Alumni

Dr. James C. Gerdeen (BSME '59) retired as Professor and Department of Mechanical Engineering Chair from the University of Colorado - Denver. After graduation, Jim worked in industry before completing his MS in 1962 from Ohio State University and later his PhD from Stanford in 1965, both in mechanical engineering. He returned to Michigan Tech as a faculty member from 1968 to 1989. He received his M. Divinity, Theology, . . .

Divyang (Dave) Suresh Pandit was born in Visnagar, Gujarat, India. He earned a bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering at Gujarat University and was employed in Mumbai before a childhood friend who was already enrolled at Michigan Tech contacted him about an opportunity to get his master’s degree. "I had never heard of Michigan Tech or seen a flake of snow," he said. Pandit’s sister was a doctor in Detroit, . . .

James L. Reum graduated from Michigan Tech in 1953 with a BS in Mechanical Engineering and later earned an MBA from Xavier University in 1965 and his P.E. license from the State of Ohio in 1959. Jim started his career at General Electric (GE) in 1957 after serving in the United States Army Aviation Division as a company commander and as a pilot in Korea. He began as a process engineer at GE and later held various management . . .

Rebecca 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 . . .