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Eric Wardell is a mechanical engineer that works at Collins Aerospace.

In 2018 Eric wrote a book to help engineers & students get great jobs. This book – Engineering Jobology 101 – teaches key skills often missing from the engineering curriculum including job searching, resumes, interview preparation, negotiation tactics, and more.

Watch the Zoom Meeting – Engineering Jobology 101

Meet Our College of Engineering Alumni Panel

Jerome Emanzi, EE 2012, Industrial Engineer at Boeing in Bothell, WA
Jo (Doherty) Meserth, CE 2013, Senior Cost Analyst for Turner Construction in Portland, OR
Madia Mohmmad Mousa, CS 2018, Associate Software Test Engineer at Paylocity in Boise, ID
Matthew Warnock, ME 2015, Senior Controls Engineer at ElectroImpact in Everett, WAJerome
Casey Wend, CM 2000, Vice President of Operations at Level 10

Watch the Recorded Zoom Meeting – Homecoming Alumni Panel

Shad Davis is a mechanical engineer in the Radioisotope Power Systems (RPS) Department at the Idaho National Laboratory. His primary responsibility is overseeing the operations for handling, transportation and testing configuration of radioisotope power systems within the Space and Security Power Systems Facility.

Shad recently returned from Florida’s Kennedy Space Center, where he led INL’s power source integration efforts for the Mars 2020 Perseverance rover mission. Prior to joining the RPS Department, Shad was a mechanical maintenance engineer for INL’s Naval Reactors Facility, and a mechanical engineer and supervisor at Los Alamos National Laboratory. He holds a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering from Idaho State University (2002).

INL works with other national labs and industry to enable deep-space, scientific exploration, including this summer’s launch of the Mars 2020 Perseverance rover. Shad will explain what a radioisotope thermoelectric generator is, INL’s role with the RPS program and NASA missions at the launch site, and what the future holds for RTGs and INL’s space power systems program.

Idaho National Laboratory is one of the U.S. Department of Energy’s 17 national laboratories. With roughly 5,000 scientists, engineers and support staff, the lab also stands as one of Idaho’s largest employers. At INL’s three primary facility areas – the Advanced Test Reactor Complex, Materials and Fuels Complex, and Research and Education Campus – researchers perform work in support of DOE’s mission to “discover the solutions to power and secure America’s future.” INL is the nation’s center for nuclear energy research and development. Day-to-day management and operation of the laboratory is the responsibility of Battelle Energy Alliance.

Watch the Recorded Zoom Meeting – Powering Space Travel

Meet alumni from the Mechanical Engineering program at Boise State. These three engineers work in the sustainable/renewable energy industry.

Host: Yvette Barrios   Panel: Todd Haynes, Lars Dorr, Melissa Elkinton

Watch the Recorded Zoom Meeting – Sustainable Energy

Meet retired astronauts that live in Boise: Steve Swanson, Barbara Morgan, and Ellen Ochoa.

Host: JoAnn Lighty, Dean of the Boise State College of Engineering

Watch the Recorded Zoom Meeting – Retired Astronauts

Meet Materials Science and Engineering alum, Jenni Domanowski. Jenni currently works at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, and interned at NASA Glenn Research Center and NASA Marshall Space Flight Center.

Watch the Recorded Zoom Meeting – Engineering a Career at NASA

Electrical Engineering – Meet Dan Isla, an Electrical Engineering alum that currently works at Google, and previously worked at NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory!

Meet COEN alums that work at Northrop Grumman!

Emilie Murphy, ME 2017 (Masters in 2019)
Matthew Macrae, ME 2017
Hillary Bernal, ECE 2018
Nicolas Gagnon, ME 2017

Watch the Recorded Zoom Meeting – Northrop Grumman

Learn about their experiences in the software industry, and gain advice on how to be successful in computer science.

Panel:
Marianna Budnikova, CS 2013, DropBox
Alyssa Barela, CS 2014, Cradlepoint
Ashley Gilbert, BSCS 2017 , Kount

Watch the Recorded Zoom Meeting – CS Alumni Panel

Meet CM alums that work in the construction industry in the Treasure Valley. Learn about their experiences, gain advice on how to be successful in the construction industry.

Panel:
Tucker Robb, McMillen Jacobs Associates
Ami Ostrow, Andersen Construction
Tyler Sisson, ESI Construction
Jeremy Gerlach-Barber, HC Company
Jessee Rosin, Knife River
Kiki Sam, McAlvain construction

Watch the Recorded Zoom Meeting – CM Alumni Panel

Meet civil engineering alumni that work at Tamarack Grove Engineering, a local structural engineering company www.tamarackgrove.com

Watch the Recorded Zoom Meeting – Structural Engineering