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Robert Waara

Robert Waara

'09

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Raymond Trewhella

Raymond Trewhella

'56

Raymond M. Trewhella (BSME ’56) began his career with Cliff Naturals (Cleveland Cliffs) in 1956 where he was responsible for mechanical and electrical maintenance for forty skilled associates and the startup of the first pelletizing iron ore plant in Michigan. He left in 1960 to assume the position of senior engineer with General Electric Company in Irmo, South Carolina. While at GE, he received the General Electric . . .

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Juan Dalla Rizza

Juan Dalla Rizza

'71

Juan Dalla Rizza is President, Owner, and Principal Engineer of Dalla Rizza amp; Associates Consulting Engineers, Inc.  Juan started Dalla Rizza amp; Associates in 1982. The company is involved in large and small engineering projects including commercial, grounds-up construction, and tenant build-outs for many of the large office buildings in the area. They also offer fire protection, plumbing, mechanical and electrical . . .

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Norman Pratt

Norman Pratt '42

Bob Pratt joined Dow Chemical after earning a B.S. in mechanical engineering in 1942. He enjoyed a 39-year career with Dow in various engineering capacities, retiring in 1981 as Manager of Nuclear Projects for the company. In retirement, Michigan Tech called on Pratt to coordinate a design team for the Process Simulation and Control Center (PSCC). The team includes faculty and staff, active design engineers from industry . . .

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“He had a finite elements program. I was helping him debug his program, and I didn't really know what I was doing. I kept telling him that. But he would teach me.”Marty Lagina '77 on Bill Predebon, past chair of the ME-EM department