DIMENSIONS Milwaukee School of Engineering Magazine
Senior Editor: Sandra Everts Editor: JoEllen Burdue Design Coordinator: Leigh Ann Hass Graphic Designers: Megan Gadient, Peg Houghton Contributing Writers: JoEllen Burdue, Kevin Conway, Nicole Sweeney Etter, Sandra Everts, Jonathan Kowalski, Dr. Subha Kumpaty, Loreen Pace, Pamela Seiler ’14, Hermann Viets, Ph.D. Contributing Photography: Design Build Institute of America, GradImages, Mark Hines, Peg Houghton, DeAnna Leitzke, P.E. ’98, ’08, Adam Resnick, Erol Reyal Permission to reprint, in whole or in part, articles contained in this publication is hereby granted, provided a version of the following credit line be used: Reprinted with permission of Milwaukee School of Engineering. Please direct all correspondence, news, corrections and changes of address to the address below. Also, if you receive more than one copy of any Dimensions, please mail or fax us the address panel from each issue. We will make every effort to prevent future duplicate mailings. If you prefer to receive Dimensions electronically rather than a printed hard copy, please email everts@msoe.edu with that request, and provide your name and email address. Use, reproduction or storage of the name, address or other information about any individual identified within this magazine is strictly prohibited and constitutes misappropriation of corporate property.
PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE THE RIGHT PLACE AT THE RIGHT TIME Over our long history, MSOE has been blessed with being in the right place at the right time. It is, of course, a sign of success – rather like saying one is lucky. In reality, it is the sum total of our opportunities, choices and experience. In 1903 our founder, Oscar Werwath, was in the right place at the right time when industrialists asked him to train their technical staff. In the 1910s it was the right time for us to put in place our first degree in electrical engineering, and to start the Globe Battery Company. In the ’20s it was the right time for our students to build airplanes and a radio station.
Students work in an early Globe Battery production unit.
In the ’30s and ’40s we were in the right place to be involved with power electricity and early television. In the ’50s to ’70s we were in the right place for a post-war student surge and a huge physical expansion. This allowed us to be in the right place for the addition of the School of Nursing and the expansion of business programs and in key demand areas for young people considering exciting careers that offer lifelong satisfaction. But we have always been right there.
The Environmental and Water Resources Laboratory is one of the newest on campus.
Our programs require a very considerable investment of effort. They are not easy, but they offer a terrific return. According to Payscale.com, MSOE has the highest average starting salaries and highest mid-career salaries of any university in Wisconsin. But most important, we prepare graduates for a lifetime of success and for exercising options of their own.
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So, if you want to be in the right place at the right time, join us! Whether an MSOE student, staff or faculty member, or a supporter, you are part of a university that knows how to invest your talents and resources for success -- the right way, in the right place, at the right time!
Hermann Viets, Ph.D. President