Alumni Resources

For Michigan Tech mechanical engineering graduate Greg Ives '03, the 2018 season marks his fourth year as crew chief for the No. 88 Hendrick Motorsports team. Ives, who is originally from Bark River, MI, developed a passion for racing from a young age. "I grew up with my dad and brother racing," he says. "When I was young, I had to clean the inside of the car before it left for the track and clean the barn we had for . . .

After graduation, Bob joined Universal Oil Products Company, working in refinery process development and later in its patent law group while earning a law degree from Chicago-Kent College of Law. In 1975, Bob joined Amoco Corporation’s Law group as an intellectual property attorney working with the chemical, refining, and upstream production research and business groups. Over the years at Amoco, Bob was also involved . . .

As a child, Brett Johnson’s father instilled in him that it was every man’s duty to serve his country. Serving two decades in the Army on three different continents fulfilled that duty. A native of Colon, Michigan, Johnson applied to only one college—one that had an ROTC program and a geology major. "As long as I can remember, I’ve liked rocks," he said. "I’m not sure how I heard about Michigan Tech, but I heard they . . .