Meet Maha

She's a 2014 Biomedical Engineering graduate and 2018 School of Medicine candidate. Watch her Wayne State story here...
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Greetings Alumni:

Happy 2015! I'm Becky Dennis, the new Alumni and Donor Relations Officer at the College. We've kicked off another winter semester with a lot of exciting news. Check out some of our top stories and upcoming events in this issue of Exemplar Online. As always, if you have news or stories to share, you can reach out to me directly by emailing alumni@eng.wayne.edu. 

Computer science student raises over $250,000 for local man lacking transportation

After the Free Press told of Robertson's arduous 21-mile trek to and from his suburban factory job, the story inspired thousands of donations from across the nation. A day later, the soft-spoken machine operator got to meet  Evan Leedy the computer student  who launched an Internet crowd-funding site to gather more than $250,000.
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Can Big Data transform Michigan?

The College's Big Data & Business Analytics Group believes that Big Data is the bridge to the next wave of innovation and growth for Southeast Michigan. 
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Warrior Racing at the Auto Show

The College's Formula SAE Warrior Racing team was recently featured at the North American International Auto (NAIAS) show in Detroit.
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Computer Science freshman creates first low-cost treatment for lazy eye in 36 hours

When Tristan Mortimer was planning his weekend, partying was not on his mind. Instead, he chose to compete in the MHacks IV Hackathon.
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Twin brothers ready to succeed as civil engineers

When twin brothers Matthew and Kevin Hughes were deciding which university to attend after high school, they both knew one thing: they were better together.
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College hosts orientation for record number of students

The College kicked off the first day of the winter semester by welcoming new graduate students during orientation. As of press time, 169 first-time, degree-seeking graduate students were registered for the semester — the largest number since at least 2007.
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Bridge Program motivates students through mentorship

When you ask professor of chemical engineering and materials science Jeffrey Potoff why he chose to run the Engineering Bridge Program he starts with one word; impact.
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MARK YOUR CALENDAR

Wayne State University's Golden Jubilee

October 9

Wayne State University's 25th Reunion

October 8

2nd Annual Speed Mentoring Sponsored by Society of Women Engineers

April 7

Big Data and Business Analytics Symposium

March 10

ALUMNI ACCOMPLISHMENTS

Zaheer Allam, '85,

has joined San Jose, California based GlobalLogic, a full-lifecycle product development firm, as chief delivery officer. He was chief product officer at Polaris Wireless, where he led engineering teams in India and deployment teams in the Middle East and Africa, founded and was engineering VP at Azaire Networks, and held management posts at Ericsson, Ricoh, Ford Motor Co. and Metricom. 

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Elizabeth K. Krear, BSME '88, MSME '90,

was awarded Steel Market Development Institute's Industry Innovator Award as part of their inaugural "Men and Women of Steel." The award recognizes individuals for their innovative uses and applications of steel at work and in the community. Krear is the chief engineer on the Ram 1500 EcoDiesel.

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