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Jillian Rothe

Jillian Rothe

'06, '06

Jillian Rothe has established a sterling career at Caterpillar in short period of time, using her mechanical engineering and business administration degrees with a minor in Spanish. She’s also given her time and talents to many worthwhile causes over the years. She is currently Caterpillar’s Energy and Transportation Marketing Support Representative for Asia Pacific based in Singapore. Within this newly created . . .

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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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Dillon Bennetts

Dillon Bennetts

'22, '24

Dillon Bennetts graduated from Michigan Tech with a Bachelor's Degree in Mechanical Engineering Technology and a Minor in Naval Systems Engineering in 2022. He also earned a Master of Science Degree in Manufacturing Engineering in 2024. Dillon is currently employed with General Dynamics Electric Boat (Strategic Weapons Systems) in Groton, Connecticut, as an Engineer 1 — Systems. Dillon states: "Being a graduate . . .

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Wendy Davidson

Wendy Davidson '91

Wendy received a bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering from Michigan Tech in 1991. She is currently the President of Edgestone Consulting Inc., a firm she founded in 2002. Wendy is also a graduate of the FastTrac II Entrepreneurial Program from the University of St. Thomas in St. Paul, Minnesota, and a business coach who completed the co-active coaching program through the Coaches Training Institute. Wendy . . .

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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