Mechanical Engineering ME Alumni Achievement Awards
Alumni Achievement Awards
The Early Career and Distinguished Alumni Achievement Awards honor College of Engineering alumni who have achieved exceptional professional success. The degree completed in the college may be a BS, MS/ME or PhD.
Distinguished Achievement Award Recipients
Mechanical Engineering
Stoughton Trailers (retired)
2025
Mechanical Engineering
Executive Chairman , Slate
2024
Mechanical Engineering
Chairman, President and CEO , AGCO Corporation
2023
James Braun
(MSME '80, PhDME '88, BS – University of Massachusetts '76)
Mechanical Engineering
Herrick Professor of Engineering , Purdue University
2022
Mechanical Engineering
Chairman , Borgen Investment Group
2021
Peter Holsten (BSME '72)
Mechanical Engineering
President and managing broker , Holsten Real Estate Development Corporation
2020
Dan Adamany (BSME '97)
Mechanical Engineering
Founder and CEO , AHEAD LLC
2019
Arthur Janes (BSME '67, BBA '67)
Mechanical Engineering
2018
Christine Schyvinck (BSME '89)
Mechanical Engineering
2017
Frank Sanders (MSMSE '92)
Mechanical Engineering
Vice President , Technology and Manufacturing, Systems Supply Chain and Technology Enabling, Intel Corp.
2016
Todd Pulvino (BSME '84)
Mechanical Engineering
Co-founder and Principal , CNH Partners
2015
Michael F. Molnar (BSME '85, MSE '87)
Mechanical Engineering
Director , Advanced Manufacturing National Program Office, U.S. Department of Commerce
2014
Thomas A. Benes (BSME '74)
Mechanical Engineering
Major General (USMC , retired)
Vice President , Strategic Planning and Development, Alion Science and Technology Corporation
2012
Early Career Award Recipients
Mechanical Engineering
2025
Mechanical Engineering
2025
Mechanical Engineering
Founder and CEO , Global STEM Ambassador
2024
Saigopal Nelaturi
(MSME '10, PhDME '11, BEME – Visvesvaraya Technological University, India '03, MScME – University of Bath, United Kingdom '04)
Mechanical Engineering
Director of software research , Carbon
2022
Mechanical Engineering
North America Commercial Leader, Turbomachinery and Process Solutions-Valves , Baker Hughes
2021
Gilbert Haddad (MSME '09)
Mechanical Engineering
Director , Point72 Asset Management
Staff Advisor , SparkCognition
2018
Christopher Meyer (BSME '08, MSME '10)
Mechanical Engineering
Director , Sector 67 Inc.
2017
Michael T. Casper (BSME '04)
Mechanical Engineering
President/Founder , FLEx Lighting
2014