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Cynthia Hodges

Cynthia Hodges

'87, '90

After attending "Women in Engineering" as part of the Summer Youth Program at Michigan Tech when she was in 11th grade, Cynthia Hodges '87 '90 knew it was the place for her. "Michigan Tech prepared me very well for my career, for an unlikely reason. There were so few of women studying engineering back then, I got used to being one of the only women in the room. This suited me well for a career in industry, where women . . .

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Clayton Webber

Clayton Webber

'99

Clayton Webber earned a Bachelor's Degree in Mechanical Engineering Technology (MET) from Michigan Tech in 1999. Clayton is CEO/president at Components Express, LLC in Woodridge, Illinois. Clayton states that the experience he gained while studying MET at Michigan Tech has been invaluable. It provided him with a comprehensive understanding of a wide variety of engineering disciplines, which has been crucial in enabling . . .

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Dorothy Ruohonen

Dorothy Ruohonen

'85

Dorothy (Daavettila) Ruohonen had a strong connection to Michigan Tech prior to her attending the University in 1982. Dorothy’s father, Donald Daavettila, was named Michigan Tech Professor Emeritus of Physics in 2000. Working as a nurse while attending Michigan Tech, Ruohonen graduated in 1985 with a degree in Mechanical Design Engineering Technology. By 1987, Ruohonen was President and Owner of Hawk Technologies, . . .

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Fred Spagnoletti

Fred Spagnoletti '65

Fred Spagnoletti graduated from Michigan Tech in 1965 with a Bachelor of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering. Before graduation he accepted a position with Rocketdyne, with whom he had interviewed while at Tech. His first assignment was at their test site in the Santa Susana mountains northwest of Los Angeles on the turbo pump for the F-1 rocket engine. This was the engine on the Apollo program Saturn V main booster . . .

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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