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Alumni Stories

Tom Cunningham
John Deere
Iowa State University, B.S. in Mechanical Engineering

Tom Cunningham is an Iowa Space Grant Consortium alum who has paved an incredible path for himself in the world of robotics and engineering. He started out at Iowa State University pursuing a B.S in Mechanical Engineering and currently works as an embedded systems engineer for John Deere. Read more.


Mark Mckeown 
Raytheon Technologies 
Iowa State University, B.S. in Aerospace Engineering,

Mark McKeown is an Iowa Space Grant Consortium alum who has paved an incredible path for himself in the world of aerospace technology and engineering. He started out at ISU pursuing a B.S. in Aerospace Engineering, and started with Raytheon Technologies in 1997, and currently works as a Senior Principal Software Engineer. While at Iowa State… Read more.


Kimberlee Prokhorov
Johnson Space Center
Iowa State University, B.S. in Mechanical Engineering, 1995

For as long as I can remember, I wanted to work for NASA.  Thanks to a quality education at Iowa State University, and my involvement in the Iowa Space Grant Consortium (ISGC), my dream became reality.  Read more.


Elspeth Petersen
Kennedy Space Center
Iowa State University, M.S. in Chemical Engineering

I honestly would not be where I am today without the ISGC, and I am eternally grateful to the organization. I grew up thinking an engineer was someone who drove trains. When I got to college, it was my understanding that engineers were way smarter than I could ever hope to be. Read more.


Darin Hoover
United States Air Force
University of Iowa, B.S. in Industrial/Human Factors Engineering

I applied for the Iowa Space Grant Consortium (ISGC) programs and received a scholarship entering my sophomore year at the University of Iowa. This opportunity connected me to Dr. Tom Schnell’s Operator Performance Lab where I worked throughout the rest of my time at Iowa. Read more.


Colt Wallace
Raytheon Missile & Defense
Iowa State University, B.S. in Aerospace Engineering, 2005; M.E. in Systems Engineering, 2006

Colt Wallace is an Iowa Space Grant Consortium alum who has paved an incredible path for himself in the world of STEM. He started out at Iowa State University pursuing a B.S in Aerospace Engineering and eventually receiving his M.S. in Systems Engineering from the same institution. Read more.


 

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