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Paula Zenner

Paula Zenner

'87, '93

Paula Zenner earned a bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering in 1987 and worked in industry immediately following graduation. She returned to Michigan Tech to earn a master's degree in Operations Management, which was received in 1993.""She began work at Michigan Tech in the Mechanical Engineering Department as an academic advisor in 1991 and has advanced to her current position as Director of Operations and . . .

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Daniel Rivard

Daniel Rivard

'59

1936—2022   One of the most recognizable mottos in the world was coined not by a copywriter but by an engineer. Ford Motor Company's "Quality Is Job One" was a slogan and a corporate touchstone for seventeen years, practically forever in the short-attention-span world of marketing. It originated with one man's obsession with making everything better. "Dan Rivard was the face of Total Quality Improvement at Ford . . .

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James Sorenson

James Sorenson

'61, '60

Jim Sorenson earned a B.S. with honor in Mechanical Engineering in 1960 and a M.S. in Engineering Mechanics in 1961, both from Michigan Tech. Following graduation, he joined the staff of Battelle Memorial Institute as a research engineer and spent his career with the organization. After six years with the organization he was promoted to engineering management. Sorenson held the titles of Section Manager, Manager of . . .

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Laura Farrelly

Laura Farrelly '93

Laura graduated with honors from Michigan Technological University in 1993 earning a bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering. She went on to earn a master's degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Michigan; Dearborn. And she also earned an MBA in marketing and finance from Northwestern University's Kellogg School of Management. After Michigan Tech, Laura was selected to be a member of the Ford Motor . . .

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“He had a finite elements program. I was helping him debug his program, and I didn't really know what I was doing. I kept telling him that. But he would teach me.”Marty Lagina '77 on Bill Predebon, past chair of the ME-EM department