ACADEMY of
MECHANICAL ENGINEERING
and ENGINEERING MECHANICS

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Frank Agosti

Frank Agosti joined Detroit Edison as a student engineer in 1957, earned a BS in Mechanical Engineering from MTU in 1958, and returned to the company full-time. Agosti progressed upward through a number of engineering and management posts at Edison's coal-fired power plants and was responsible for the start-up of the Monroe power plant. He later served as vice president for nuclear operations (1982-1987) during the start-up of the Fermi 2 plant. After more than 30 years experience at Detroit Edison's coal-fired power plants, he was elected senior vice president for power supply in 1990. Agosti has been awarded the Board of Control Silver Medal in 1990, is a member of the MTU National Advisory Board and the College of Engineering Industrial Advisory Board, and serves on the board of trustees of Lawrence Technological University.

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