MEEM Department Chair Bill Predebon and John F. Calder

MEEM Professor Emeritus Jean Anderson and John F. Calder

John F. Calder
’67 BSME

John F. Calder earned a BS degree in Mechanical Engineering in 1967 at Michigan Tech and went on to earn an MS degree from Michigan Tech in Business Administration in 1976. After graduating from Michigan Tech he started his career as a Design Engineer with Digital Integrated Circuit Systems in 1967.  From 1968-1975 he rose from Application and Field Service Engineer for the east coast to Regional Sales Manager for the Midwest and West Coast Regions. In 1975 he joined Dorsey-Alexander in Cincinnati, Ohio and in 1987 purchased the company.  Dorsey-Alexander is a Manufacturer’s Agent for motion control, sensing and machine guarding safety products.  In 1980 he co-founded Cincinnati Controls, Inc. which is a high tech distributor of microprocessors for motion control products and human-machine systems, and in 1992 he purchased 100% of the company.  In 1985 he co-founded Integrated Manufacturing Control Systems, which developed motion and system software.  In 1992 he became sole owner of Dorsey-Alexander. In 1992 he also purchased Zenith Engineering Sales Company, doubled the sales volume in two years and sold the business.  In 1993 he purchased K.F. Narez, Inc., doubled sales volume in three years and sold the company.  In 2003 he purchased Rilco Industrial Controls, Inc. and in 2006 he purchased Gorilla Storage Company.  Currently he is CEO and owner of Cincinnati Controls, Inc.

John has been very active with Michigan Tech. He is currently Vice Chair of the Michigan Tech Fund Board of Directors. He was a member the ME-EM Phase I Campaign Committee Building for the Future and is currently Chair of the ME-EM Phase II Campaign Committee Endowing Excellence. John and his wife Joan have established the ME-EM Calder Systems and Controls Laboratory.

John is active with the Boy Scouts as a Citizenship merit badge counselor and advisor. In the past he was a Webelo’s leader, Cub Master, and Committee Chair of both the local Pack and Troop. He is an avid hunter and gardener, and enjoys fishing. John and his wife Joan have two children and live in Cincinnati, OH.

MEEM Department Chair Bill Predebon and Terry J. Woychowski

MEEM Department Chair Bill Predebon, Terry J. Woychowski, MEEM Professor Emeritus Art Weaver

Terry J. Woychowski meeting a group of Michigan Tech students

Dr. Terry J. Woychowski
’78 BSME

Terry J. Woychowski earned a BS degree in Mechanical Engineering in 1978 at Michigan Tech. He took post-graduate studies in the pre-medical program at Wayne State University from 1980-1981 and attended the Global Executive Development Program at the Duke University School Of Business in 1988. After graduating from Michigan Tech he started at General Motors as an Engineer in Milford and in 1982 he became a Development Engineer for NVH at the Milford Proving Grounds. In 1985 he left GM to become department head and mechanical engineering professor at Pensacola Christian College, FL. He returned to GM in 1987 as a Development Engineer at the proving grounds in Mesa, AZ. Over the next two decades at General Motors he held the positions of Chassis and Suspension Design Release Engineer, Engineering Group Manager, Assistant Chief Engineer, and Area Manager of the Body and Paint Departments. In 1998 he assumed his current position of Executive Director, GM North America Vehicle Systems Engineering and Global Vehicle Chief Engineer, Full Sized Trucks in Warren, MI. His responsibilities include engineering design, development, and integration of components and systems for all cars and trucks developed in North America for full size light-duty and heavy duty pickups and sport utility vehicles marketed under the Chevrolet, GMC, Cadillac, and Hummer brands. In 2003 he received an Honorary Doctorate in Business Management from Indiana Wesleyan University.

Terry is a four-time recipient of the General Motor’s highest honor, the GM Chairman’s Honors, for his leadership in developing and bringing to market the Chevrolet Avalanche and the Hummer H2. He received GM’s North America Achievement of Excellence award for the development of the all-wheel-drive viscous-coupled transfer case in GM’s midsize truck-based vans in 1987. He has patent applications for the design of a ratcheting box-end wrench and an electronic sphygmomanometer, a blood pressure measuring device that uses electronics instead of gauges.

Terry is General Motor’s key executive liaison with Michigan Tech. He is also currently a member of External Advisory Board of the College of Engineering at Michigan Tech.

MEEM Department Chair Bill Predebon and Martha N. Sullivan

MEEM Professor Emeritus Art Weaver, Martha N. Sullivan and MEEM Department Chair Bill Predebon

Martha N. Sullivan and MEEM Professor Emeritus Jean Anderson

MEEM Professor Emeritus John H. Johnson, Martha N. Sullivan and MEEM Department Chair Bill Predebon

Martha N. Sullivan
’80 BSME

Martha N. Sullivan earned a BS degree in Mechanical Engineering in 1980 from Michigan Tech and completed studies toward a Masters in Business Administration at the University of Michigan.  She started her career at Texas Instruments (TI) in 1984.  In 1986 she was named District Manager of Texas Instrument’s Control Products Division in Farmington Hills, MI, and in 1987 was named Field Sales manager for the Division. From 1998-2001 she held the position of Vice President , Sensors & Controls Business at Texas Instruments Inc., headquartered in Attleboro, MA. She also assumed the position of President, Sensor Acquisition Corporation in 1999 (a wholly owned subsidiary of Texas Instruments and part of Texas Instruments Materials & Controls). In 2001 she was named Vice President & Global Business manager, Sensors & Controls Business, Sensor Products at Texas Instruments, in Attleboro.  Throughout her career at TI, Martha was instrumental in establishing a sensor business that has become a worldwide leader today. In 2006 she was named the Chief Operating Officer and Executive Vice President of Sensata Technologies, Inc. (formerly Texas Instruments Sensors and Controls Group) and is a member of the Sensata Board of Directors. Sensata employs approximately 5400 employers worldwide with facilities in Brazil, China, Holland, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Mexico, and the United States.

Martha is a past member of the Board of Trustees at Kettering University. She is currently serving on the Ford International Supplier Advisory Council and the Key Executive Council at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.  As a member of the Society of Automotive Engineers she has been a featured speaker and panelist in a number of technology, industry, and academic forums including the International Electronics Manufacturing Initiative, Building Our Future Day (RPI) and Executive Women’s Conference (Morgan Stanley).  She is active as a volunteer for Odyssey of the Mind (a national academic program for students).

While at Michigan Tech, she was active in Society of Women Engineers, the Society of Heating and Refrigeration Engineers, the Society of Automotive Engineers and the Cooperative Education Association.  She enjoyed downhill and cross-country skiing, bicycling and racquetball. Martha and her husband R. Michael Sullivan have two children and live in Wrentham, MA.

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