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Alum receives distinguished achievement award at Engineers’ Day 2011
Posted on 14. Dec, 2011 by admin.
On October 14, 2011, college alumni gathered to celebrate this year’s Engineers’ Day and receive awards for their achievements since leaving the college. Nine College of Engineering alumni were given this year’s Distinguished Achievement Award in honor of long careers of groundbreaking work in their fields. Among them was ISyE alumnus Appu Kuttan. One million—the [...]
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All in the family: Three brothers take diverse paths from ISyE
Posted on 14. Dec, 2011 by admin.
What’s better than one ISyE graduate in the family? How about three? In 1983, Jeff Plaster became the third of three brothers to graduate with a degree from the department. His two older brothers, identical twins Larry and Gary, graduated in ’80 and ’81, respectively. What drove them to pursue the same degree? Jeff says he [...]
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Giving at ISyE: The Richard K. and Harriet S. Fein Fund
Posted on 14. Dec, 2011 by admin.
Two UW-Madison alumni are having a big impact on the careers of ISyE graduate students. Richard and Harriet Fein established the Richard S. and Harriet K. Fein Fund in 1997 to support graduate students making a difference in the real world. Dick, who earned a PhD in chemical engineering in 1949, says he [...]
