Summer 2009
 Dr. Liberty's introduction to each issue of Kettering Perspective. Dr. Liberty discusses recent happenings, upcoming events and the overall mission of Kettering University. This issue's letter discusses the importance of Kettering’s active engagement in pre-college programs that spur young people’s interest in science and engineering. |
Stephen Heinze’s cooperative education experience as a Kettering University student is one that may have not been very, well….transparent to him upon his arrival on campus in 2004. |
 A Senior Design Project turned into just what the doctor ordered for four Industrial Engineering (IE) majors in Dr. Matthew Sanders’ fall 2008 capstone class at Kettering. |
 In what he termed a counter-intuitive maneuver, Dr. Homayun Navaz, professor of Mechanical Engineering at Kettering, turned down the velocity of cold air and raised the temperature to 32 degrees in a refrigerated display case in an attempt to improve energy efficiency. Ironically, it worked. |
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 A son of Flint offered the Commencement address when Kettering hosted spring graduation ceremonies for 198 undergraduate and 97 graduate students in the Connie and Jim John Recreation Center Saturday, June 13. |
 Kettering Senior Marc Alexander of Pontiac, Mich., had accumulated more than $130,000 in debt during his college career and had just 12 classes to go when he decided he couldn’t finish his degree. |
 Kettering University received $250,000 from the Michigan Economic Development Corporation (MEDC) in its efforts to support new and emerging businesses to develop into high-growth employers for the region. |
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 A handy place to read all about what your classmates and other alumni are up to. Class Notes contains a wealth of information on alumni members from as long ago as 1938 and right up to the present. |
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