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MEM Industry Night - Set for January 31, 2019!
The annual event focuses on the importance of education at the intersection of engineering and
business
MEM will host its 5th Annual Industry Night on Thursday, January 31,
2019
from 5:30pm - 8:
30pm
at the James L. Allen Center on Northwestern's Evanston Campus.
Students, alumni, faculty, and
 industry guests are invited to hear
Rob Wolcott, Co-Founder and Chairman,
The World Innovation Network
(TWIN) and Clinical Professor of Innovation and Entrepreneurship at the Kellogg School of Management as the keynote speaker discuss:
"Foresight, proximity and the future of all business". Professor Wolcott will share insights into where business is going across industries and how organizations -- and we personally -- can build vision as a capability.
Registration is now open to attend this wonderful evening that includes a networking hour, keynote speaker, and dinner. We hope you can attend! MEM Industry Night 2019 Registration
Corporate sponsorship opportunities are available to support our annual MEM career networking event. Individuals can also support MEM by sponsoring a student registration. Please contact Stephen Tilley for more details.
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MEM Alumna Wins Emerging Leader of the Year Award
Ketal Patel (MEM '16) received the prestigious award from the Society of Asian Scientists and Engineers (SASE)
Ketal Patel (MEM '16) recently received the
Emerging Leader of the Year Award from the Society of Asian Scientists and Engineers (SASE).
The award honors those who are highly regarded within their organizations and communities and demonstrate exemplary leadership attributes.
Ketal currently works as Sr. Systems Engineer at Raytheon Missile Systems. She is
innovating what it means to be a leader in modern industry by actively inspiring younger generations to get involved in STEM, mentoring engineering PhDs and MBAs in professional development, and coaching professionals in career advancement. She co-founded a women's business resource group at Motorola and her current work at Raytheon has shaped customer strategies and acquisitions of $2B+. Ketal also had a chance to comment about what the award meant to her in a recent blog article on the MEM website.
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MEM Webinar: Network Forward to Connect with your Future Employer
Randy Hlavac, Lecturer, Medill IMC to give tools and tips to help grow your networks
Every day, engineers are forming communities to discuss engineering and engineering management topics and they are looking for influencers - engineers who know cutting edge information - to help them in their careers. In this talk, Randy Hlavac will give you tools and tips to allow you to connect with virtual and actual engineering communities, key executives in your desired field of engineering, and the influencers who are discussing trends and important topics. He will show how you can use social media to grow a follower base of executives and engineers you need to know!
When: November, 29 at 5.30 PM
Attend Live: Krebs Classroom, 2311 N. Campus Drive, Suite 1400
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Students Participate in Certified Scrum Product Owner Workshop
A two-day workshop sponsored by Accenture, attended by 25 students
MEM students attended a two-day Certified Scrum Product Owner (CSPO) workshop in early November as part of the Product Management curriculum. The workshop was conducted by
Vibhu Srinivasan,
Director of SolutionsIQ Agile Software Lab at Accenture.
The two-day workshop was a simulated industry experience, were students were divided into teams and asked to ideate a new product. They structured the product roadmap and developed sprints.
Students were then suddenly asked to switch teams and refocus on another team's product. This element of surprise caused students to reset, readapt and refocus on a different goal, and according to MEM student Fizza Jaffer, "It was agility personified."
Several of the students attending the workshop are currently enrolled in the
MEM490: Product Management course. The hands-on workshop complemented their in-class learning and allowed them to apply the concepts learned during the training to the product ideas that they are working on in the course.
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New Executive Committee Elected to Student Advisory Board
Committee set to plan upcoming events and professional development opportunities
Congratulations to Arthur Childs, Sidhant Gulhar, Jason Lee, Gabrielle D'Anna, and Linus Waltenberger for being elected to the MEM Student Advisory Board Executive Committee! Join us in wishing them luck for the upcoming academic year.
SAB Chair
Arthur Childs
SAB Co-Vice-Chairs
Sidhant Gulhar
Jason Lee
Finance Chair
Linus Waltenberger
Communications Chair
Gabrielle D'Anna
The Student Advisory Board (SAB) was founded in 2013 to be the voice of the Master of Engineering Management students. The SAB is responsible for hosting monthly networking events, social events, competitions and professional development workshops.
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Upcoming Information Sessions
Online Information Session:
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MEM Student & Alumni Spotlight
Monthly feature recognizing our amazing students & alumni
Daniel Carroll, born and raised in Chicago, Illinois, is a current part-time MEM student, set to graduate in December 2018. He studied Structural Engineering and Architecture at Illinois Institute of Technology. Daniel currently works as Project Engineer at Chicago Bridge & Iron's (CB&I) construction technology group. He has lived in a few different States in the U.S. in addition to living and working in Thailand and Trinidad & Tobago. He enjoys listening to live music and is artistic. He knows his way with woodwork and builds furniture in his spare time! To read more about Daniel's MEM journey check out
this blog article.
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Daniel Carroll
Part-time MEM Student
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Steve Waters
Sr. Wastewater Consultant, Jacobs Engineering
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Steve Waters
, originally from Sarnia, Canada, is a 2013 graduate of the Northwestern MEM program. He studied Mechanical Engineering at the University of Waterloo. Steve is currently based in Evanston, Illinois and works as Senior Wastewater Consultant with Jacobs Engineering. While he enjoys playing golf in his leisure time, he's a competitive curler! In fact, he won the bronze medal at the World Curling Championships in April this year! Yeah, there's no getting over how awesome this is! Steve enjoys bacon for savory food and maple syrup for sweet. To read more about his journey, check out
this blog article
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