Alumni

Brenda Ryan earned a Bachelor of Science in Metallurgical Engineering from Michigan Technological University in 1976 and went on to a remarkable career as an entrepreneur and leader in industry. Ryan started her career with General Motors Central Foundry Division in Saginaw, Michigan, where she served in management roles in the Metallurgy Laboratory and Product Engineering. Upon completion of a Master of Science degree . . .

Greg Sesselmann had an epiphany but was afraid to tell anyone. "I was the black sheep of the family," he explains. "If somebody had spilled the milk, they’d all close their eyes and say, odds are, it was me." His family of six Tech graduates (all with better GPAs) never heard this particular hare-brained idea, but when a co-worker did, she refused to leave him alone until he worked on it. "She pressured me to . . .

Barbara earned a bachelor's degree in Metallurgical Engineering in 1980 and a master's degree in 1982. She then later completed her PhD in Metallurgical Engineering and Materials Science in 1991 from Michigan Tech. In 1986, Barbara worked at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (Troy, New York) in the Materials Science Department as an Instructor/Materials Scientist. In 1988 she joined the Metallurgy and Ceramics Division . . .