MEM Matters Newsletter March 2016

MEM MATTERS

news of note

March 2016

MEM Industry Night 2016

A review of events that occurred during Industry Night 2016

MEM Director, Mark Werwath; UI LABS CEO, Caralynn Nowinkski Collens;

McCormick School of Engineering Dean, Julio Ottino

If you had the opportunity to attend MEM Industry Night, you would have witnessed a powerful networking social and an amazing keynote delivered by UI LABS CEO, Caralynn Nowinski Collens, MD, all topped by a delicious dinner! The event was held at the James Allen Center on the campus of Northwestern University on Thursday, March 10th.

Over 120 individuals attended this event including students, faculty, alumni and invited guests. Forty plus companies were also present, from fast growing startups to larger corporations such as Cisco Systems, Discover Financial Services, Ford Motor Company, GE Transportation and Wrigley, to name a few.

A special thanks to MEM Industry Nights Partners and Sponsors including Epsilon Economics, HERE and Hu-Friedy. We have recapped this amazing event in pictures for your convenience on our blog. Be sure to join us again next year!

See the MEM Industry Night recap photos on our blog!

MEMPC PriSim Business War Games Competition: And the Winners Are...

PriSim announces winners for the annual business strategy simulation contest

Northwestern winning team members Matt Myers, Marcus Bach, Andrew Nachenberg, and JJ Tan (not pictured).

Eleven MEMPC teams participated in the competition, representing six universities: Cornell, Dartmouth, Duke, Northwestern, Stanford and the University of Southern California. Northwestern was well represented with two amazing teams, each participating in a different simulation. Matt, Marcus, Andrew and JJ won Simulation One in the MEMPC Prisim Business War Competition and were each awarded a Nexus 9 Tablet!

At the Intersection of Business and Law...

Students gain knowledge to business law through simulation

Successful business management requires one to be knowledgeable in a variety of fields. Most people assume a manager must have a basic understanding of marketing, finance and operations, and may neglect another important field, law. The three lettered word has a huge impact on how a business runs. To ignore it would be a grave mistake.

Students had the opportunity to gain foundational business law knowledge, specifically for technology managers. PriSim Business War Games hosted an interactive learning law simulation workshop, Business Law for Technical Managers on Saturday, February 27th. The workshop

incorporated practical insights and common-sense business/legal advice gleaned from members of the Corporate Legal Department of an industry-leading Fortune 100 international manufacturing company for which the program was originally developed.

A special thank you to Jeff Lefebvre and Michael Cannon for facilitating a fantastic workshop.

MEM Monthly Spotlight

A new monthly feature to recognize our Students & Alumni.

STUDENT

Originally from Schaumburg, IL, Moeen Mujeeb graduated from Northern Illinois University with a B.S. in Electrical Engineering and a M.S. in Electrical/Computer Engineering.

He is a Senior Business Development Manager at Motorola Solutions and enjoys watching sports, traveling and spending time with his kids. He describes the MEM program as an amazingly well rounded experience and enjoys the opportunity to connect and network with the best.