Alumni

Melissa received her bachelor’s degree in Metallurgical & Materials Engineering in 1983. She received her master’s in Materials Science & Engineering from the University of Cincinnati in 1992. Melissa began her career in Jackson, Mississippi, with Sperry Vicker AMD as a Plant Metallurgical Engineer. In 1984 she joined GE’s Aircraft Engines Division as a Materials Applications Engineer. She . . .

Richard Witte received a B.S. in Metallurgical Engineering from Michigan College of Mining and Technology (now Michigan Technological University) in 1950.  He later received his Juris Doctorate from the Indiana University School of Law in 1956.  He was admitted to practice by the bars of Indiana, Ohio, Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit, and the United States Supreme Court. He was employed as a patent attorney with the . . .

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, . . .