Alumni

Alumni Focus

Sandra Skinner

Sandra Skinner

'78

Sandra received a Bachelor of Science degree in mechanical engineering from Michigan Tech in 1978. After graduating from the University, she accepted a position with Illinois Tool Works in Des Plaines, IL. Over the next several years, she held positions at various companies, joining United Technologies Automotive in 1983 as a manufacturing engineer. Sandra worked for United Technologies for the next sixteen years rising . . .

Alumni Focus

Rebecca Ufkes

Rebecca Ufkes

'87

Rebecca graduated from Tech in 1987 with a Bachelor of Science degree in mechanical engineering. Upon leaving Tech she worked at Kaman Aerospace in Broomfield, CT for two years. She then took a position with Sikorsky Aircraft and remained with Sikorsky as a consultant while starting Ufkes Engineering after a move to South Carolina in 1990. In 1994 she earned her MBA from The Citadel and in 1995 partnered with her husband . . .

Alumni Focus

Cora Taylor

Cora Taylor

'18, '20

WHERE ARE YOU FROM? Charlevoix, Michigan DEGREE | WHAT YEAR? B.S. Mechanical Engineering (Dec. 2018), M.S. Mechanical Engineering (Dec. 2020), PhD Mechanical Engineering (2nd Year) WHAT GROUPS ARE YOU INVOLVED IN? Currently, I am not involved in any on campus groups, but I did recently join the Copper Harbor Trails Club. During my undergraduate I was heavily involved in the Formula SAE team, Delta Phi Epsilon Sorority, . . .

Alumni Links

Alumni and Friends

Take pride as a member of the Michigan Tech alumni family with over 62,000 members living and working in more than 100 nations around the world!

Alumni Reunion

The Alumni reunion is a wonderful time to reunite with classmates and reminisce about your time at Michigan Tech.

Career Tools

Take advantage of continuing education and career planning and assistance, or even get help finding a job.

Benefits for Alumni and Friends

Being an alumnus of Michigan Tech has advantages other than a world-class education.

Alumni Publications

Stay current with department news and research.

What You Can Do

Alumni-Student Programming

Take advantage of the vast network and resources the Office of Alumni Engagement has to offer.

Become a Volunteer

Volunteering is a great way to give back to your alma mater while helping future and current young alumni.

Find an Alumni Chapter Near You

Enjoy alumni events in your local area.

Update Your Information

Tell us about yourself.

Merle Potter

Merle Potter '58, '61

Merle Potter '58 was awarded the American Society of Mechanical Engineers 2008 James Harry Potter (no relation) Gold Medal. Potter received the award "for making a renowned impact on thermodynamics through forty-two years of outstanding teaching and through published textbooks on thermal sciences and applied mathematics, and for research on energy consumption in dwellings and industrial plants."""Potter earned a BS . . .

Alumni News

“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