Category Archives: Summer 2011

Kettering grad Mary Barra to speak at Detroit event

Inforum plans to have Kettering graduate Mary Barra speak at the organization’s 50th anniversary celebration later this month. From the news release: Mary Barra knows the pulse of the car business. In fact, as the leader of General Motors’ global … Continue reading

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Summer 2011 issue of Kettering Perspective now available for download

A PDF file of the Summer 2011 issue of Kettering Perspective is now available for download. Also, all of the articles the summer issue are available in blog format here.

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Class Notes: Summer 2011

Please send your class notes and class agent information to Patrick Hayes (phayes@kettering.edu), to your class secretary or visit Kettering’s alumni website and use the Class Notes submission form. The Kettering Perspective encourages alumni to included photos with their notes.

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Q. What is Engineering? A. Inverse Science?

Editor’s Note: The following is an article by Kettering alum Edmund Herman.

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My Vietnam Experience

By Stephan Toth Even though I was married and well into my fifth year project at Pontiac Motor Division of General Motors, I was drafted into the Army by my local draft board in Pontiac, Mich. At the time I … Continue reading

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The DNA of eye color

By Dawn Hibbard Contrary to popular belief, that brown eyed child of blue eyed parents is not related to the milkman. Recent genetic research is proving that parents with blue eyes can have a brown eyed child. Dr. Montserrat Rabago-Smith … Continue reading

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Virtual Feel: Haptics study allows students to incorporate touch into virtual reality

By Patrick Hayes When people think of virtual reality, the assumption is that it can only be experienced through only two senses: vision and sound. In the Kettering University Haptics Lab, however, students work within virtual worlds that incorporate touch … Continue reading

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A Lasting Legacy: Dr. Stanley Liberty reflects on his tenure as Kettering President

By Pat Mroczek When President Stan Liberty arrived on campus in 2005 as Kettering’s sixth president, he said he was looking forward to “facilitating the development of strong collaborative partnerships between Kettering and both private and public sector entities in … Continue reading

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Giving News: Summer 2011

This column provides the latest information regarding the Kettering University giving societies.

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Student wins NSF Fellowship

Kettering University senior Desiree White, a Biochemistry major, is one of only 40 college students nationwide to receive a 2011 NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP) grant to pursue an advanced degree in Biological Science. After graduating from Kettering in … Continue reading

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