Alumni

As the YouTube video begins, what appears to be a roller coaster approaches in slow motion: a green tube running on light rail tracks encased in bright yellow structure. As the object moves closer, it becomes a modernistic rock train with no driver and unloads into a container, turning upside down in the process. Then, it rights itself, ready to receive another load. According to its creator, Mike Dibble, this remote-controlled, . . .

Karen Swager graduated in 1992 from Michigan Tech with a bachelor’s degree in Metallurgical and Materials Engineering.  She went on to earn a master’s degree in 1994. She started her career in 1994 as a Plant Metallurgist and Shift Supervisor in the fertilizer division of Cargill Corporation.  Over the next ten years she held several supervisory and managerial positions at Cargill.  In . . .

Retired Michigan Technological University Materials Science and Engineering BS EMY 1959, BS EMY 1962 Duane “Dewey” graduated from Michigan Tech with both his B.S. & M.S. degrees in Metallurgical and Materials Engineering in 1959 and 1962. Also served 3 years in the U.S. Marine Corps. Dewey retired from Michigan Tech in January 1997 and became emeritus professor in the fall of 1997. In his spare time, Dewey . . .