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K. Knudsen
'64Pete Knudson earned a BS in Mechanical Engineering from Michigan Tech in 1964 and began his career with the Budd Company as a management trainee. He would spend the next 19 years with the company, including stints as executive vice president and general manager of Auto Manufacturas and as president and general manager of Budd's Canadian subsidiary. He became group vice president of automotive products for Budd in . . .
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Rebecca Ufkes
'87Rebecca graduated from Tech in 1987 with a Bachelor of Science degree in mechanical engineering. Upon leaving Tech she worked at Kaman Aerospace in Broomfield, CT for two years. She then took a position with Sikorsky Aircraft and remained with Sikorsky as a consultant while starting Ufkes Engineering after a move to South Carolina in 1990. In 1994 she earned her MBA from The Citadel and in 1995 partnered with her husband . . .
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Jason Cousineau
'98Jason Cousineau earned a bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering and has engineered a distinguished career. He has worked at Engineered Machined Products, Inc. of Escanaba since graduating, is a senior product development engineer, and is the technology lead on several products. EMP is a leader in the design, manufacture, and assembly of advanced thermal and oil management components and systems. Cousineau holds . . .
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Susan Trahan '87
Susan graduated from Michigan Technological University with a Bachelors of Science in Mechanical Engineering in 1987. In 1994 she received a Master’s of Science in Business Administration from the University of St. Thomas in St. Paul, Minnesota. Susan began her career as a Quality Engineer in Precision Weapons Development at Alliance Techsystems/Honeywell. In 1991 she began working for SCIMED, which later became . . .

