Industry Night Brings MEM Community Together
Over 100 students, alumni, and industry guests attend annual event
The 4th annual
MEM Industry Night
was a celebration to bring together those who value the importance of education at the intersection of engineering and business. Students, alumni, prospective applicants, and industry guests gathered for a networking hour before hearing from keynote speaker Christine Schyvinck (MEM '00),
President and CEO of
Shure Inc
. Ms. Schyvinck discussed "The Story of Shure: Discover how innovation and technology help maintain business growth and competitiveness."
The evening concluded with a seated dinner, providing the opportunity to connect further with students and alumni.
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| MEM Industry Night 2017 Montage Video |
MEM would like to extend special thanks to our sponsors, Ford, HERE, Hu-Friedy, Intercept Technology, and PwC.
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Northwestern Teams Win MEMPC PriSim Business War Games Competition
Teams tied with Dartmouth in both competition industries
We are proud to announce that both Northwestern MEM teams won the 5th Annual MEMPC PriSim Business War Games Competition in an unprecedented tie with Da
rtmouth! The games began in early February, concluding March 2nd, and included teams from Cornell, Dartmouth, Duke, Purdue, and USC.
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harged with running a simulated auto company, competitors responded to market changes and the business decisions of other teams. Strategy was key to teams' success. Amber Aggarwal explained that for his team's strategy they "
wanted to seek significant changes, not things that would create small successes. Although we were doing well in each period of the competition, we were constantly focused on decisions that yielded greater results to keep us at a level that our competitors would find difficult to reach and surpass us."
Matt Heise, a member of the other NU team, reflected on the competition, "
Our team had a great time!...[It] was a fantastic way to network with other students and apply some of the management tools that we have learned in the classroom. For our team, success came from targeting the greatest market value opportunities in areas with the least market penetration. Once we established our ideal product mix, we continued to innovate, and that allowed us to sustain our market share and tie for 1st Place! "
Read more about the MEMPC PriSim Business War Games Competition on our
blog.
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Northwestern Industrial Engineering & Management Sciences (IEMS) Department Ranks 3rd in 2018 Graduate School Rankings
MEM home department strengthens global reputation
Northwestern Engineering's Industrial Engineering & Management Sciences department just moved up to #3 best graduate school departments according to the U.S. News and World Report 2018 List! See the list of the top 11 schools
here. Congratulations on the hard work by the IEMS faculty, staff, and students!
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Branding Yourself for Career Advancement Workshop March 28
MEM sponsors professional development opportunity
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| Leadership Coach, Donna Karlin. |
IEEE Women in Engineering and the Society of Women Engineers will be hosting an event featuring keynote speaker, Donna Karlin, in downtown Chicago on Tuesday, March 28 at 5:30 PM. Ms. Karlin, The Shadow Coach, Certified Executive Coach, and Founder/President of The No Ceiling, Just Sky Institute was recently recognized as a Distinguished Professional in her field through Women of Distinction Magazine. She will discuss how to brand yourself to promote career advancement.
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MEM 40th Anniversary Reunion in Conjuction with IEEE TEMS Conference in June 2018
Save the date!
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MEM Student Spotlight
Monthly feature recognizing our current students
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STUDENT
Christine Laub, from Seoul, South Korea, earned her Bachelor's degree at Illinois Institute of Technology in Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering. During the day, Christine works as Engineering Manager at Prince Castle (a Berkshire Hathaway company), before her evening classes at MEM. In her free time, she loves exercise, taking different workout classes and enjoying bike rides through the forest. Christine is also a great cook who enjoys experimenting with different recipes and inventing meals based on the ingredients that are available to her. She shared some of her thoughts about her MEM experience with us. Read her comments on our
blog.
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Christine Laub, Prince Castle
MEM Student
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Sneha Aggarwal, Baxter Healthcare
MEM Alumna |
ALUM
Sneha Aggarawal is a recent graduate of the MEM program who completed her undergraduate degree at PEC University of Technology in Chandigarh, India, studying Electronics and Electrical Communications. Sneha now works as a senior systems engineer at Baxter Healthcare Corporation. She encourages students to explore this lesser known parent field of engineering management explaining the many various job responsibilities it can cover. She credits MEM with providing her the foundation to succeed in her role.
We asked Sneha to tell us more about her MEM experience. You can read what she had to say on our blog.
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Upcoming Info Session
Prospective students can register by visiting the
MEM website
. Thank you for your referrals!
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