Class Notes: MSE

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Degree Year
  • 2010

Christina Chan Lu

Degree(s):

  • BS
  • MEng

I've been working in the financial industry in business analysis and project management area ever since graduating from Cornell, with both a bachelor of science degree in chemical engineering and master of engineering in engineering management. I'd be happy to connect with any CHEME ever interested in pursuing the same route and learn how to apply what they learn in CHEME in finance. Please reach out to me. I'd also be interested in helping out the interviewing process with prospective candidates during college application process. Thanks 

Degree Year
  • 2007

Jennifer Cipolla

Degree(s):

  • BS

Currently the site leader for GE's new Center for Additive Technology Advancement, located in Pittsburgh, PA.

Degree Year
  • 1976

John T. Thompson

Degree(s):

  • BS

John T. Thompson '76, CEO/President, First Electric Supply will receive a Lifetime Achievement Award in mentoring from Indianapolis-based nonprofit organization, College Mentors for Kids at the 2016 inspire awards.

The Inspire Awards, hosted by the College Mentors for Kids, recognizes top mentors in the workplace and in the community. 

Thompson credits the mentors and advocates in his life who gave him educational guidance and helped him to apply to college for his success. Knowing the value of those mentors made him want to give back to his adopted city of Indianapolis. Thompson shared, "The mentoring that I received from a child to an adult has been tremendously impactful on my life and that of my family so it is imperative that I mentor others. For several years, I'd visit a local tea shop from 10am-2pm and meet with any entrepreneur that walked in."

Dennis Trinkle, College Mentors for Kids, CEO, shared, "John is richly deserving of the Lifetime Achievement Award. He represents what the Inspire Awards and College Mentors are all about, a commitment to community service, to mentoring, and to lifting up those who most need positive role models. Countless youth, civic leaders, and business leaders have benefited from John's commitment to their success and his caring heart."