Alumni Resources

Kristy Sharkey earned a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from Michigan Technological University in 1998. She spent the first 10 years of her career working in engineering roles in both the automotive and aerospace industries and then transitioned to UX design and research in 2009.  Sharkey has held several customer-focused roles since the start of her career. She launched her career as an automotive applications engineer . . .

Mr. Robert C. Wylie, a 1947 civil engineering graduate of Michigan Tech, is Retired President of the Wisconsin Valley Improvement Company in Wausau, Wisconsin, serving in many capacities for the Company for over 40 years. The Wisconsin Valley Improvement Company is a private organization that operates a system of 21 storage reservoirs on the Wisconsin River for the purpose of stream control, regulation and augmentation, . . .

Starting Companies Comes Naturally to Alum "I used to fish at Cole's Creek" says Brian Murphy. "I'd eat half my sandwich on the way out there, fish for thirty minutes, and finish my sandwich on the way back to my lab to continue my research". That mix of nature and technology forms the core of Murphy's environmentally focused career. The Tech grad first worked for large companies before starting a number of his own . . .