Shankar Mukherjee earned the degree Master of Science in Electrical Engineering from Michigan Technological University in 1986. He started his career at National Semiconductor in 1988. In their Local Area Networking division, he was responsible for several Ethernet devices such as 10Base T Ethernet controller, repeater and security and management ICs. In 1996 he started the networking division at Enable semiconductor . . .

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