Congratulations to our Spring 2021 graduates!
Each of you has worked so hard to get to this point and we look forward to seeing all that you accomplish.
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Graduate Certificate
- Keri Dattoli-McGloin
- Mark Randall
- Gregory Van Zant
- Kyle Vorreiter
Master of Engineering (M.E.)
- Keith Fox
- Pattamon Nawong
- Morgan Ryan
- Nick Schwind
- Reed Staehs
- Daniel Thomas
Master of Science (M.S.)
- Lowell Hanson
- Isaac Hildebrandt
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.)
Keith Fox, M.E.
Hometown:
I am from Westminster, CO, and I am currently living in Centennial, CO.
What are your plans after you graduate?
I am currently working as a systems safety engineer for nLight Nutronics, a company that specializes in directed energy technology. I hope to become a project manager in the future!
Favorite professor:
My favorite professor was Dr. Simske. Quarantine was really hard, but Dr. Simske’s lectures always put a smile on my face and made me excited about data analytics!
Tami Katz, Ph.D.
Hometown:
Superior, CO is home and where I live
Dissertation Title:
Cost Optimization in Requirements Management for Space Systems
Advisor:
Dr. Steve Simske
What are your plans after you graduate?
Continue my role as Chief Systems Engineer at Ball Aerospace, look into graduate level teaching for systems engineering, and authoring and publishing a guideline on Needs and Requirements through INCOSE.
Favorite memory:
Discussing the aerospace industry evolution with Dr. Sega and Bill Woods in ENGR 501, and I enjoyed seeing all of the guest presenters and hearing their experiences in that class.
Anything else you want to share?
During the 2020-2021 school year both of my children and myself were all college students (CSU, CU Boulder, UCCS).
Pattamon Nawong, M.E.
Hometown:
Bangkok, Thailand.
What are your plans after you graduate?
Get a (hopefully) good job.
Favorite professor:
Dr. Thomas Bradley, even though I don’t really like MATLAB, I like Dr. Bradley and his MECH 513 class. 🙂
Anything else you want to share?
COVID-19 was crazy, but it can’t stop me from graduating. Cheers!
Reed Staehs, M.E.
Hometown:
I currently live in Fort Collins, but my wife and I just closed on a house in Colorado Springs and we will be moving there at the end of the month.
What are your plans after you graduate?
I am currently interning at a company called Altia Inc. We create the embedded software for graphical user interfaces (GUIs). I will be moving into a Quality Assurance (QA) role in a few weeks.
Favorite professor:
My favorite professor was Dr. Erika Miller. I learned so much from her classes.
Daniel Thomas, M.E.
Hometown:
Boylston, MA.
Project Title:
Systems Engineering of an Autonomous Machine Learning Robot
Advisor:
Dr. Steve Simske
What are your plans after you graduate?
Continue to work in the insurance industry designing data systems architecture.
Favorite class:
ENGR 569 – Cybersecurity Awareness for Systems Engineers. This class was both interesting and eye opening! The final project was a great way to apply everything we learned in the class.