Alumni

Bhakta Rath '58 has used his Michigan Tech education to reach great heights, achieve honors at the highest levels, and sponsor important initiatives. He was awarded the 2009 Padma Bhushan from the Indian government, its second highest civilian award. Established in 1954 by the president of India, it recognizes distinguished service of a high order to the nation in any field. For Michigan Tech, he and his wife, Sushama, . . .

Gholamreza (Reza) J. Abbaschian (BS U Tehran, 1965, MS MTU MY 1968, PhD U Cal-Berkeley 1972). Dr. Abbaschian is currently the dean of UC Riverside's Bourns College of Engineering, Riverside, CA. Prior to his present position, he was the Vladimir A. Grodsky Professor of Materials Science and Engineering at the University of Florida, where he served as the department chair from 1986 to 2005. He held visiting faculty positions . . .

Dr. Dominic A. Canonico (BS MTU MY 1951; MS Lehigh MY 1961, PhD MY Lehigh 1963). Dr. Canonico specialized in welding and brazing engineering following his early career positions with Bethlehem Steel, Armour Research Foundation, Oak Ridge National Lab, and the Nuclear Division of Union Carbide. In 1981, he joined Combustion Engineering as the director of the Metallurgical and Materials Laboratory. In 1990, he became vice . . .