After Graduation
Most engineering students build careers in the field immediately after leaving Hope. Others pursue medicine, law or teaching. And almost half go on to receive a graduate degree. In the last year, 53 students graduated with an engineering degree.
Visit the Boerigter Center for Calling and Career for information, resources and career services
Our graduates:
- Are employed at a wide range of companies
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2015–2016 Hope Graduate Positions
- Titan Global Innovations (start up) – Product Development/Engineering Manager
- Summit Polymers, Inc – Project Engineer
- JR Automation – Design Engineer
- JR Automation – Controls Engineer
- GA Richards – Project Engineer
- Gentex – Product Support Engineer
- Highlight Industries – Mechanical Engineer
- Extol – Design Engineer
- ICM Products – Developmental Process Engineer
- ComEd – Assoc Engineer
- General Dynamics Land Systems – Engineer I
- General Motors – Seat Design Engineering
- Burns & McDonnell – Asst Mechanical Engineer
- LeanLogistics – Software Developer
- Rose Medical – Project Engineer
- RRM Design Group – Civil Engineer
- Ventura Manufacturing – Quality Engineer
- ZF North America – Test Engineer
- Magna Powertrain – Vehicle Verification Engineer
- Stryker Instruments – CAD Designer
- Innotec – Engineer
- Hubbell, Roth & Clark – Entry-level Civil Engineer
- Fleis and VandenBrink – Civil Engineer, EIT
- Gentex – Production Support Engineer
- Encoris – CAD Support/Engineering
- Schap Specialty Machine – Mechanical Engineer
- Innotec – Manufacturing Engineering
- LECO, St. Joseph, MI – Chemical Engineer
- Apex Controles – Control Systems Engineer
- Lear Corp – Seating Engineer
- Nissan – Exterior Plastics Engineer
- Tesla Motors – Project Engineer
- JR Automation – Mechanical Design Engineer
- The Walt Disney Studio – Engineering and Infrastructure
- Herman Miller – Engineer
- Gentex – Electrical Engineer
- Innotec – Engineer
- Servinsky Engineering PLLC – Structural EIT
- Innotec – Engineer
- Roush Industries – Powertrain Design Engineer
- Innotec – Engineer
- Fathom – Co-Founder
- Tiara Yachts – Mechanical Engineer
- Hubbell, Roth & Clark – Graduate Civil Engineer
- Ford Motor Company – Powertrain controls Engineer
- OST – Software Development
- Attend graduate school in a variety of fields
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- Acoustics
- Applied Mathematics
- Aerospace Engineering
- Agricultural Engineering
- Bioelectrical Engineering
- Biomechanical Engineering
- Biomedical Engineering
- Chemical Engineering
- Civil Engineering
- Electrical Engineering
- Engineering Management
- Environmental Engineering
- Industrial Engineering
- Materials Engineering
- Mechanical Engineering
- Medical Imaging Engineering
- Naval Architecture
- Paper Science & Engineering
- Prosthetic Science
- Rehabilitation Engineering
- Structural Engineering
- Sustainable Engineering
- Attend many different graduate schools
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- Case Western University
- Cornell University
- Iowa State University
- Georgia Institute of Technology
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- Northwestern University
- Princeton University
- Purdue University
- Scripps Institution of Oceanography
- Stanford University
- University of California at Berkeley
- University of Colorado
- University of Illinois (Urbana-Champaign)
- University of Liverpool (England)
- University of Michigan
- University of Minnesota
- University of Pittsburgh
- University of Vermont
- University of Wisconsin
- Boston College Law School
- Indiana University Law School
- University of Michigan Medical School
- Georgia Tech School of Business
- Tepper School of Business at Carnegie Mellon University
- University of Michigan School of Business
Partial list since 1997
Alumni Highlights
Lockheed Martin
Daniel Langholz ’14 is currently a Guidance, Navigation, and Controls Engineer for Lockheed Martin Space Systems in Sunntvale, CA. Learn more about Daniel’s career and his time at Hope.
SolAero Technologies
Meghan Estochen ’08 is currently the Manager of Continuous Improvement for SolAero Technologies, the leading manufacturer of solar power for space applications, in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Learn more about Meghan’s career and her time at Hope.
Medtronic
Jo Forst ’13 is currently associate market development manager in the Cardiovascular Division at Medtronic, a major medical technology and services corporation. Learn more about Jo’s career and her time at Hope.
Applied Biomimetic
Kurt Blohm ’06 is currently an applications engineer at Applied Biomimetic, a company based in Cincinnati, OH, with a unique focus on the development of membranes for water treatment and filtration systems. Learn more about Kurt’s career and his time at Hope.
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