Category: Alumni
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Advancing creativity and mentorship in engineering education
Impactful work in the fledgling Engineering Education Research program is recognized with prestigious awards
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Garlin goes to Lansing
Since Garlin Gilchrist (BSE EE ’05) left U-M, his path has crossed into a variety of different realms. He helped Microsoft make Sharepoint the company’s fastest growing product, worked on the Obama campaign in Washington State, helped the City of Detroit build a smartphone app that gave citizens a voice in their government and returned
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Computing visionary honored by Michigan Engineering
The highest accolade from the Michigan Engineering Alumni Board goes to a thought leader with a track record of predicting the industry’s future.
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Two-wheeled teacher
7,500 miles of riding, wrenching and coding.
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Nuclear know-how
Alumna Hon. Kristine Svinicki serves as chair of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC), where she helps to shape U.S. nuclear policy, ensuring that safety concerns are rationally addressed.
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Unicorn vs. cyber-pirates
Duo Security is the Ann Arbor-based information security and software-as-a-service (SaaS) company that alumni Dug Song and Jon Oberheide co-founded. It recently reached $1 billion in valuation—a unicorn, in tech parlance.
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Committed to construction
In honor of John L. Tishman’s legacy, Dan and Sheryl Tishman have provided a gift that will expand the scope and impact of the construction management program.
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Legacy of Michigan Engineering: 200 years of discovery and achievement
Michigan Engineering celebrates its history of innovation and leadership with a Bicentennial multimedia story project that chronicles the people behind the promise and the struggles behind the breakthroughs.
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Michigan in Monterrey
University of Michigan alumni and representatives networked with colleagues from University of Monterrey (UDEM), one of the best schools in Mexico.
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‘The most interesting tech IPO of the year’ was founded by alums
A Q&A; with the Michigan Engineering alumni who founded Twilio, a “unicorn” in the tech industry.