Category: Spotlights

Theo Ude is a product realization team lead at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, working on nuclear deterrent technology for the U.S. Department of Energy. Several of his

Michelle Easter’s path to System Design and Management took her around the world. Pursuing a childhood inclination for mechanics wasn’t her first career choice.

By Stefanie Koperniak Currently a principal software development manager at Microsoft in the Cloud+AI division, Christine “Chris” Miyachi SDM ’01 recently gave the keynote

Justin Cottrell trained as a physician and surgeon, with a clinical practice focusing on hearing rehabilitation and the treatment of complex skull base tumors. Outside the

A national housing shortage is straining finances and communities across the U.S. In Massachusetts, at least 222,000 homes will have to be built in the next 10 years to meet

by Stefanie Koperniak First-year SDM student Kelly Cody’s journey to SDM begins with the story of her becoming a co-founder of Periodic, a company innovating smart

By Stefanie Koperniak After graduating from the prestigious University of Port Harcourt with a bachelor’s degree in petroleum engineering, Rita Uganden-Teryila worked in the

Peter McCaffrey keeps himself busy. He cofounded the drug discovery startup Pragma Bio and served as CTO for seven years. During that time, he also worked in different roles in

Growing up, Kaitlyn Barros was always interested in how things worked and how tools have helped humanity advance their capabilities. At the University of Rhode Island she fell in

Cesar Mapeli is used to big transitions. He grew up in Brazil and came to the United States on a basketball scholarship without speaking a word of English. After earning