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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, 56 students graduated with an engineering degree.

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Our graduates:

Are employed at a wide range of companies

2015–2016 Hope Graduate Positions

Titan Global Innovations (start up)/starting business	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

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

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 Highlight

Kurt Blohm ’06

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.