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SpaceX President and COO Gwynne Shotwell Visits Northwestern
MEM students among nearly 200 to hear lecture on "Launching Our Future"
Northwestern Engineering alumna Gwynne Shotwell, President and Chief Operating Officer of SpaceX, was on campus February 28 to receive the prestigious Ralph Coats Roe Medal from the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME). The award recognizes her outstanding leadership and innovation for space commercialization, technical contributions to the design of reusable rockets, and the promotion of STEM education. Shotwell then presented the Roe Lecture, "Launching Our Future" to around 200 members of the Northwestern University community.
Shotwell, who topped
Business Insider's list of
most powerful female engineers in 2018, joined SpaceX when it was founded in 2002 as vice president of business development. She previously spent 10 years at The Aerospace Corporation, where she was the chief engineer of a Medium Launch Vehicle (MLV)-class satellite program, and she served as a manager of the Space Systems Division at Microcosm. She serves as a member of the M
cCormick Advisory Council and the Northwestern Board of Trustees.
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Northwestern Wins Seventh Annual MEMPC PriSim Business War Games Competition
Team "T-Wrecks" led Northwestern to its second straight victory in the competition
Four MEM students -
Rohit Salgaonkar,
Arvind Sivaraman,
Lokesh Raj Raju, and
Ryan Kent - collaborated as a management team running a simulated multi-billion dollar auto manufacturing company to win the seventh annual
MEMPC PriSim Business War Games Competition.
The competition featured teams from Dartmouth, Duke, Johns Hopkins, Purdue, USC, and Northwestern. Join us in congratulating the team for bringing Northwestern this title for the second year in a row!
Learn more about the students' experience during the competition in
our recent blog article. Lastly, a special thanks to PriSim Business War Games and Professor Max
Hernández for facilitating the competition!
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Karaoke! MEM Second Fridays Set for April 12
Student Advisory Board to host social event in Chicago
Join students and alumni for this month's networking event - Karaoke! Second Fridays is an informal monthly event that allows students, alumni, and guests to take a break, catch up and meet new MEM students and alumni. As always, food is on us!
Friday, April 12, 6:00 PM
5526 N. Lincoln Ave, Chicago
Please contact SAB Co-Vice Chair, Jason Lee, with any questions about the event.
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MEMPC Alumni Mixer to be Held in Boston
MIT to host student competition and networking mixer
The Master of Engineering Management Programs Consortium (
MEMPC) invites all MEM alumni living in the Boston area to an informal alumni networking mixer. Join the MEMPC for a fun evening and network with program directors, current students, and alumni!
MEMPC Alumni Mixer
Friday, April 12, 2019
5:00 to 7:30 PM
Meadhall, 4 Cambridge Center
90 Broadway
Cambridge, MA 02142
The mixer will be preceded by the first ever MEMPC Design & Pitch Competition which will be held from 1:00 to 4:30 PM on the MIT campus. For more information about the competition, please
visit the MEMPC website.
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Let's Stay Connected
Refer a colleague to MEM!
Online Information Session
Tuesday, April 23
11:00 am - 12:00 pm
On-campus Information Session
Monday, May 13
5:30-6:30 pm
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MEM Student Spotlight
Monthly feature recognizing our amazing students
Melissa Albrecht
is a current part-time MEM student at Northwestern. She studied Industrial and Operations Engineering at the University of Michigan and graduated in 2007. She currently works as Program Manager at UL Ventures and is based in Chicago, Illinois. Her hobbies include cooking, skiing, and running. Her secret talent is the ability to remain hyper-organized and think through several different ideas and topics at the same time and keep them organized in her mind! A great skill to have in a fast-paced, ever-evolving, and constantly-changing business environment. To read more about Melissa's MEM journey, check out
this blog article.
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Melissa Albrecht
Part-time MEM Student
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