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Christie graduated from Michigan Tech in 1993 with a bachelor of science degree in Electrical Engineering. She also received Modern Language Certification in French at this time. After graduation, she accepted a position with Ford Motor Company in Dearborn as a Product Engineer. During her career with Ford she spent six months in Dunton, England as a Calibration Engineer-Foreign Service Specialist with the Ford-Small . . .

Why did you choose Michigan Tech? I knew I wanted to go to engineering, so that really focused the schools I looked at. Then I looked into the activities I could do. At Tech I was able to be on the Track and Field team and be in the Huskies' Pep Band. And that finalized it for me, a good education and two of the activities I wanted to continue. Tell us about a memorable experience you had with a class or about a favorite . . .

Following graduation Harry Routsala continued at Michigan Tech receiving an MSEE degree in 1963. He then spent 19 years at Hughes Aircraft Co. in various technical and management positions working on research and development in the Radar Group and Missile System Group. Harry went with Statham Instruments for a short time developing Medial Electronics associated with patient monitoring systems. During his career with . . .

Alumni spotlight | A new way to harvest solar energy "A lot of people think of solar panels as being all there is to solar" says Ron Van Dell, President and CEO of Austin-based SolarBridge Technologies. "They tend to think if panels were cheaper, then solar would be affordable. But, with the price of solar panels falling fast, what used to be the dominant cost is now less than half the total" Of the rest, the most important . . .