Department of Mechanical Engineering-Engineering Mechanics

Michigan Technological University1400 Townsend Drive, Houghton, MI 49931-1295

www.me.mtu.edu

ContactMike Olson

Advancement Officer906.487.2686

olson@mtu.eduMichigan Technological University is an equal opportunity educational institution/equal opportunity employer.

BUILDING FOR THE FUTURE: PHASE II

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Endowing Excellence in a national department of choice

Nearly every industry depends upon mechani-cal engineers. They are indispensible in everyfacet of the engineering profession as well as infinance, law, and medicine. Mechanical engi-neers design, test, and produce everything fromautomobiles, airplanes, space vehicles, powerplants, computers, and robots to furnaces,household appliances, and medical equipment.

That’s why it is imperative that Michigan Techstudents are taught by quality faculty andexposed to first-class equipment and facilities.The Department of Mechanical Engineering-Engineering Mechanics (ME-EM) offers an out-standing educational experience and excellentfacilities in a nurturing professional learningenvironment. Phase I of our successful fund-raising campaign, Building for the Future,focused on improving and renovating laborato-ries and creating new learning environments.Mission accomplished for the moment. Thankyou for your generous support and involvement.

Our redesigned curriculum and facilities provideone of the finest and most innovative mechani-cal engineering educations in the nation. We areproud that for more than 19 consecutive years,the ME-EM Department has ranked in the topfour nationally in undergraduate mechanicalengineering degrees granted. In 2001-2002,ME-EM was number three. In academia as wellas industry, having the best is a two-edgedsword. The better you are, the harder you haveto work to retain that level of excellence andaccomplish even greater goals.

Intellectual capital is clearly our most vitalresource. We are competing with the top univer-sities in the U.S. and with industry to recruit thebest students and faculty. ME-EM needs a per-manent and dedicated source of support tofund departmental objectives and furtherenhance our reputation as a national depart-ment of choice.

In the face of increased competition, unstableeconomic times, and fluctuating budgets, theME-EM Department seeks endowed support toincrease our long-term commitment to students,faculty, and staff. These endowment funds, tobe raised during Phase II of the Building for theFuture campaign, will be used to attract, rewardand retain highly talented faculty throughendowed faculty chairs, to create additionalincentives and opportunities for studentsthrough endowed graduate fellowships, and to promote excellence.

We hope what you discover in these pages willmotivate you to help us. Named endowmentsadd prestige to the department and establish alegacy associated with outstanding alumni lead-ers and corporate partners. You honor us withyour accomplishments. You can make a promi-nent and permanent investment in ME-EM thatall our students and alumni will view with pride inthe years to come.

More importantly, you’ll make a big difference.

William W. (Bill) Predebon, Ph.D. Professor & ChairDepartment of Mechanical Engineering-Engineering MechanicsBuilding for the Future Campaign: Phase II

On our cover: Rising from the banks of the historic Keweenaw Waterway, in all its fall finery, Michigan Tech has a proud heritage ofEndowing Excellence upon its students, bestowing nearly 11,000 Mechanical Engineering degrees since 1885. Upper right; HubbellHall, Michigan College of Mines (circa 1904), graduated 58 mechanical engineers that year; R. L. Smith ME-EM Building built in 1971,was designed for 600 undergraduate and 50 graduate students. In 2002-2003, some 1,000 undergrads and 150 graduate studentspass through those same halls in search of our exclusive brand of engineering excellence.

Endowing Excellence creates working capital

If there’s one thing better than achievingyour goals, it’s exceeding them.

Phase I of our Building for the Future cam-paign was a resounding success. Thanksto the generosity of our alums and friends,we raised $3.4 million, exceeding our goalof $2.8 million by 21 percent, and haveimproved the educational environment forME-EM students, faculty and staff. Ourundergraduate facilities are state of the art.

The department has grown and its impactis felt across the nation. Among schools thatoffer the BSME through 2002, MichiganTech has been in the top four universities innumbers of undergraduate degrees grant-ed for 19 consecutive years; In 2001-2002,ME-EM was number three.

Our vision:Solidify and enhance our reputation as a department of choice nationally.

The challenges of attracting, rewarding andretaining great faculty and great studentsare greater than ever. Today, we lack thefinancial foundation needed to sustain ourvision for future generations. But you canhelp us accomplish just that by endowingexcellence, raising funds that will supportour people.

We plan to invest the money wisely byexpanding our graduate program.

Graduate students are vital to the day-to-day business of conducting advancedresearch. Without graduate programs, uni-versity research goes unfunded. Throughastute investment of our own funds, thegraduate program has grown steadily forthe past ten years, attracting talented facul-ty and research grants. In 1999–2000, Michigan Tech’s ME-EM Department ranked21st in PhDs granted, and 12th in totalgraduate student enrollment, out of 260 MEdepartments in the country. However MTU’sendowment falls below our national stand-ing, and lags far behind our peers.

Goals for Endowing Excellence

Raise $54 million over the next ten years and create an endowment that willsupport our ambitious academic goals.

University Endowments:How we stack up

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Research in Mechanical Engineering requires expensive,sophisticated equipment and instrumentation.

Department Endowment$10 million

Student Endowment $20 million

Faculty Endowment$22 million

Rensselaer Polytech$88,500

I N S T I T U T I O N

Georgia Tech$71,800

University of Michigan$68,600

Colorado School of Mines$38,800

Michigan Tech$6,200

Virginia Polytech$11,586

What's wrong with this picture? There is an urgent need to grow Michigan Tech'sendowment, which currently lags far behind many of our peers and competing universities.

University Endowment per Student

Graduate Research Labs$2 million

What a difference an endowment makes.

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Endowing Excellence helps us attract the best and the brightest

As a national department of choice, we mustattract and retain the highest-quality studentsand faculty from across the United States andthroughout the world. By making a permanentinvestment in a critical, cherished field of study,you can play a crucial role in furthering theadvancement of knowledge in mechanical engineering.

Endowments provide a stable source of income

More than money, each endowed gift reflects apersonal desire to give something back, to repaya debt of gratitude, to honor a loved one, or tomake a positive impact on society.

As an investment partner in ME-EM, you will notonly make a big difference, we will put yourname on it.

Through the thoughtful, wise investment of pri-vate gifts to an endowed fund, support is provid-ed for programs and activities specifically out-lined for funding from the endowed account. The endowment principal is kept in perpetuity, and provides a dependable, sustained revenue stream.

In the face of increased competition, unstableeconomic times and fluctuating budgets, weneed a rock solid source of income. Competitionfor the best available faculty is even more acutethan for promising students, partly because MTUmust also compete with private industry and thepublic sector for potential faculty.

As our programs become stronger and more vis-ible, our people become more valuable to oth-ers. Such competition is strongest in fields whereuniversities, private business and governmentmost closely intersect—engineering, business,sciences and the health care fields.

How will ME-EM retain its scholars in the face ofattractive lures from other institutions and poten-tial employers? By endowing excellence.Michigan Tech is an outstanding place to liveand work, but without financial incentives, anexcellent lifestyle is often not enough to attract orretain outstanding faculty.

Endowing Excellence attracts the finest faculty

No university can achieve preeminence withouta great faculty, and no plan to improve educa-tion or attract the best students will succeedwithout top-quality teachers. A strong, talented

faculty is the lifeblood of a university. The bestteachers and researchers inevitably attract themost capable students. Outstanding teachingstarts with faculty who are at the top of their pro-fession, who can excite students to think beyondthe classroom material, and who know how tointegrate their research into the classroom.Competition for outstanding engineering facultyis intense. Endowed support is necessary toattract and retain quality professors.

We need endowed faculty support for ChairProfessors, Professors, Associate Professors,Assistant Professors, Practitioner Chairs andVisiting Professorships. See insert brochure fornaming opportunities and more information.

Return on investment (ROI) of endowment fundsfor endowed chairs provides stable support forgraduate and undergraduate students engagedwith world-renowned faculty on cutting edgeresearch. These funds provide continuing sup-port for state-of-the-art equipment in the uniqueresearch area of the faculty chairholder, leverag-ing/matching support for government/industrycontracts, and travel expenses to meet withresearch sponsors.

Endowments help us deliver a superior technological education to our students and insure the future

of our innovative programs. Pictured: The SAE Aero Student Competition Cargo Plane Team and their two faculty advisors.

The student-designed and built remote control cargo plane must carry a significant cargo load over a set

distance and course in the shortest time.

Endowed Student Support recognizes and rewards excellence

Talented and committed students are any univer-sity’s lifeblood. Our goal is to make sure thatopportunities to recognize and reward excellenceremain available to qualified students for highacademic merit, financial need, under-representa-tion, outstanding leadership, valued team mem-bers, designers and others who do outstandingwork for the department. Endowments enable thedepartment to recruit today’s most promising stu-dent leaders who will, in turn, immeasurablyenrich Michigan Tech in the future, making your

endowment one of the purest, most natural formsof intellectual capital recycling there is.

We need endowed student support forGraduate Fellowships, Graduate StudentRecruitment Fund, Scholars/Honors Programand Women/Minority Scholarships andFellowships.

Endowed Student Activity Funds deliver added value

In addition to having inspired faculty teaching aninnovative curriculum, your support is needed tobring added value to our programs and to the

students who complete their ME-EM educationat Michigan Tech.

We need endowments for the Senior RecognitionBanquet Fund (Order of the EngineerCeremony), Engineering Learning CenterCoaches Fund and the Computing TechnologyTeaching Fund.

Endowed Student Professional Activity Awards encourage excellence

While high academic achievement is important atany university, many students excel in additionalareas, including leadership, design, teamwork,

4 The Richard W. and Elizabeth A. Henes Chair Professor in MechanicalEngineering was established in January 2002. Richard, a Menominee,Michigan native, graduated from Michigan Tech in 1948 with a BS inMechanical Engineering, and in 1951, earned a Bachelor of Law degreefrom the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. Elizabeth is a native ofPeshtigo, Wisconsin.

Richard Henes started Henes Stamping Inc. in 1958 in Phoenix, Arizona.He also served as president of Henes Manufacturing Company and theHenes Products Company. Residents of Arizona since the early 1950s,Richard and Elizabeth are valued long-time Michigan Tech supporters.

John W. Sutherland appointed Henes Chair Professor

The Department of Mechanical Engineering-Engineering Mechanics ispleased to announce the appointment of John W. Sutherland, PhD, tothe Richard and Elizabeth Henes Chair Professor. Dr. Sutherland joinedME-EM in 1991. His teaching interests have included manufacturing

processes, environmentally responsible manufacturing, and statisticalmethods for quality and productivity improvement.

He has served as an investigator on $10 million in research grants andhas mentored nearly fifty students to the completion of their graduatedegrees. He has published more than 150 papers in various journalsand conference proceedings and is co-author of the widely used text-book, Statistical Quality Design and Control. Dr. Sutherland holds leader-ship positions within ASME and SME. He was the recipient of SME’sOutstanding Young Manufacturing Engineer Award and Michigan Tech’sDistinguished Teaching Award in 1992, NSF Career Award in 1995 and aPresidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers in 1996. Hewas selected for an SAE Teetor Award in 1999 and the MTU ResearchAward in 2000. Prior to his appointment to the Richard and ElizabethHenes Chair Professor, Dr. Sutherland served as associate departmentchair and director of graduate studies.

Distinguished faculty chairholders like Dr. John Sutherland attract outstanding students, stimulate innovative, leading-edge research, and serve as mentors to young faculty.

RICHARD W. & ELIZABETH A. HENESCreate First Endowed Chair Professor in Mechanical Engineering

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and presentations. Knowing many of our distin-guished, successful alumni achieved personalsuccess in ME-EM through professional activitiesoutside the classroom, we support, reward andencourage excellence in these activities.

We need endowments for Student LeadershipAwards, Student Vehicle Competition Fund,Graduate and Undergraduate RecognitionAwards, Senior Design Fund.

ME-EM Department Endowments fund the on-going pursuit of excellence

Endowing excellence and enhancing visibility forMichigan Tech and ME-EM require expendituresto present our faculty to the world and bring theworld to our campus. These discretionary funds,managed by the chair of the department, enablethe on-going pursuit of excellence, secure in theknowledge that dependable funds are available to seek out and support cutting-edge researchand innovative teaching in many diverse disci-plines and areas of specialization.

Examples of activities to be supported by theDepartment Endowment Fund include FacultyProfessional Development Fund, EquipmentFund, New Faculty Start-Up Fund, Distinguished Seminar Series and Discretionary Fund.

Graduate Research Labs

This one-time investment expenditure wouldenable the ME-EM department to purchase state-of-the-art equipment and to remaincompetitive with other institutions. Althoughgrants typically provide funds for unique equip-ment and upgrading once labs are in existence,initial set-up funds are difficult to obtain. Weneed to establish a graduate research lab ineach of our five major research areas: Design,Dynamic Systems, Energy ThermoFluids,Manufacturing/ Industrial, and Solid Mechanics.

Other Funding Opportunities

The department needs to fund a building addi-tion that would include a much-needed high bayfor vehicle, engine and machine-tool work, aswell as high-tech classrooms and offices. Weplan to build a lobby to welcome students andvisitors, and to showcase current student proj-ects and the achievements of our alumni, faculty,

and staff. To continue to meet the hardware andsoftware requirements of high-end researchcomputing, we need to upgrade the graduatecomputing laboratory. If you are interested incontributing to these funding opportunities,please inquire.

How to Make a Gift*

Gifts may be cash, stock, securities or realestate made payable to the Michigan TechFund, the University’s nonprofit gift-receivingagency. Gifts can be made outright or throughpledges over a five-year period. We would alsolike to talk with you about planned giving throughtrusts, where you may increase your revenue,realize tax savings, and leave a legacy withoutaffecting current income. Inquiries are welcome.* See Planned Giving insert.

Naming Opportunities

Your gifts can be permanently recognized by naming specific endowments. Individual gifts in the amount of $10,000 or more wouldqualify. However, gifts of any amount are wel-comed. You don’t have to be rich to enrich aneducation. You can designate your endowmentto faculty, student and department enrichmentinitiatives.

National student competitions and senior design projects require sophisticated equipment and expensive resources.

“Who benefits from Tech’s excellencemore than Tech graduates? The bluechip corporations and foundations ourtechnologically-empowered engineersgo to work for.”

Gerald L. Haycock ‘68Retired, Ford Motor CompanyNovi, MI

“Tech has adhered to the 3Rs sinceday one... Recruiting, Retaining andRewarding excellence.”

Wallace N. Kelly ‘61Technical Consultant, Self EmployedCharlestown, RI

“The high performance levels and success experienced by Tech’s outstanding engineers is representa-tive of the University’s visionary faculty and curriculum.”

Tanya J. Klain ‘90Program Engineering Manager-Cadillac CTS and SevilleGM North America Engineering

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The Endowing Excellence Building for the Future: Phase II Committee is composed of fellow graduates who personify Michigan Tech’s Department of Mechanical Engineering-Engineering Mechanics.

Their education has served as the foundation for our contributions to society.Each of us share the common belief that our Michigan Tech education

has been fundamental to our success. Each of us has given generously to sustain the excellence of Tech’s mechanical engineering program.We are extremely proud to be alumni. We trust that you will join us

in supporting this historic effort, insuring that the excellence that has made Tech famous will be available for many generations to come.

John F. Calder ‘67 Committee Chair

“In the true Tech tradition, we have assignedourselves no small tasks.”

John F. Calder ‘67 Committee ChairCEO Dorsey-Alexander, Inc.Blue Ash, OH

“A superb, real-world technological education has been a hallmark at Tech sinceHubbell Hall.”

Paul W. Fernstrum ‘65President, R.W. Fernstrum & CompanyMenominee, MI

“Talented Tech engineers will more than everbe shaping the technology that builds the21st century.”

Douglas J. Hamar ‘82President & CEOThe Hamar Group/Horner Flooring CompanyDollar Bay, MI

Endowed and named professorships, fellowships andother faculty support enhance our intellectual capital and keep our quality of teaching at the highest level.

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“I’m convinced I would not have achievedwhat I have were it not for the engineeringexcellence Tech taught me.”

Martin G. Lagina ‘77Chartwell Properties LLCTraverse City, MI

“Tech’s dynamic ME-EM department keepsgrowing in size, research and recognition.”

Paul A. Masini ‘69Retired, Mercury MarinePunta Gorda, FL

“Six words...Tech delivers a superbtechnical education.”

Robert E. Monica ‘50Retired, Dow Chemical CompanyMidland, MI

“Tech understands the importance andcontinuing value of hands-on engineer-ing. We support the dedicated facultywhose best ideas shine brightest whentransformed into things that can beused for everyone's benefit.”

Daniel R. Rivard ‘59Retired, Ford Motor CompanyNorthville, MI

"Growing up in the shadow of MTUprovided my ambition to studyEngineering. My BSME and MSMEdegrees and the value I place on myTech education inspired me to endowexcellence for future generations."

Earl E. Seppala ‘61, ‘66Retired, Dade Behring, Inc.Hockessin, DE

“What Tech professors taught me wasn’t what I expected, but when I gotinto industry I soon realized how wellprepared I was.”

Marian I. Scott ‘48Retired, Allied SignalGaylord, MI

Your endowments provide a stable revenue stream and enableus to favorably compete for top students, faculty and research grants.

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“Tech and its graduates are interna-tionally recognized for their academicprowess, ingenuity, expertise and contributions to the profession.”

Ronald E. Starr, P.E., ‘67 President, Deanlee Management, Inc.Mississauga, ON, Canada

“My experiences and the lifelongfriends I made at Michigan Tech havepositively influenced all aspects of mylife. I volunteer time and commitresources to pass it on.”

William R. Steeb ‘68President/Owner, Heartland Food ProductsShawnee Mission, KS

“My degree and Tech’s reputation for academic and research excellencehelped me to a rewarding career. I wantto pay some of it back.”

Daniel R. Webb ‘56Western Region Development Officer, Retired Webb & AssociatesSanta Ana, CA

“Tech’s course offerings and facilitiesprepared me for my career not justadequately, but excellently. I’m determined to keep our engineeringgraduates the best prepared in theworld.”Harold J. Wiens ‘68Executive Vice President, 3M Industrial BusinessSt. Paul, MN

“Close student-professor relationships,pre-professional experience, mentoringand challenging research were responsible for my most prized careeraccomplishments.”Richard W. Henes ‘48Honorary Committee MemberRetired, Henes Manufacturing Co.Flagstaff, AZ

“Tech’s dynamic ME-EM departmenthas both a history and a future ofbridging the gap between science fiction and scientific fact.”Craig C. Lazzari ‘42Honorary Committee MemberPresident, Interfinancial Corp.Houston, TX

Your endowment generosity serves as venture capital to attract, retain and reward the best and brightest students who will become exceptional, renowned engineers of the future.

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Department of Mechanical Engineering-Engineering Mechanics

Michigan Technological University1400 Townsend Drive, Houghton, MI 49931-1295

www.me.mtu.edu

Contact William W. Predebon

Department Chair 906.487.2551

wwpredeb@mtu.eduMichigan Technological University is an equal opportunity educational institution/equal opportunity employer.