Alumni Resources

Dr. James C. Gerdeen (BSME '59) retired as Professor and Department of Mechanical Engineering Chair from the University of Colorado - Denver. After graduation, Jim worked in industry before completing his MS in 1962 from Ohio State University and later his PhD from Stanford in 1965, both in mechanical engineering. He returned to Michigan Tech as a faculty member from 1968 to 1989. He received his M. Divinity, Theology, . . .

Cathy began her career at Shell Oil Company in the Michigan Basin Development Engineering - Production Department. One of her many duties included qualifying as an expert geological engineering witness at a proration hearing which lasted over two years. Cathy then joined the South Texas Development Engineering - Production Department as Process Manager for on-shore well drilling and planning, and is a member of the . . .

Dr. James R. Buck, a 1952 civil engineering graduate of Michigan Tech, was Professor and former Chair of the Department of Industrial Engineering at the University of Iowa. He completed his MSCE (structural) at Michigan Tech in 1953. Upon graduation, he was a construction engineer for the U.S. Naval Corps of Engineers for three years. He also worked for Austin Engineers, Ltd., and Calumet Flexicore Corporation before . . .