Alumni Resources

Mr. Simmons joined the American Steel Foundries Research laboratory as a Metallurgical Trainee and later a Research Metallurgist after graduating from Michigan Tech with a degree in Metallurgical Engineering in 1966. Mr. Simmons worked on projects related to converting steelmaking facilities from Open Hearth Furnaces to Electric Arc Furnaces due to the 1970 Clean Air Act. He later worked as a Project Engineer, Process . . .

Jennifer Hartfelder completed her Bachelor's Degree in Civil Engineering from Michigan Tech in 1990 and went on to complete a Master's Degree in Civil Engineering at the University of Colorado, Denver. She is Vice President of Stantec, a top-tier global design and delivery firm. Based in Denver, Colorado, Hartfelder has over 30 years of experience providing project management and engineering design for municipal and federal . . .

Mr. Paul R. Liimatta, a 1961 civil engineering graduate of Michigan Tech, is Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and principal owner of IGM, an interstate gas marketing company, headquartered in Columbus, Ohio. Upon graduation, Paul joined Columbia Gas and rose through the ranks to become Vice President for Propane Marketing. He was elected to the Gas Industry's prestigious Hall of Flame and was a former director for . . .