Alumni Resources

"A well-respected education in engineering and the unique location made Michigan Tech an easy choice. The UP has always been a place I considered special." In his Dynamic Controls class, Dennis Grumm ’05 was given the opportunity for extra credit by solving a calculus problem based on the origins of Bode plots. "I learned a lot about problem solving with that assignment; somewhere in the middle of a couple pages . . .

John Drake is serious about giving back to his alma mater. He attributes his success in large part to "the training and rigor of a Michigan Tech education with its insistence on understanding." Drake earned a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering in 1964 and a master’s in business administration in 1969. "Nobody was better prepared to understand and solve problems than Tech grads were," he says. . . .

Mr. Kaempfer, President and Chief Engineer, Kaempfer & Associates, Inc., received his baccalaureate degree in Civil Engineering from Michigan Technological University in 1971 and his master's degree in Civil Engineering from the University of Missouri-Rolla in 1972. He entered the U.S. Army as a 2nd Lt in the Corps of Engineers in the Fall of 1972. After basic and advanced officer training courses at Fort Belvoir, . . .