SPRING 2006 ENGR 420 - "Engineering for Success"

SPRING 2004 ENGR 420 - "Engineering for Success"

SPRING 2003 ENGR 420 - "Engineering for Success"

Instructor: Executive Associate Dean and Professor Ishwar Puri

Course description: Seminar course featuring prominent UIC College of Engineering alumni as guest speakers. The course is intended to expand students' perceptions of the many career options available to them through interaction with alumni who have been successful in various fields.

Class schedule: This class was offered during the Spring 2003 term

Class dates and guest speakers:

January 27th:
Kevin O'Connell
Vice President, People's Energy
Chicago, Illinois
BS, 1969 (Communications Engineering)

February 3rd:
Timothy Duitsman
Vice President and General Manager Westell, Inc.
Aurora, Illinois
MS, 1989 (Mechanical Engineering)


February 10th:
Theodore Cahall
Chief Information Officer
CNET.com
San Francisco, California
MS, 1987 (Electrical Engineering)
BS, 1985 (Computer Science)

February 17th:
Daniel Branda
General Manager, Hewlett Packard
US West Region
Denver, Colorado
BS, 1971 (Computer Science)

February 24th:
John Blumenshine
Vice President, Facilities
S&C Electric Company
Chicago, Illinois
BS, 1976 (Mechanical Analysis and Design)

March 3rd:
John Kremer, Ph.D.
Manager, Advanced Product Engineering Borg Warner Transmission Systems
Auburn Hills, Michigan
PhD, 1991 (Mechanical Engineering)
MS, 1987 (Mechanical Engineering)
BS, 1981 (Mechanical Engineering)

March 10th:
Philip Cali
Executive Vice President (Retired)
NICOR, Inc.
Naperville, Illinois
BS, 1970 (Communications Engineering)

March 17th Spring Break - No Class

March 24th:
Joseph Mulvey
Vice President, Food and Pharmaceuticals
McClier Corporation
Chicago, Illinois
BS, 1985 (Bioengineering)

March 31st:
Michael DeSantiago
President, Primera, Inc.
Chicago, Illinois
BS, 1979 (Mechanical Engineering)

April 7th:
George Foyo
Chairman and CEO
LJ International LLC
Key Biscayne, Florida
BS, 1968 (Mechanical Analysis and Design)

April 14th:
Joseph Posewick
President, EN Engineering
Woodridge, Illinois
BS, 1969 (Structural Engineering)

April 21st:
William Draper
Manager, Package and Pre-Program Engineering, Lifestyle Vehicle Line
Ford Motor Company
Dearborn, Michigan
MS, 1989 (Mechanical Engineering)
BS, 1983 (Structural Engineering)

April 28th:
Mark Yahiro
President, Pulse Communications
San Francisco, California
BS, 1985 (Computer Science)

May 5th:
Andrew Blystra
President, AR Blystra Ltd. Holland, Michigan
MS, 1982 (Materials Engineering)