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Meet 2022 ISD Outstanding Capstone Award Winner Jacob Doyle

Jacob Doyle

Jacob Doyle, a recent graduate of the ISD Energy Systems Engineering program, is the recipient of the 2022 ISD Outstanding Capstone Award. Doyle began his journey with ISD last winter as a Sequential Undergraduate/Graduate Studies student while completing his undergraduate degree in chemical engineering at the University of Michigan. The award, which is given out … Read more

Meet 2022 ISD Staff Excellence Award Winner Shonda Adams

Shonda Adams and Elizabeth Mekaru

Shonda Adams earned this award for “demonstrating above and beyond performance with enthusiasm and positivity” in the areas of customer service, professionalism, teamwork, initiative, and innovation.  In her role as ISD Admissions and Academic Programs Coordinator, Adams oversees the application processes for the division as well as playing a key role in credit transfer and … Read more

Customer Driven

Kathryn D’Alessandro applies integrative thinking to connect products for the common good If one day you find yourself marveling at how products are connecting to save energy and money, you may want to thank Kathryn D’Alessandro. D’Alessandro, who graduated in December 2021 with a MEng. degree in Systems Engineering + Design, ISD, is focused on … Read more

Electrifying

Wes Fermanich

Wes Fermanich charges ahead to help energize the energy storage and renewable energy fields For Wes Fermanich, one of the biggest takeaways from his ISD education was learning how to break down a large, complex system into smaller components.  This key and integrative skill within the field of systems engineering is known as functional decomposition, … Read more

2022 ISD IDEAS Summit – Shaping the Future: Infusing DEI in Our Research

Thank you to ISD students, faculty, staff, and others who joined together on January 10 during the ISD DEI Action Summit: Shaping the Future: Infusing DEI in Our Research The Summit began with an introduction from Alec D. Gallimore, former Dean of the College of Engineering, where he spoke about the role of equity-centered engineering … Read more