Reports from the field: Updates on ChE Alumni

Class of 2009

Nathan Bosquez (Spring 2009)
Adam Bye (Spring 2009)
Adam Clark (Spring 2009)
Brady Clavel (Spring 2009)
Christopher Edgcumbe (Spring 2009)
Jeremy Elbers (Spring 2009)
Jason George (Spring 2009)
Jaimes Hulsebusch (Spring 2009)
Stephanie Jares (Spring 2009)
Andrew Klym (Spring 2009)
Andrew Onken (Spring 2009)
Fernando Ramirez (Spring 2009)
Luke Schoenecker (Spring 2009)

Class of 2008

John Kallemeyn (Fall 2008)
Elizabeth Kokesh (Fall 2008)
Marcus Thompson (Fall 2008)
Michael Claussen (Spring 2008) Cargill
Brandon Ekholm (Spring 2008)
Carl Enzenauer (Spring 2008)
Rachel Gass (Spring 2008) Praxair
Anne Kalinowski (Spring 2008) GE
Simon Larson (Spring 2008) Siemens
Ngoc Nhuyen (Spring 2008)
Don Nyvold (Spring 2008) Hormel Foods
Shaili Sharma (Spring 2008) Graduate School Purdue University, IN
Brian St. Peter (Spring 2008) Ecolab Inc.
Laura Stranford (Spring 2008) Cargill
Chebby Villarreal (Spring 2008) Cargill
Rebecca (Becky) Walechka (Spring 2008) Cargill Inc., Eddyville IA

Class of 2007

Benjamin Breidall (Spring 2007), Advanced Process Engineer, Hutchinson Technology Inc., Hutchinson MN.
Wing Chan (Spring 2007), 3M.
Corie Ekholm (Spring 2007), Process Engineer, Cleveland Cliffs.
Charles Erickson (Spring 2007), Design Teams Engineer, Hutchinson Technology Inc., Hutchinson MN.
Troy Gist (Spring 2007), Consultant Engineer, FM Global, Plymouth MN.
Jeff Hagen (Fall 2006), 3M, Knoxville TN.
Steven Head (Spring 2007), Process Engineer, Sebesta-Blomberg and Associates.
Hussein Idowu (Spring 2007), Materials and Process Engineer, Rockwell Collins.
Carl Larsen (Spring 2007), Region Engineer, Enbridge Energy.
Jeron Larson (Spring 2007), Project Team Engineer, Hutchinson Technology Inc., Hutchinson MN.
Elizabeth Miller (Spring 2007), Process Engineer, SSOE, Inc., St. Paul MN.
Keith Mullen (Spring 2007), Grad School.
Daniel Musser (Spring 2007), Staff Engineer, Bay West, Inc., St. Paul MN.
Leah Niemand (Spring 2007)
Anupreet Parmar (Fall 2006), Grad School, University of Maryland.
Robert Quigley (Spring 2007), Chemical Process Engineer, SarTec Corp., Anoka MN.
Jeff Schultz (Fall 2006), 3M.
Ryan Siats (Spring 2007), Environmental Engineer, Pinnacle Engineering.
Mark Suchomel (Spring 2007), Automation Engineer, Cargill, Eddyville IA.
Laura Wallace (Spring 2007), Operations Engineer, American Medical Systems, Minnetonka MN.

Class of 2006

Andrew Bergstrom (Spring 2006)
Allan Bush (Spring 2006)
Gary Castagneri (Spring 2006), Production Manager, Cargill Inc.
Jesse Doll (Spring 2006), 2nd Lieutenant, U.S. Air Force
Omoyemen Esekhile (Spring 2006)
Erik Finstrom (Fall 2005), Technical Sales Representative, eka, Marietta GA
Matthew Frost (Spring 2006), Advanced Process Engineer, Hutchinson Technology Inc.
Kyle Goochey (Spring 2006), Process Engineer, Hutchinson Technology Inc., Hutchinson MN. Heather and I were married two weeks after graduation. We took a honeymoon trip to Hawaii and I started work in mid June. We just finished building a new house and moved in the first week in August.
Kiel Hagberg (Fall 2005), Capital Project Engineer, Cargill Inc., Dayton OH.
Troy Heaton (Spring 2006), Jr. Process Engineer, Micron Technology Inc., Boise ID.
Nicholas Hurd (Spring 2006), Process Engineer, Micron Technology Inc.
Bradley Kabes (Spring 2006), Process Engineer, Hutchinson Technology Inc.
Benjamin (Dickison) Kadrlik (Spring 2006), Project Development engineer, Neuro-Ortho Div., PMT Corp., Chanhassen MN. As the project development engineer and lead R&D for the Neuro-Ortho Division, I continue to assist PMT in the development, manufacture, and marketing of medical/surgical devices. I have daily interactions with neurosurgeons from around the country regarding custom projects and have even sat in on a craniotomy.
Shawn Kallevig (Spring 2006), Fab I Wet Process Engineer, Micron Technology Inc.
Brent Kastern (Spring 2006)
Jeffrey Lind (Spring 2006), Production Management Engineer, Cargill Inc.
Nathan McAlpine (Spring 2006
Brandon McCabe (Fall 2005), Project Engineer, Cargill Inc., Blair NE.
Mindy Ooi (Spring 2006)
Thomas O'Leary (Fall 2005), Inside Sales Representative, Emerson Process Management, Rosemount Division, Chanhassen MN.
Justin Pettinelli (Spring 2006)
Joseph Richards (Spring 2006), Production Management Assistant, Cargill Inc.
Erica Rosha (Spring 2006), Process Engineer, Cargill Inc.
Matthew Rowe (Fall 2005), Optimized Operations Project Engineer, 3M Inc., St. Paul MN. I am training (as of 7/11/06) for my first six-month assignment where I will implicate lean manufacturing tools using Six Sigma processes.
Bartholomew Sakry (Spring 2006)
Anthony Shoberg (Fall 2005), Air Quality Engineer, Barr Engineering Inc.
Brian Stensgard (Fall 2005), Process Engineer, 3M Inc., Brownwood TX.
Scott Stewart (Spring 2006), Engineering Production Assistant, ADM Inc.
Tyler Winsky (Summer 2005), Shift Supervisor, Pilkington Float Glass Inc., Ottawa IL.
Matthew Wivinus (Spring 2006), Process Engineer, Hutchinson Technology Inc.
Isabel Zeman (Fall 2005)

Class of 2005

Jason Barta (Fall 2004), Environmental Troubleshooters Inc.
Kodi Church (Summer 2004), Environmental Compliance Coordinator, Great River Energy, Ramsey MN.
Michael Dickenson (Spring 2005), Nuclear Power Instructor, U.S. Navy
Maggie Fasteland (Spring 2005), Chemical Engineer, Minnesota Power, Duluth MN.
Gregory Fix (Spring 2005), MS CHE Grad Student, University of North Dakota
Nathan Grussing (Spring 2005), Manufacturing Engineer Drug Eluting Stents, Boston Scientific, Maple Grove MN.
Nicholas Hirsch (Spring 2005), Manufacturing Engineer, Minntech Corp., Plymouth MN.
Jason Howland (Spring 2005)
Mason Hughes (Spring 2005), Production Assistant, ADM
Jill Jensen (Spring 2005), Igert Trainee, Michigan Technological University, Houghton MI.
Kelsey Kapsner (Spring 2005), Production Manager, Cargill Inc.
Christopher Knapp (Spring 2005), Applications Engineer, Martin Marietta Magnesia Specialties, Baltimore MD.
Gregory Kramer (Spring 2005)
Senja Lopac (Spring 2005), Research Assistant, Graduate School, Iowa State University.
Mark Machacek (Spring 2005)
Kevin McGuire (Fall 2004), Manufacturing Engineer, St. Jude Medical Atrial Fibrillation Division, Minnetonka MN.
Coley Nicholls (Summer 2004)
Lyndsey (Anderson) Olson (Spring 2005), Quality Engineer, Skyline Exhibits. Alexis was born this past February and Chris and I love being parents! I have been working with Skyline for a little over a year - working on the document management system and continuous improvement.
Hassan Pardawalla (Summer 2004), Field Engineer, Schlumberger, PAKISTAN.
Marsha Pernat (Spring 2005), William Mitchell College of Law, St. Paul MN.
Tracy Plombon (Spring 2005)
Kevin Podominick (Fall 2004)
Matthew Potter (Spring 2005), Boiler Supervisor, Cargill Salt, Watkins Glen NY.
David Roland (Fall 2004), 2009 M.B.A. Candidate, U of M - Carlson School of Management. I just started the MBA program at Carlson, which I hope will complement my ChE degree. Gotta love the student life.
Aaron Schifsky (Spring 2005)
Jonathan Tait (Spring 2005), Resin Process Engineer, 3M, Decatur AL.
Kristopher Weatherby (Fall 2004), Associate Scientist, Schering-Plough Research Institute, Kenilworth NJ.

Class of 2004

Danielle Barrett (Spring 2004), Product Engineer, 3M, Maplewood MN.
Elizabeth Bol (Spring 2004)
Clinton Boylan (Fall 2003)
Nicole (Raitz) Buss (Spring 2004), Production Supervisor/Project Engineer , Cargill Inc., Sioux City IA. All's well. Still crushing soybeans, more so on the project side these days.
Landon Carlberg (Spring 2004), Environmental Manager, J.R. Simplot Company, Grand Forks ND.
Brian Daniels (Fall 2003), Process Engineer, Commercial Graphics Division, 3M, Nevada MO.
Daniel De La Forest (Spring 2004)
Christopher Haley (Spring 2004), Environmental Engineer, PPCS Limited, Balclutha NEW ZEALAND.
Eric Heizman (Fall 2003), Safety Engineer, 3M, Aberdeen SD.
Erik Ingelin (Spring 2004), Production Engineer, Cargill Inc., Memphis TN.
Maryann Johnson (Spring 2004)
Travis Knisley (Spring 2004)
Anthony Kramer (Spring 2004), Sr. Chemical Engineer, Ecolab, Eagan MN. Just moved back to Minnesota and took a position with Ecolab in the hand care division. My responsibilities include formulation and development of novel hand care products and so far everything is going well.
Stephen Larsen (Spring 2004)
Aaron Oberg (Spring 2004), Engineer, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland WA.
Robin Omberg (Fall 2003), Product Specialist, Product & Process Development, Blandin Paper Company, Grand Rapids MN.
Lisa Peterson (Spring 2004)
Phillip Sayles (Spring 2004)
Jennifer Scanlan (Spring 2004), Processing Supervisor, Cargill Inc., Watkins Glen NY.
Daniel Schierschmidt (Summer 2003), Technical Sales Representative, Hercules Inc., International Falls MN.
Garrick Shurts (Spring 2004), Sr. Process Development Engineer, Seagate Technology, Bloomington MN. In the Spring of ‘06, I took the job with Seagate, working in the photolithography group on the next generation hard disk drives. We moved for the job and bought our 1st home. In December (06) we had Elizabeth. Between the baby and the home we’ve been keeping busy, but loving it.
Christopher Stone (Spring 2004), Graduate School, MS in Petroleum Engineering, University of Alaska, Fairbanks.

Class of 2003

Anduna Adada (Fall 2002)
Linda Agola (Spring 2003)
Peter Carlsen (Spring 2003), Brewing Group Manager, Anheuser Busch Inc., St. Louis MO.
Tara (Jernell) Carter (Fall 2002), Research Scientist, Pfizer Inc., Chesterfield MO.
Jaclyn Corradi (Fall 2002), William Mitchell College of Law.
Tanya (Mosher) Daniels (Fall 2002), Product Engineer, Commercial Graphics Division, 3M, Nevada MO.
Hollie (Becker) DePuydt (Fall 2002)
Nicole (Van Handel) Durch (Spring 2003), Research Engineer, Cargill Inc., Newark CA. Got married!!!
Dzung (Truong) Farell (Spring 2003), Air Quality Engineer, Natural Resource Group Inc., Minneapolis MN.
Dustin Hamari (Spring 2003), Air Quality Engineer, Environmental Resource Group ERG, Minneapolis MN.
Anita (Gustafson) Heinemann (Fall 2002), Project Engineer, Cargill Inc., Eddyville IA. Working on a water plant design and construction project for expanding Cargill's facility in Eddyville IA. Great learning experience! I got married in August!
Thomas Hobday (Spring 2003), Junior Engineer, Conestoga Rovers and Associates, New Brighton MN.
Charles Lippert (Summer 2002), Air Quality Technician, Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe Indians, Department of Natural Resources and Environment, Onamia MN.
Jason Mitchell (Spring 2003)
Reynard Moore (Fall 2002), Chemical Process Engineer, Excel Polymers, Kennedale TX. Finally settling into some more permanent surroundings! Since graduating, I’ve lived in San Diego, Charleston, Upstate New York, and deployed for 6 months on a Navy Frigate around Central and South America.
Jeremy Nihart (Fall 2002), Chemical Vapor Deposition Design Engineer, King of Prussia, PA .
Derek Prebeck (Fall 2002), Chemical Engineer, North Shore Mining, Silver Bay MN.
Corissa (Fisher) Raatsi (Fall 2002), Research Associate, Tiro Industries, LLC, Fridley MN.
Daniel Rothstein (Fall 2002)
Guy Sander II (Fall 2002), Research Assistant/Graduate School, Iowa State University.
Scott Sedey (Spring 2003)
Michael Svensk (Spring 2003), Chemical Engineer, Sebesta Blomberg & Associates, Roseville MN.
Fong Vang (Spring 2003)
Ray Wickham (Spring 2003), Process Engineer, Hutchinson Technology Inc., Hutchinson MN.
Yuliastuti Wulandari (Summer 2002), Proposal Engineer, Indonesia. www.metito.com

Class of 2002

Daniel Aagenes (Spring 2002), Engineer in the Research Pilot Brewery and New Products, Anheuser-Busch Companies Inc., St. Louis MO.
Nicholas Axtell (Fall 2001)
Trent Ball (Spring 2002)
Timothy Bauer (Spring 2002), Hydrogentation Supervisor/Process Development, Cargill Inc., Blair NE.
Damian Bjerketvedt (Spring 2002), Technical Sales Rep, Kemira Chemicals, Superior WI.
Matthew Doran (Spring 2002), Manufacturing Process Engineer, 3M OH&ES - Insulation Products, St. Paul MN.
Jamie Dunphy (Spring 2002), Rosemount Inc., Chanhassen MN.
Michael Evenson (Spring 2002), Process Engineer, General Mills, Minneapolis MN.
Roxanne (Floding) Kilpatrick (Spring 2002), Acidulants Project Engineer, Cargill Inc., Dayton OH.
Justin Hipple (Spring 2002)
Scott Johnson (Fall 2001), Production Supervisor, Cargill Inc., Sioux City IA.
Eric Karis (Fall 2001), Field Project Engineer, Crown Iron Works, Minneapolis MN.
Stephanie (DeZeler) Nelson (Fall 2001), Cargill Inc., Cedar Rapids IA.
Christopher Patullo (Spring 2002), Production Superintendent - Crookston Factory, American Crystal Sugar, Crookston MN. Recently promoted from the plant engineer to production superintendent where I will now oversee all factory, production, and personnel. Living the quiet life on a ranch in North Dakota!
Xiao Situ (Summer 2001)
Thomas Zak (Spring 2002), Research/Product Engineer, Cima NanoTech Inc., St. Paul MN.

Class of 2001

Jennifer (Kelzer) Anderson (Spring 2001), Innovex Inc., Maple Plain MN.
Michael Ausmus (Spring 2001), Tate & Lyle Citric Acid Inc., Duluth MN.
Adam Brodd (Spring 2001), Chemical Engineer - Formulations Group, Imation, Oakdale MN.
Anna Chan (Spring 2001)
Kathryn Claussen (Spring 2001), Air Liquide America, Houston TX.
Kathryn (Krawczewski) Everson (Fall 2000), Environmental Engineer/Consultant, Environmental Strategies Coprporation, Minneapolis MN.
Eric Farnum (Fall 2000)
Jason Freeman (Spring 2001), Production Assistant - Cogeneration Department, ADM, Mankato MN.
Rachel Gorham (Spring 2001)
Michael Haynes (Spring 2001), Pillsbury, Minneapolis MN.
Jeffrey Johnson (Spring 2001), Shift Supeintendent, Mosaic, Riverview FL. With a promotion in June, I'm now responsible for everything that happens at the plant on my shift. I'm excited to be able to use my people skills to lead a team of about 34 operators & 3 supervisors.
Kari Johnson (Spring 2001), Lead Engineer, Micron Technology , Manassas VA. I'm still enjoying life at Micron working in the Defect Analysis department. Since the last time I wrote my facility has grown from a pilot line to a full production lab. We've also started building flash memory as well as DRAM. About a year ago I was promoted to lead of my group and I'm really enjoying this new position.
Lance Johnson (Fall 2000), Chemical Engineer, Koch Materials Company, St. Paul MN.
Lynn (Albrecht) Johnson (Spring 2001)
Nathan Kowalsky (Spring 2001), Air Compliance Engineer, Flint Hills Resources LP, Inver Grove Heights MN.
Joshua Melby (Fall 2000), Production Assistant, ADM, Galesburg IL.
Michael Mikulich (Fall 2000), Refinery Superintendent, ADM, Lincoln NE.
Denise Narveson (Fall 2000), Manufacturing Engineer, 3M, St. Paul MN.
Matthew Olson (Spring 2001), Shift Supervisor, Cargill Inc., Riverview FL.
Melissa (Hart) Ross (Fall 2000)
Jared Von Bank (Spring 2001), Cargill Inc, Sioux City IA.
Joel Weitgenant (Spring 2001), Maintenance Manager, CHS Inc., Mankato MN.
Anders Willberg (Spring 2001), Rosemount Inc., Chanhassen MN.
Geoffrey Wilson (Spring 2001), Spetrolab/Boeing L.A.

Class of 2000

Jason Bjork (Summer 1999), Product Development Engineer, Medical Division, 3M, St. Paul MN. Currently a part-time graduate at UM-TC for biomedical eng. Conducting tissue engineering research in Prof. Bob Tranquillo’s lab and working in 3M Medical Division. Amy and I have been married almost 8 years and we have a 2 1/2 year-old daughter.... and time flies!!!
Shawn Bubany (Spring 2000)
Erik Carlson (Spring 2000), Process Development/Process Engineer, ADM, Decatur IL.
Brandon Erickson (Spring 2000), Process Engineer, International Multifoods, Minnetonka MN.
Andrea (Austad) Goering (Spring 2000), Wafer Shift Process Engineer, Seagate Technology, Bloomington MN.
Lindsey (Mohr) Gordon (Spring 2000), Plant Engineer, Iowa State University Power Plant, Ames IA.
Chris Hanson (Spring 2000), Plant Manager, Poet Biorefining-Preston, Preston MN.
Drew Heise (Spring 2000), Refinery Superintendent, Cargill Inc., Newark CA.
Zachary Knase (Spring 2000), Quality Coordinator, StoraEnso, Niagara WI. Brenda and I are expecting our first child Sept. 29th! Work has been steady. Our two paper machines are the best running and most profitable in our division.
Daniel Lahr (Spring 2000), Grad Student, Iowa State, Ames IA.
Sarrah Mattila (Spring 2000), Environmental Engineer, National Steel Pellet Co., Keewatin MN.
Galen Murray (Spring 2000)
Mitchell Olson (Fall 1999), Grad School, Colorado State University, Civil Engineering Department.
Rocky Rybolt (Spring 2000), Plant Engineer, ADM Corn Processing, Walhalla ND.
Shayne Santi (Spring 2000), Assistant Engineer, City of Madison - Water Utility, Madison WI.
Jason Seifert (Summer 1999), Applications Engineer, US Filter, Ames IA.

Class of 1999

July Aldrich (Spring 1999), Process Engineer, International Paper, Bucksport ME
Timothy Bailey (Spring 1999), Cargill Inc., Wahpeton ND.
Amy Bjork (Spring 1999), Regulatory Affairs & Quality Specialist, H.B. Fuller, St. Paul MN.
Chad Byersdorfer (Spring 1999), Cargill Inc., Jefferson WI.
James Conway (Spring 1999), Project Engineer, ADM, Cedar Rapids IA. Got married and passed the P.E. exam in 2007.
Aaron Coppernoll (Winter 1999) Quality Leader, Owens Corning, Aiken, SC. Fiberglass Mat and Veil plant.
Londa (LeSage) D'Aloia (Spring 1999), Corporate Process Engineer, Consolidated Papers Inc., Wisconsin Rapids WI.
Jason Hancock (Spring 1999), Chemical Engineer, Superintendent of Oil Refinery, Cargill Inc., Fayettville NC.
Shane Hoff (Fall 1998), Process Engineer, North Shore Mining Company, Silver Bay MN.
Scott Hudson (Spring 1999)
Steven Leske (Spring 1999), Senior Research Technician, Sappi Ltd., Cloquet MN.
Chad Merrifield (Spring 1999), Technical Support (Portland, Oregon/Seattle, Washington/Alaska), Rosemount Inc., Chanhassen MN.
Paul Mordorski (Spring 1999), Environmental Resource Group, Minneapolis MN.
Andrea Opatz (Fall 1998)
Brian Ott (Spring 1999), Ph.D Program, Michigan Tech.
Eric Paulson (Spring 1999), Research Engineer, Peat Technologies Inc., Siren WI.
Brock Peters (Fall 1998), Technical Sales Specialist for IBM, NY.
Thao Pham (Spring 1999)
Kraig Raiber (Spring 1999), Process Engineer, Keewatin Taconite (U.S. Steel), Keewatin MN. Still on the Iron Range.
Jerald Sauber (Fall 1998), Hutchinson Technologies Inc., Hutchinson MN.
Craig Sundberg (Spring 1999), Process Engineer, Sappi Ltd., Cloquet MN.
Jeremy Swanson (Spring 1999), Anderson Consulting, Minneapolis MN.
Jeremy Tombisammy (Fall 1998), Sales Engineer, JohnsonDiversey Inc., Cincinnati OH.
William VonSee (Spring 1999), Air Quality Engineer, Natural Resource Group Inc., Minneapolis MN.

Class of 1998

Kevin Ace (Spring 1998)
Kyle Adkins (Spring 1998), Technical Sales Representative, Hercules Inc., International Falls MN.
Charles Anderson (Fall 1997), Shiftleader, Cargill Inc.-NACM, Blair NE.
Timothy Badger (Spring 1998), Ciba Specialty Chemicals, International Falls MN.
Kyle Bahls (Spring 1998), Plant Manager, Archer Daniels Midland East Plant Isolates & FC,Granite City,IL.
Brian Ball (Spring 1998)
Roger Boettcher (Fall 1997)
Karl Boyum (Spring 1998)
Brian Chellgren (Spring 1998), Commander, AFTAC Det 45 , USAF-ACTIVE, Buckley AFB CO. I was recently promoted to Major and took command of AFTAC Detachment 45 in July 2007. We will be stationed here at Buckley AFB for the next 2 years.
Jason Dietsch (Spring 1998), Associate Systems Design Engineer, Osmonics, Minnetonka MN.
John Engesser (Spring 1998), Lieutenant, United States Air Force.
Jason Ittel (Spring 1998), Nuclear Engineer Instructor/Reactor Design, Bechtel-Bettis Inc., Goose Creek SC.
Syed Iqtidar (SSII 1997), Associate Energy Programs, Hagler Bailly Pakistan, Islamabad, Pakistan.
Amy Jesperson (Spring 1998), Product Performance & SC Product Manager, Verso Paper, Sartell MN. Recently, I assumed the corporate SC product manager responsibilities to my current quality role. I’m enjoying the exposure to the “business side” of the product. Logan has grown quickly. He’s now in 1st grade.
Brandon Juran (Spring 1998), U.S. West
Kory Kaplan (Spring 1998),Osmonics, Minnetonka MN.
Mark Kovacich (Fall 1997), Application Engineer, Osmonics, Inc., Minnetonka MN.
Kristina (Bjorklund) Lilly (Spring 1998), Manufacturing Engineer, Boston Scientific, Maple Grove MN.
Benjamin Lynch (Spring 1998), Graduate School, UMN-TC.
James Meece, Jr. (Spring 1998), Process Engineer, 3M, Hutchinson MN.
Matt Onnen (Spring 1998), Engineer with Honeywell, Minneapolis, MN.
Srikanto Paul (Fall 1997), Senior Quality Engineer, Baxter Healthcare Corporation, Deerfield IL.
Trent Pemble (Spring 1998), Plant Manager, Cargill Inc., Sidney OH. Haven't gotten very far restoring the 1968 Firebird because the kids keep us pretty busy. Went to the Outter Banks this Spring. Getting ready to be transferred by the end of the year.
Jeff Rust (Spring 1998), Run Plant Engineer, Cargill Inc./Nature Works, Blair NE. Changed jobs within Cargill in April '07. Production engineer for the fermentation area of the lactic acid plant. Approximately 400 tons of lactic acid are made into biodegradable poly-lactic acid each day. Raw material is dextrose from corn.
Joel Schumacher (Spring 1998), Process Engineer, AEC Engineering, Minneapolis MN.
Scott Solberg (Spring 1998), Process Engineer, PUR/Procter and Gamble, Brooklyn Park MN.
Danielle (Mason) Stenvers (Spring 1998), Project Manager, Samson Rope Technologies, Ferndale WA.
James Streier (Spring 1998), Engineering Technician, Braun Intertech, Minneapolis MN.
Marcia Swonger (Spring 1998)
Jason Trask (Spring 1998), EHS Manager, CHS Inc, Mankato MN.
Susalyne (Sowada) Truckenbrod (Spring 1998), Senior Manufacturing Engineer, General Dynamics, Bloomington MN.
Mark Wendler (Spring 1998), Chemical Engr Supplies Quality Assurance Team, Data Card, Minneapolis MN.

Class of 1997

Gary Anderson (Fall 1996), U.S. Filter, Roseville MN.
Paul Briest (Spring 1997), Engineer, Honeywell, Minneapolis MN.
Andy Campbell (Spring 1997), Process Engineer, Truth Hardware, Owatonna MN.
Rebecca (Rishavy) Cater (Fall 1996), Product Manager, The Bergquist Company, Chanhassen MN.
Chad Conely (Spring 1997), Seagate Technology, Bloomington MN.
William Flynn, Jr. (Winter 1997), E.I.T., SERVICE Engineering Group, Duluth MN.
Cory Gross (Spring 1997), Rosemount, Chanhassen MN.
Matt Hartmann (Spring 1997), Process Engineer-Solid State Center, Fisher-Rosemount, Eden Prairie MN.
Kari Jaeger (Spring 1997), Engineer, Sappi Limited, Cloquet MN.
Kari (Osowski) Jansen (Spring 1997), Currently staying home with my 2 children Lexi (2) and Nathan (1). I was a pilot for Connair for 6 years and am now looking for something local (NWA or Sun Country).
James Jarvi (Spring 1997), Process Engineer, VTC Inc., Bloomington MN.
Alan Johnson (Spring 1997), Quality Engineer, Ensign-Bickford Aerospace & Defense Company, Graham KY.
Nicole (Nichols) Johnson (Spring 1997), Program Manager, Agere Systems, Mendota Heights MN.
Mark Lorenz (Spring 1997), Process Engineer, Hibbing Electronics, Hibbing MN.
Alan Nelson (Spring 1997), Associate Professor and Associate Chair - Graduate, University of Alberta, Edmonton Canada.
Peter Nordling (Spring 1997), Production Manager, Multifeeder Technologys, White Bear Lake MN.
Eugene Persons (Spring 1997), Process/Project Engineer, ADM, Marshall MN.
Paul Peterson (Spring 1997), Safety Engineer, 3M, St. Paul MN.
Michael Roberts (SSII 1996), Process Engineer-GEA Filtration, Niro Inc., Hudson WI.
Cindy (Clyde) Roushar (Spring 1997), Process Engineer, Emerald Consulting Group Inc., Anchorage AK.
Matthew Sanders (Spring 1997), Rosemount Inc., Chanhassen MN.
Bryan Schuler (Winter 1997), Corporate Process Engineer, Consolidated Papers Inc., Wisconsin Rapids WI.
Jill Southerton (Spring 1997), HGA Process Engineer, Seagate Technology Inc., Bloomington MN.
Jonathan Swanson (Spring 1997), Senior Mineral Processing Engineer , Cleveland-Cliffs International Mineracao, Rio de Janeiro, BRAZIL.
Jeffrey Udd (Spring 1997), MN Pollution Control Agency, Duluth MN.
Kristie (Aszmann) Williams (Spring 1997), Project Engineer, Anderson Windows, Bayport MN.
Barton Wold (Spring 1997)
Lea Zak (Spring 1997), Rosemount Inc., Chanhassen MN.

Class of 1996

Whitney (Berry) Berg (Spring 1996), Solutions Consultant, Oracle, Eden Prairie MN. The company I worked at for 7 years was acquired by Oracle in March '07. It has been a good transition and interesting going from 500 employees to 50,000. I am still a systems engineer/solutions consultant, which means I am involved in the technical side of the sale. I demo and help customers visualize the value of our software. We expect baby #2 in a couple weeks (Sept '07). Our 4 yr old boy, Gavin, anxiously awaits his baby brother.
Mark Carlstrom (Spring 1996), Process Engineer-Corporate Engineering Division, Hormel Foods Inc., Austin MN.
Joe Chavis (Fall 1995), Product & Process Development Engineer, Viratec Thin Films Inc., Faribault MN.
Connie DeSautelle (Spring 1996)
Greg Elton (Spring 1996), Technical Supervisor of the Power & Recovery Department, Sappi Ltd., Cloquet MN.
Eric Engel (Spring 1996), Equipment Design Engineer, Bepex International, Minneapolis MN.
Charles Hawkinson (Spring 1996)
Duane Hentges (Spring 1996), Industrial Hygiene Engineer, State of MN, Dept of Labor and Industry OSHA, St. Paul MN.
Greg Herold (Spring 1996), Senior Engineer, Larex Inc., St. Paul MN.
Benjamin Hoffman (SSII 1995), Account Manager, Nalco Chemical Company, Duluth MN.
Greg Howe (SSII 1995), Process Engineer, Organon Inc., West Orange NJ.
Chris Jansen (Spring 1996), Engineering Manager, GE Water, Mpls MN.
Paul Johnson (Spring 1996), Process Engineer, Hutchinson Technology Inc., Hutchinson MN.
Steve Jordan (Spring 1996), Process Validation Specialist, Paddock Laboratories, Minneapolis MN.
Benjamin Kielb (Spring 1996), Asst. Wet Process Manager, Holiday Circuits, Minnetonka MN.
James Kotsmith (Spring 1996), Advanced Environmental Engineer, 3M, St. Paul MN.
Larry LaLonde (Fall 1995), Process Engineer, Hutchinson Technology Inc., Hutchinson MN.
Michael Lehtola (Spring 1996), Sales Engineer, Pacific Rubber & Packing Inc., Hillsboro OR.
Keith Matzdorf (Spring 1996), Recovery Production Engineer, Sappi Ltd., Cloquet MN.
Bradley Muetzel (Spring 1996)
Kelly Mularie (SSII 1995), Software QA Engineer, AOL Time Warner, Dulles, VA.
Cory Nelson (Spring 1996), QA/RE Engineering Manager, Medtronic, Minneapolis MN. "Go Agitated Vessels!!"
Katherine (Nelson) (Jolly) Olig (Fall 1995), Product Development Manager, Medtronic, Brooklyn Park MN. Was assigned to manage our pediatric perfusion project in Jan 07. Perfusion is a new technology for me, but it goes back to my roots of chemical engineering. It is hard core heat and mass transfer, fluid dynamics, and thermodynamics. I am sure there could be some great senior design projects in this area. I sold my house in Shoreview and moved to Eden Prairie. I will be getting married (2nd go-around) in Aug 2007 to Chris Olig and will also become a stepmother to Meredith (7) and Lauren (6). For fun, I compete in triathlon. It’s a blast.
Myron Pauna (Spring 1996)
Brian Pogainis (Spring 1996), QC Analyst, Cima Labs, Eden Prairie MN.
Chad Rieschl (Spring 1996), R&D Tech/Product Developer, General Mills, Minneapolis MN.
Jon Shamla (Spring 1996), System Engineer, Northern States Power, Welch MN.
Eric Svee (Spring 1996), Captain, Acquisition Manager, U.S. Air Force, Albuquerque NM.
Steven Tarnowski (Spring 1996), Technical Service Engineer, 3M, St. Paul MN.
Jennifer (Marinoff) Wilson (Spring 1996), I am busy being a mom and nursing student. I graduate in May '08 with my RN (after the state boards). I hope to work in a hospital and possibly combine nursing and engineering someday. I want to further my education down the road. My kids are 7 and 5 and keep me very busy with all their sports and activities. We live in Rogers, MN and love it.

Class of 1995

Jerome Bergeron (Fall 1994), Cargill, Dayton OH.
Errin (Hintsala) Brungardt (Spring 1995), PGW Area Manager, Engineer, New Page, Duluth MN.
Stephani (Austin) Campbell (Spring 1995), Environmental Control Engineer, U.S. Steel-Minntac, Mt. Iron MN.
Steven Ellis (Spring 1995), Associate Systems Design Engineer, Osmonics, Minnetonka MN.
David Erhart (Fall 1994), Validation Specialist, Cardinal Health, St. Petersburg FL.
Karen Geronime (Spring 1995), Application Engineer, Donaldson Company, Bloomington MN.
Chad Haglin (Spring 1995), Project Engineer II, Marathon Oil Co., Houston TX.
Jamie Hestekin (Spring 1995), Assistant Professor, University of Arkansas, Ralph E. Martin Department of Chemical Engineering, Fayetteville AR.
Mark Holmbeck (Winter 1995), Project Engineer, Dakota Growers Pasta Co., Carrington, ND.
Joel Ingvalson (Spring 1995), Process Development Engineer, Cargill Inc., Sidney OH.
Anagba Jibunor (Spring 1995), SciMED Life Systems Inc. Maple Grove, MN.
Steve LaMere (Spring 1995), Director of Sales & Marketing, Marlo Inc., Racine WI.
Cory Medalen (Spring 1995), Engineering Manager, Coloplast (Skin Health Division), North Mankato MN.
Jeff Mortensen (Fall 1994), Project Engineer, Cargill Inc., St. Clair, MI.
Jacqueline (Sowada) Mulder (Spring 1995)
Doug Nixon (Spring 1995), System Design Engineer, Osmonics Inc., Minnetonka MN.
Jim Pasek (Spring 1995), Rotary Kiln Specialist, Phillips Kiln Services LTD, South Sioux City ND.
Spas Petkov (Spring 1995)
Chad Redlin (Winter 1995), Project Manager, August Technology, Bloomington MN.
Gary Schoeller (Fall 1994), Real Estate Agent with Caldwell Banker Burnet in Plymouth MN.
Jason Venne (Spring 1995), Production Supervisor, Cargill Inc., Eddyville IA.
Karen (Marquart) White (Spring 1995), Dir. of Cnt. for Manufacturing & Applied Engineering, Bemidji State University, Bemidji MN.
Eric Wickberg (Spring 1995), Marketing Manager, Graco Inc., Minneapolis MN.

Class of 1994

Jeffrey Anderson (SSII 1993)
John Andres (Spring 1994), Plant Chemist, Sherwin-Williams, Ontario CA.
Matt Archambeau (Spring 1994), #4 Line Superintendent, International Paper, Bucksport ME.
Peter Argument (Spring 1994), HSE Systems Coordinator Canada, Shell Canada, Calgary, Alberta, CANADA.
Christopher Blomberg (Spring 1994), Vision-East Lens, Ramsey MN.
Jon Forbort (Spring 1994), Project Engineer for Envirogen, Inc., Pewaukee WI.
Neil Johnson (Spring 1994), Sappi Ltd., Cloquet MN.
James Kastner (Spring 1994), Working for PCI Membrane Systems Inc., Milford OH.
Lorilee Leland (Spring 1994)
Craig (Jerome) Madison (Spring 1994), Process Engineer, Intel Corp., Chandler AZ.
Keith Miller (Spring 1994), Environmental Engineer, Sappi Limited, Cloquet MN.
Sean O'Brien (Fall 1993)
Daneil Palo (Spring 1994), Sr. Research Engineer, Battelle, Richland WA.
Steven Preda (Spring 1994), Rutgers Organics Corp., Harrison OH.
Allan Rudeck Jr. (Spring 1994), Vice President - Generation, MN Power, Grand Rapids MN. Roxanne and I recently moved to Grand Rapids, Minnesota. We welcomed our third daughter on March 7, 2007. I am now serving as Vice President - Generation for Minnesota Power, with responsibilities for all thermal and renewable energy generation facilities and staff.
Dena VanDeVoort (Spring 1994), Oppenheimer, Wolff & Donnelly, Minneapolis MN.
Lisa Welsh (Spring 1994), Application Engineer, Hosokawa Bepex Corp., Minneapolis MN.

Class of 1993

Andrew Bauer (Spring 1993)
Rachel Brolin (Spring 1993), Stay-at-home Mom, Corcoran MN.
Kirby Dahlquist (Spring 1993), Project Manager/Project Engineer, Central Soya Company Inc., Gibson City IL.
Scott Eliason (Spring 1993), Product Marketing Manager, Fisher-Rosemount Inc., Chanhassen MN.
Donald Hess (Spring 1993), EHS Manager, 3M, Shanghai CHINA. Currently working in Shanghai, China managing EHS for 3M China manufacturing operations. My family and I moved here September, 2006. Should be here for 2-3 years. It has been a wonderful experience so far...
Kevin Hurd (Spring 1993), Sales Engineer, RTP company, Winona MN.
Joel Jasmer (Winter 1993), Public Work Supervisor, City of Nisswa MN.
Pat (Machnik) Jones (Spring 1993), Technical Specialist, Huntsman Polyurethanes, West Deptford NJ.
Dionne (Nelson) Meisterling (Spring 1993)
Brad Nelson (Spring 1993), Sr. New Product Development Engineer, Medtronic, Minneapolis MN. Life is good!!! Living in Coon Rapids MN with “my three sons” (just like the 1960’s sitcom) and my wonderful wife Lisa. Working at Medtronic in the Therapy Delivery Systems Division.
Robert Schilling (Spring 1993), Process Engineer, Packaging Corporation of America, Tomahawk WI.
Charles Sirvio (Spring 1993), Inside Sales Representative, Central Region, Rosemount Inc., Emerson Process Management, Chanhassen MN.
Andrew Taylor (Spring 1993), Research Engineer, Exxon Production Research Co., Houston TX.
Brian Whipps (Spring 1993), Attorney, Crompton, Seager, Tufte LLC.
Sheryl (Bergeron) Zellmer (Spring 1993), Software Verification Engineer, Medtronic--Patient Management, Minneapolis MN.

Class of 1992

Peter Elliott (Spring 1992), Product Engineering Specialist, 3M, Maplewood MN. I work in a tape and adhesives laboratory developing and maintaining a variety of laminating adhesives used for electronics, automotive, construction & industrial applications. Currently I am working on a special project ramping up products on a newly installed process in South Korea, requiring extended trips to the Korea plant site.
Michelle (Deitering) Grzybowski (Spring 1992), Unocal, Kenai AK
Kevin Holm (Spring 1992), Lead Automation Engineer, Jacobs Engineering, Reading, UK.
Phyllis Holmbeck (Spring 1992), Air management engineer, Wisconsin DNR, Superior WI.
Kevin Kangas (Fall 1991), Manager of Environmental Health and Safety, Sappi Limited, Cloquet MN.
Amy (Freeman) Krohn (Spring 1992), Product Engineering Specialist, 3M, Maplewood MN. It’s been 15 years at 3M! I’m still working with Nexcare bandages. It’s been interesting working closely with our plants to resolve multiple production issues. Jim continues to enjoy Ecolab and Alissa is 7 years old and enjoying second grade.
Nick Ladin (Spring 1992), Operations Manager-DSONA, Cargill Inc., Fullerton CA.
Brent O'Hern (Spring 1992), IP Attorney, United States Patent and Trademark Office, Washington D.C.
Kersten (Erickson) Terry (Spring 1992), Process Engineer, Union Carbide, S. Charleston WV.
John Waterman (Spring 1992), Project Manager, Dow Corning, Midland MI.
John Watson (Spring 1992), 3PM Superintendent, Koch Cellulose, Brunswick GA.

Class of 1991

Brett Ballavance (Spring 1991), Air Quality Engineer, MN Pollution Control Agency, Duluth MN.
Jonathan Beal (Spring 1991), Recycle Fiber Superintendent, Georgia-Pacific, Halsey OR.
Joseph Gillman (Spring 1991)
William Kaptonak (Spring 1991), International Paper Inc., Sartell MN.
Kraig Melin (Spring 1991), Paper Production Manager, Sappi Fine Paper, NA, Cloquet MN. Busy year. Accepted a position of Paper Production Manager with Sappi this year. Busy summer with transition to Cloquet and move north. Jessica starts at UMD this fall and Blake will finish his senior year at Hermantown H.S.
Kevin Pylka (Spring 1991), Project Engineer, Resinall Corporation, Hattiesburg MS.
Amy (Hanskala) Schwarzbach (Spring 1991), Regional Manager, Abitibi Consolidated, Houston TX.
Kelly Tinsley (Spring 1991), Senior Process Engineer, Huntsman, Port Neches TX.

Class of 1990

Lawrence Byers (Winter 1989), Technical Specialist/Assistant Profit Center Leader, Koch Refining Company, St. Paul MN.
John Cox (Spring 1990), Senior Process Engineer, StoraEnso, Duluth MN.
Timothy Fritze (Spring 1990)
Brian Johnston (Spring 1990), Process Engineering Group Leader, Vulcan Chemicals, Wichita KS.
Bruce Olson (Spring 1990), Project Manager, Short Elliott Hendrickson Inc., Chippewa Falls WI.
Dan Rosenthal (Spring 1990), Air Quality Engineer, Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources, Superior WI.
Jennifer (Fischer) Tinsley (Spring 1990), Project Engineer, Huntsman Corp., Port Neches TX.

Class of 1989

Paul Anderson (Spring 1989), Business Planner, Flint Hills Resources LP, Rosemount MN.
Jeffrey Johnson (Spring 1989), Environmental Engineer, Georgia-Pacific, Big Island VA.
Brian Laine (Spring 1989), Varco, Orange CA.
Michael McDonald (Spring 1989)
Michael O'Brien (Spring 1989), Senior Process Engineer, StoraEnso, Duluth MN.
John Simonson (Spring 1989), Chemical Engineer/Air Quality Specialist, Barr Engineering Company, Bloomington MN.

Class of 1988

Kurt Lund (Spring 1988), General Maintenance Superintendent, Pasminco, Clarksville TN.