Alumni

Dr. John (Jack) Simon (BS MTU MY 1963, MBA Central Michigan 1987, PhD MSE Carnegie Mellon, 1991). Jack Simon had a career with GM, spending 33 years there holding numerous positions including general superintendent in manufacturing, chief chemist and metallurgist, director of materials engineering, and manager of technology assessment. He had responsibilities in process and production engineering in Chevrolet, Buick, . . .

Benjamin D. Almquist '04 examines life at nano-scale, but thinks big. Currently a Lecturer at Imperial College London where he leads his own research team, Ben came to Michigan Tech as an undergraduate for the welcoming culture, easy access to faculty, excellent reputation, and area beauty. Here the award-winning researcher developed and refined an admirable life philosophy: "Leave the world a better place than when you . . .

Greg Sesselmann had an epiphany but was afraid to tell anyone. "I was the black sheep of the family," he explains. "If somebody had spilled the milk, they’d all close their eyes and say, odds are, it was me." His family of six Tech graduates (all with better GPAs) never heard this particular hare-brained idea, but when a co-worker did, she refused to leave him alone until he worked on it. "She pressured me to push that . . .