Alumni impact

Made at Michigan. Making an impact.

A University of Michigan Engineering degree opens doors. Our alumni launch startups, lead major companies, design life-saving technologies and make an impact across industries. They are innovators, leaders and problem-solvers. Their journeys show the power of engineering to change lives, including their own. Read on to see how far a Michigan Engineer can go.

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Explore their stories

Accelerating pharmaceutical advances with organoid technology

Madeline Eiken (PhD BME ’25) is commercializing organoid technology that could spur new treatments for disease and reduce animal testing.
Creating opportunity for Detroit Public Schools students

Jhawan Davis (BSE IOE ’19) built an organization that has opened doors for hundreds of Detroit Public Schools students.
Protecting whales–and fisheries

Ryan Halonen (MSE NAME ‘05) co-designed a modified crab trap that protects humpback whales while enabling crabbers to do their jobs.
Powering the next generation of nuclear energy

Rita Baranwal’s (MS MSE ‘96, PhD ‘98) helps lead a team developing the world’s first mass-produced microreactor.
From IOE to the NBA

Ujwal Bharath (BSE IOE ’16) is building epic experiences for Chicago Bulls fans.
Launching the world’s largest space telescope

Robby Swoish (BS AERO ’06, MS CLaSP ’07) helped deploy the James Webb Space Telescope.
Treating cancer with sound waves

Zhen Xu (MS BME ’03, PhD ’05) co-invented the revolutionary cancer treatment histotripsy.
Baseball meets engineering

Danny Vargovick (BSE CSE ’17) uses data to help the Detroit Tigers win
Winning the “Nobel Prize” of computing

The world-changing AI research of Andrew Barto (PhD CSE ’75).
New technologies for exploring our oceans

Gideon Billings (BS ECE ‘16, MS ROB ‘19, PhD ROB ‘21) is building underwater robots.
First Alumna in Space

Aisha Bowe (BSE Aero ’08, MSE SED ’09) took flight in a Blue Origin rocket.
Flying Into hurricanes to save lives

Gus Alaka (BSE CLaSP ‘08) chases storms with NOAA.