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Fred  amp; Lou Anne Koerschner

Fred amp; Lou Anne Koerschner

'81, '81

Lou Anne and Fred Koerschner both graduated from Michigan Tech in 1981—Lou Anne with a BS in Chemical Engineering and Fred with a BS in Mechanical Engineering. Both went on to distinguished careers. And both feel a connection to the University. "I think the education I got at MTU did a great job of preparing me for the real world," said Lou Anne. "I only worked formally as an engineer for about seven years, after . . .

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Helena Seiver

Helena Seiver

'94

Helena Seiver (Kaplan) graduated from Michigan Tech with her Bachelor’s Degree in Mechanical Engineering-Engineering Mechanics in 1994. She later went on to the University of Houston to receive her MBA and Master’s in Industrial Engineering, both in 2000. From being an active student during her time at Michigan Tech to serving in the National Guard and focusing on "building a better future one engineer at . . .

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Drew Vettel

Drew Vettel

'05, '06

Why did you choose Michigan Tech? The location, atmosphere, and value.  Tell us about a memorable experience you had with a class or about a favorite professor A civil engineering guest lecturer once accidentally came into our very large Diff EQ/Linear Algebra class in the DOW and began telling a story about a very important decision that a transportation department needed to make: Install painted guard rails or galvanized . . .

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Kathleen Grisdela

Kathleen Grisdela '84

Kathy received her bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering from Michigan Tech in 1984. After graduation she went to work for General Motors Corporation as a Reliability Engineer at the Detroit Hamtramck Assembly Plant. Four years after leaving GM and accepting a Quality Engineer position with Kelsey-Hayes- a Tier 1 supplier of anti lock braking systems. During her years with Kelsey-Hayes she was promoted . . .

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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