Alumni Resources

A native of Holland, Michigan, Norm Witteveen received his baccalaureate degree in civil engineering from Michigan Tech in 1961. Following graduation, he worked as a highway engineer in California, South Dakota, and Michigan. Subsequently, he joined the Michigan Department of Aeronautics where he rose to Chief Airport Design Engineer. In 1974, he began a distinguished airport consulting career, seventeen years with Greiner . . .

They can depend on it. Every Chinese New Year, the power goes out for everyone in Yawei Wei’s hometown. That got him wondering: isn’t there some way to get more electricity to China’s rural villages? Wei is a master’s student in electrical engineering at Michigan Technological University. He is from Zao Yuan, a village of about 2,000 in Shanxi Province. Like most everyone else in China, the residents tune in to watch . . .

Catherine Leslie graduated from Michigan Tech in 1983 with a bachelor's degree in Civil Engineering. After graduation, she joined the Peace Corps and served in Nepal as a Water/Sanitation Engineer. Upon returning to the United States, she worked in the private and public sectors as a project engineer/manager in the design and management of civil engineering projects. Her responsibilities routinely covered all facets of . . .