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Brian Krinock

Brian Krinock

'85, '85

Brian Krinock is Senior Vice President, Manufacturing amp; Engineering - Vehicle Plants for Toyota Motor North America (TMNA). In his role, Mr. Krinock is responsible for Toyota’s eight vehicle assembly plants that produce over two million vehicles annually with over 30,000 team members. Prior to his current role, Mr. Krinock served as President of Toyota Motor Manufacturing Canada, Inc. (TMMC) for five years. TMMC assembles . . .

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Kimberly Foster

Kimberly Foster

'94

Kimberly Foster has been the Dean of Science & Engineering at Tulane University in New Orleans since 2018. Prior to 2018, she was Chair and Professor of the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the University of California in Santa Barbara. She was co-vice-chair of the ME department from 2006–2008, and the undergraduate program director from 2005–2006. She joined the ME department at UC-Santa Barbara as an associate . . .

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Margaret Cobb

Margaret Cobb

'83

Margaret Cobb recently retired from Microsoft Corporation and established The Cobb Foundation, Northwest, a self-funded foundation dedicated to helping low-income students. As president of the Foundation, her mission is to provide students with access to educational opportunities not provided by public schools through funding music lessons, book clubs, athletic lessons and robotic workshops. The Cobb Foundation is dedicated . . .

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Sheryl Sorby

Sheryl Sorby '91, '85

Sheryl is currently Professor of Engineering Education at the University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio. She is currently President of the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE). Prior to her current appointment she was Professor of Engineering Education from 2015-2017 and Professor of Teaching and Learning from 2014-2015, both at The Ohio State University. She was a Fulbright Specialist from September–November . . .

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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