Alumni

Jennifer Trice earned two degrees from Michigan Tech—a bachelor's in 1987 and master's in 1989, both in metallurgical engineering. She was hired at 3M in 1989 and spent her entire 30+ year career there before retiring in 2020. Trice's first role at 3M was as an Advanced Design Engineer providing metallurgical support as part of the Corporate Engineering group responsible for designing proprietary capital equipment for . . .

Patrick S. Horvath (BS MTU MY 1967, MBA Cal State Long Beach 1973). Mr. Horvath began his career as a metallurgist for Wyman-Gordon Co., originally in Massachusetts and later with their Reisner Metals facility in California. In 1979, he founded Accurate Metallurgical Services, Inc., a firm that tested metals and composites, particularly for the aerospace, oil tool, automotive, and medical industries. In 1981, Mr. Horvath . . .

Why did you choose Michigan Tech? 1) The great engineering program2) The more personal, smaller school feel3) The location (and outdoor experience) Tell us about a memorable experience you had with a class or about a favorite professor? My favorite class memory was Senior Design. It felt more like the real world, with a multi-faceted project and multiple problems to be solved. The team was able to split up and each . . .