SPRING 2006 ENGR 420 - "Engineering for Success"

SPRING 2003 ENGR 420 - "Engineering for Success"

SPRING 2004 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 is offered during the Spring 2004 term
Mon 11:00-11:50
1043 ERF

Class dates and guest speakers:

January 26th:
Jaime Velasquez
Assistant Director, UIC Office of Career Services
BA, 1988 (Criminal Justice)


February 2nd:
Sunondo Roy
President, Sun Engineering Systems
Arlington Heights, IL
BS, 1988 (Mechanical Engineering)


February 9th:
John Major
Founder, Technology Solutions Group
San Diego, CA
MS, 1982 (Energy Engineering)


February 16th:
John Hilaris
President, Hydro-Ergoseal, Inc
Addison, IL
BS, 1974 (Fluids Engineering)
MS, 75 (Energy Engineering)


February 23rd:
John Ahlen
President, Arkansas Science and Technology Authority
Little Rock, AR
BS, 1969 (BioEngineering)
PhD, 1974 (Physiology)


March 1st:
Kenneth Nelson
Executive Vice President and COO, Clark Dietz, Inc.
Chicago, IL
BS, 1970 (Urban Systems Engineering)

March 8th:
Steven Hampton
Intellectural Property Attorney, McAndrews, Held & Malloy
Chicago, IL
BS, 1971 (Mechanical Analysis and Design)
MS, 1975 (Materials Engineering)
PhD 1981 (Materials Engineering)

March 15th:
Howard Jacob
Strategic Relationship Manager, Intel
Schaumburg, IL
BS, 1973 (Communications Engineering)



March 22nd Spring Break - No Class


March 29th:
Rick Landuyt
President, RF Ideas, Inc. (Arlington Heights, IL)
MS, 1984 (Mechanical Engineering)


April 5th:
Jerry Meece
President, JL Meece Engineering
Coal City, IL
MS, 1971 (Energy Engineering)


April 12th:
Ralph Pini
Senior Vice President, Personal Communications Sector, Motorola, Inc.
Schaumburg, IL
BS, 1976 (Computer Science)
MS, 1985 (Electrical Engineering and Computer Science)


April 19th:
Heather Gaffney
Vice President, TY Lin International Bascor
Chicago, IL
MS, 1990 (Civil Engineering)

April 26th:
Ed Danavi
Rohm and Haas Company
BS, (Chemical Engineering)
MS, (Chemical Engineering)