Alumni

Dr. John (Jack) Simon (BS MTU MY 1963, MBA Central Michigan 1987, PhD MSE Carnegie Mellon, 1991). Jack Simon had a career with GM, spending 33 years there holding numerous positions including general superintendent in manufacturing, chief chemist and metallurgist, director of materials engineering, and manager of technology assessment. He had responsibilities in process and production engineering in Chevrolet, Buick, . . .

Gholamreza (Reza) J. Abbaschian (BS U Tehran, 1965, MS MTU MY 1968, PhD U Cal-Berkeley 1972). Dr. Abbaschian is currently the dean of UC Riverside's Bourns College of Engineering, Riverside, CA. Prior to his present position, he was the Vladimir A. Grodsky Professor of Materials Science and Engineering at the University of Florida, where he served as the department chair from 1986 to 2005. He held visiting faculty positions . . .

Karen A. Swager is Vice President, Mining Operations for the phosphates business unit of The Mosaic Company, the world's leading producer and marketer of concentrated phosphate and potash, two of the primary crop nutrients required to grow the food the world needs. In this capacity, she provides overall direction, guidance and day-to-day support for all mining operations in the phosphates business unit. Previously, Karen . . .