Alumni

Michigan Tech was a family affair for Gregg. His mother grew up in Houghton and his parents were married in St. Ignatius Loyola church in Houghton and he had uncles who graduated from Tech as well. When he was looking at universities, he felt more comfortable in a smaller town and a school that is more focused on engineering. The Michigan Tech scholarship he received made the choice easy. He met his wife Karen Banasiak, . . .

Linda graduated from Michigan Tech in 1985 with her bachelor's degree in metallurgical and materials engineering. She then went on to earn her masters and PhD in materials science and engineering from Stanford University in 1987 and 1991. She is currently a professor of Materials Engineering at California Polytechnic State University. She began her career at CalPoly in 1991 and over the years has designed and taught . . .

Jennifer Trice earned two degrees from Michigan Tech—a bachelor's in 1987 and master's in 1989, both in metallurgical engineering. She was hired at 3M in 1989 and spent her entire 30+ year career there before retiring in 2020. Trice's first role at 3M was as an Advanced Design Engineer providing metallurgical support as part of the Corporate Engineering group responsible for designing proprietary capital equipment . . .