College of Engineering and Applied Sciences

Annual Pi Day Panel

Thank you 2024 Pi Day Panel

From left to right: Josh Barr, B.S.E.97, M.S.E.'99, Sage Acoustics; Dr. Simin Masihi, WMU; Jessica (Hartl) VanDussen, B.S.E.'12, Consumers Energy; Rick Wielopolski, Cyber Solutions Technologies; Byron Izenbaard, B.S.E.'13, Stryker; Cameron O’Brien, B.S.E.'13, FEMA Corporation; Sheri Welsh, Welsh & Associates; and Michael Dozeman, B.S.E.'01, Stryker.

Honor society hosts question-and-answer sessions with local engineering community

Each year on Pi Day, March 14, Western Michigan University's chapter of Tau Beta Pi hosts a public forum on how to succeed as an engineer. Panelists offer their insights to engineering students on a variety of topics, including job-seeking strategies, what engineers do day-to-day, and how to develop as an engineering professional.

Tau Beta Pi at WMU

2023

2022

Pi Day panel members — 2022 Pi-Day Panel from left: Rick Wielopolski, president, Cyber Solutions Technologies; Cameron O’Brien, B.S.'13, manufacturing engineer, FEMA Corporation; Byron Izenbaard, B.S.'13, staff manufacturing engineer - electrical, Stryker; Zachary Reinke, Senior software engineer - embedded systems, Dimplex Thermal Solutions; Dr. Krystal York, Ph.D.'22, engineer, Electric Power Research Institute; and Christy Martin, MBA'15, HR director, Kalamazoo Outdoor Gourmet.

2021

2019

2018

2018 Pi-Day Panel, L to R: Jessica VanDussen (Consumers Energy), Peter Hansen (University of Michigan Space Physics Research Laboratory, retired), Erika Fojtik (Stryker), Chad Vliek (Parker Aerospace), Michael Dozeman (Stryker), Christine Martin (Parker Aerospace), Rick Wielopolski (Cyber Solutions Technologies), Mike Zeldes (Amway), and Cameron O’Brien (FEMA Corporation). Not pictured: Fred Burkhart (Gardner, Linn, Burkhart & Flory).