{"id":55562,"date":"2022-01-03T12:02:10","date_gmt":"2022-01-03T18:02:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/engineering.wisc.edu\/?page_id=55562"},"modified":"2024-11-04T15:56:04","modified_gmt":"2024-11-04T21:56:04","slug":"alumni","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/engineering.wisc.edu\/alumni\/","title":{"rendered":"Alumni"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Engineering Impact <\/h2>

Since our beginning, the College of Engineering has focused on impact\u2014true to the principles of the Wisconsin Idea. As a key college of the state\u2019s flagship university, we have a responsibility both to the citizens of Wisconsin, and those beyond. With a longstanding tradition of world-renowned research programs, academic excellence, and a knack for innovation, our college has been home to an endless array of breakthrough ideas that have positively altered the course of society forever.<\/p>\n

From astronauts to executives to professional engineers, alumni are among the driving forces of our impact, taking what they learned in our classrooms and labs and applying it in world-changing ways. Here is a short list of people whose contributions are exceptionally notable. From the 1800s until now, our alumni have been on the forefront of innovation and discovery. In fact, they’ve always been engineering the future.<\/p>\n<\/div>

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Technology<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

John Bardeen<\/strong>\u2014BSEE \u201928, MSEE \u201929
Inventor of the transistor; major advances in superconductivity<\/a>. Nobel Prize in physics, 1956 and 1972.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jack St. Clair Kilby<\/strong>\u2014MSEE \u201950
Co-inventor of the integrated circuit; Nobel Prize in physics, 2000.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rob Engelke<\/strong>\u2014BSEE \u201968
CEO, Ultratec Inc.; advances in deaf-communication technology.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Patrick Hanrahan<\/strong>\u2014BSNE \u201977
Developed Pixar\u2019s RenderMan animation software.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Michael Dhuey<\/strong>\u2014BSEE \u201980
Co-inventor of the Macintosh II and the iPod<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Infrastructure<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Edward Schildhauer<\/strong>\u2014BSEE 1897
Chief electrical and mechanical engineer on the Panama Canal project<\/a> (opened on Aug. 15, 1914).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

John L. Savage<\/strong>\u2014BSCE 1903
Dam engineer<\/a>: Engineer of many dams, including Hoover Dam; member of the National Academy of Sciences.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Oscar Boldt<\/strong>\u2014BSCEE \u201948
Chairman, The Boldt Company.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

David H. Geiger<\/strong>\u2014BSCEE \u201960
Designer of domed stadiums<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Autos and Aviation<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

William S. Harley<\/strong>\u2014BSME 1907
Founder, Harley-Davidson<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Charles Lindbergh<\/strong>\u2014BSME 1920-21x
Aviation pioneer and innovator<\/a>; made the first solo nonstop flight across the Atlantic Ocean.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Richard V. Rhode<\/strong>\u2014BSME \u201925
Awarded Wright Brothers Medal for aerodynamic loading research<\/a>, NASA Medal for Exceptional Scientific Achievement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

James Lovell<\/strong>\u2014BS 1946-48x
Apollo 8 <\/em>and Apollo 13<\/em> astronaut<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Brewster Shaw<\/strong>\u2014BSEMA \u201968, MSEMA \u201969
Space Shuttle<\/em> astronaut<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Adam Steltzner<\/strong>\u2014PhDEP \u201999
Chief engineer and development manager for the Mars rover <\/a>Curiosity<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Academia and Literature<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Thelma Estrin<\/strong>\u2014PhDEE \u201952
Professor of computer science, UCLA<\/a>; first female president of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society; tireless advocate for women in STEM, well before modern efforts<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mathukumalli Vidyasagar<\/strong>\u2014BS, MS, PhDEE \u201969 (Earned PhD at age 21)
Founded Department of Bioengineering in 2010 at the University of Texas, Dallas<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Randy L. Jirtle<\/strong>\u2014BSNE \u201970
Epigenetics and genomic imprinting pioneer<\/a>; senior scientist, McArdle Laboratory for Cancer Research, UW-Madison; professor of epigenetics, Department of Sport and Exercise Sciences, University of Bedfordshire, UK; Time<\/em> magazine Person of the Year, 2007.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Michael Amiridis<\/strong>\u2014PhDChE \u201991
Chancellor, University of Illinois at Chicago (2015-)<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Emily Hahn<\/strong>\u2014BSMiningEngr \u201926
First female UW-Madison engineering graduate<\/a>; journalist; author of 52 books.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

William Marr<\/strong>\u2014PhDNE \u201969
Nuclear engineer, (Argonne); poet; artist<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Arthur Nielsen Sr.<\/strong>\u2014BSECE \u201918
Founded the ACNielsen Co. (market research, Nielsen ratings) in 1923; elected to the International Tennis Hall of Fame in 1971 and appointed a Knight of the Order of the Dannebrog in 1961 by Denmark.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Philip D. Reed<\/strong>\u2014BSEE \u201921
President, General Electric (1937-1942, 1945-1958).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

William Beverly Murphy<\/strong>\u2014BSChE \u201928
CEO, Campbell Soup Co. (1953-1972).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

David Grainger<\/strong>\u2014BSEE \u201950
President, The Grainger Foundation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Claude Rockwood<\/strong> Whitney Jr.\u2014BSEE \u201950
Chairman and CEO, Allen Bradley Co.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ken Wright<\/strong>\u2014BSCEE \u201951, MSCEE \u201957
CEO, Wright Water Engineers; co-founder, Wright Paleohydrological Institute.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ernest Micek<\/strong>\u2014BSChE \u201959
CEO, Cargill Corp. (1995-1999).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Richard Wilkey<\/strong>\u2014BSMetE \u201959
Founder, president and CEO, Fisher Barton Inc.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lee Raymond<\/strong>\u2014BSChE \u201960
CEO, ExxonMobil (1999-2005).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Duane Collins<\/strong>\u2014BSME \u201961
Chairman, Parker Hannifin Corp.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Mary Baker<\/strong>\u2014BSEMA \u201966
President, ATA Engineering Inc.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kenneth Schroeder<\/strong>\u2014BSEE \u201967
CEO, KLA-Tencor (1999-2005).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dong-Soo Hur<\/strong>\u2014BSChE \u201968, PhDChE \u201969
Chairman, GS Caltex Corp., Seoul, Korea.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Keith Nosbusch<\/strong>\u2014BSEE \u201974
CEO, Rockwell Automation (2004-).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Michael Splinter<\/strong>\u2014BSEE \u201972, MSEE \u201974
CEO, Applied Materials (2003-2015).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jeff Sprecher<\/strong>\u2014ChE \u201978
Founder, NEA Ventures; founder, chair and CEO, IntercontinentalExchange, which purchased the New York Stock Exchange.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Valarie King-Bailey<\/strong>\u2014BSCEE \u201982
CEO, Onshore Technology Group.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Thomas Werner<\/strong>\u2014BSIE \u201982
CEO, SunPower Corp.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Winslow Sargeant<\/strong>\u2014PhDECE \u201995
Chief Counsel for Advocacy, U.S. Small Business Administration; co-founder, AANetcom.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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