Alumni

Craig Lazzari graduated from Michigan Tech with a BS in Mechanical Engineering with honors, then served in the U.S. Navy in World War II. He began work in 1947 as a project and sales engineer for the Fish Engineering and Construction Corporation. He participated in the engineering and design of the Transcontinental Gas Pipeline Project, the Pacific Northwest Pipeline and various projects for Humble Oil Company, Shell . . .

Along with the Certificate in International Business she received in 2000, Melissa earned two Bachelor of Science degrees, Mechanical Engineering and Business Administration, in 2001. In addition to her Michigan Tech education, she attended the Engineering College of Copenhagen in 2001 for her Mechanical Engineering senior design project and graduated from the International Business Linkage Program at Helsinki University . . .

Donald G. Wheatley went to work for General Motors in 1963. He worked on the guidance systems doing vibration and fatigue analysis for the Apollo project. Out of the sixty new hires on the project, he was the only one remaining at the end. He also did some work on the main battle tank. Don then accepted an offer from Ford, where he worked on a small team to define the new Ford Maverick. He later led the team that designed . . .

Sylvia Salahutdin graduated from Michigan Tech in 1991 with a bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering and is first in her family to become an Engineer. She is currently the owner of seven LLC's companies operating under the DBA Little Caesars Pizza franchises. Sylvia began her career at Michigan Tech in the co-op program working for Mead paper in Alabama. After graduation she started her career saving lives, working . . .