Class Notes

1980s

James Minmier ('86 BS, Electrical Engineering) has served as chairman of the board of directors for Independence Contract Drilling since April 2023 and has been on the board since 2018. He has more than 32 years of experience in the drilling industry and was chairman of the board of the International Association of Drilling Contractors in 2014.

1990s

Daryl Meredith ('82 BS, Mechanical Engineering) of York, Pennsylvania, returned to the Dewalt Division of Stanley Black & Decker as a part-time instructor of geometric dimensioning and tolerancing and power tool safety after retiring with 34 years of service.

Ken Cummins Hall ('86 BS, Civil Engineering) is vice president and southwest regional manager at Hazen and Sawyer, an environmental engineering firm in Fort Worth. He serves on the advisory board of the College of Engineering.

1990s

Matthew Craig ('92 MA, Civil Engineering) received the Honorable Ray LaHood Man of the Year Award from the Greater Dallas-Fort Worth Chapter of the Women's Transportation Seminar. The award recognizes men who advocate for the advancement of women in the transportation field and who have made an outstanding contribution to the industry. Craig is the deputy practice leader at Halff Transportation, where he has worked for 40 years.

Raj Malik ('93 BS, Computer Science and Engineering) was appointed to the board of directors for Licensing International. Malik is founder and chief executive officer of Bioworld Merchandising Inc., the leading global manufacturer of licensed apparel, accessories, and home goods.

Mahboob Rahman Ruhel ('94 BS, Computer Science) is a film producer whose film No Dorai won the Bangladesh National Film Award for Best Film and Best Screenplay in 2019. Ruhel is the founder and chairman of Show Motion Limited and the managing director at Sayeman Beach Resort.

Matthew Loh ('95 BS, Mechanical Engineering) has been the chief executive officer of Asia Times Square, located in Grand Prairie, for 16 years. Loh worked in the field of mechanical engineering for about five years before joining his family's business, Hong Kong Market Place in Arlington. In 2005, his family bought property in Grand Prairie, where the grocery store anchoring Asia Times Square has operated since 2008.

Santosh Nanda ('96 MS, Computer Science) was named CEO of PakEnergy, a leading provider of SaaS business automation technology for the energy sector.

Lawrence Whitman ('99 PhD, Industrial Engineering) has been named the dean of the Southern Polytechnic College of Engineering and Engineering Technology at Kennesaw State University, the second largest engineering college in Georgia. He was an engineer in the aerospace industry for 10 years prior to entering academia.

2000s

Aleksandar Milenkov ('03 BS, Mechanical Engineering) was promoted to engineering design principal at KAI Enterprise's Dallas-Fort Worth office. Milenkov joined KAI in 2020 as director of mechanical engineering. He has more than 20 years of experience in the field of mechanical engineering.

Paul Schulte ('05 BS, Mechanical Engineering) helped the U.S. wheelchair basketball team to a gold medal at the 2024 Paralympic Games in Paris. He is a four-time Paralympian and won bronze medals in 2000 and 2008.

2010s

Rajini Kanth Reddy Karduri ('12 MS, Civil Engineering) published “Supercharging Energy Transitions Through People, Pockets, and the Planet” for The Academic, a research publication. Karduri is a Texas licensed professional engineer and a certified project management professional with expertise in engineering, project management, and business.

Wendy A. Okolo ('15 PhD, '10 BS, Aerospace Engineering), an aerospace engineering researcher and associate project manager in the Intelligent Systems Division at NASA Ames Research Center, was featured in Business Day, a Nigerian publication.

2020s

Aniket Lode ('23 MS, Industrial Engineering) works as a capacity industrial engineer at Intel Corporation. He says, “My coursework was like a treasure chest of knowledge, filled with the keys to unlock the mysteries of manufacturing efficiency. It covered a wide spectrum of subjects that would soon prove indispensable in my role.”