Night of the Stars 2015

The College will recognize exemplary alumni during its annual signature event, Night of the Stars, on Thursday, Sept. 24, 2015, at the Detroit Institute of Arts. Registration now open.
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Professor receives Fulbright Award to teach in Latvia

Marcis Jansons is combining his cultural heritage with his engineering expertise. 
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Student Accomplishments

What are our engineering and computer science students accomplishing? Learn here!
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Meet Brandon

This electrical engineering student is a member of the FormulaSAE team that is ranked 12th in the nation and 1st in Michigan. Read his story here.
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Alumnae take community service global with Engineers Without Borders

When alumnae Najwa Abouhassan ’07 BSEE, ’11 MSEE and Genie Abboud ’07 BSEE returned from their first trip to Nicaragua with the non-profit group, Engineers Without Borders, they were “hooked.”
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Join the Engineering Alumni Volunteer Corps

Sign up to receive our Corps email with volunteer opportunities from speed mentoring to guest lecturing.  
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Civil engineering student wins third place in national essay competition

Kate Kelley, a civil engineering undergraduate student, was the third-place winner of the 2015 National Daniel W. Mead Contest.
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SAE Warrior Racing named top team in Michigan

The SAE Warrior Racing team shined at the Formula West Competition, earning 12th place nationally. 
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EcoCAR 3 brings home awards from the Year One Final Competition

Wayne State's EcoCAR 3 team placed 10th overall among North American universities. 
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MARK YOUR CALENDAR

Grand Rapids Alumni Reception

October 12

Golden Jubilee Reunion

October 9

College of Engineering Career Fair

October 1

Wayne State Day at Comerica Park

September 9

Toledo Mud Hens Alumni Gathering

September 3

Baroudeur

August 22

Night of the Stars 2015

September 24

ALUMNI ACCOMPLISHMENTS

Tel Ganesan, MSME '91,

was featured in the Detroit Free Press for his entrepreneurship founding and leading Kybba Inc., an IT Staffing Firm located in Detroit.

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David Grimes BSME '89,

was named Global Vice President of Automotive Plastic Components (APC) at Axalta Coating Systems.

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Mohammed Al-wishah, BSET '15,

was named Employee of the Month for a Systems Integration firm in the field of Oil & Gas/Energy.

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Douglas Burcicki, BSEE '93,

Vice President of Yazaki’s General Motors Customer Group, recently joined the College's Board of Visitors.

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Adam Skornia, MSME '14,

was interviewed by model D for his launch of Skore LLC to commercialize his patent-pending design for a new crossbow.

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Atul Kavthekar, MSIE '94,

has been appointed CFO of the online marketplace LivingSocial.

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Jay Iyengar, MSME '88,

has been appointed Senior Vice President and Chief Innovation and Technology Officer at Xylem Inc., a global water technology company.

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HALL OF FAME

Raj Vattikuti, MSEE '76,

spoke at TiE Detroit, a global nonprofit organization for entrepreneurs. Vattikuti established Covansys Inc. in 1985. The company was listed on NASDAQ in 1997 and sold to Computer Sciences Corp. in 2007 for $1.3 billion. 

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CLASS NOTES

Frank Condron, MSIE '74,

finds joy in clock repair in his retirement. Read his article here.

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